
Brian Dunn
I am starting a new chapter of my career after some 20 years as the Founder / CEO of a broker-dealer firm dedicated to private investments. I am looking to combine my management experience and deal expertise with my lifelong passion for creating impact through smart, sustainable, business.
I am particularly interested in tackling the mess we humans have made of the oceans. If we cannot solve the oceans, future generations will be in serious trouble. I hope that the current explosion of innovation in the field of artificial intelligence will hold some answers to the world's most perplexing problems.
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Most of my work has been as the sole owner and CEO of Growth Capital Services, a boutique broker-dealer firm that I founded in 2003. I built the firm from scratch, and as such my role changed over time.
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At first, I focused on sourcing non-public investment opportunities and packaging them for high-net-worth investors.
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Next, I built a team of specialists to do that work while I concentrated on building the business infrastructure, including building our proprietary software solution to modernize compliance requirements.
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Eventually, I built a team of fifteen serving a roster of over one hundred investment bankers. In aggregate, the firm recorded approximately 10,000 transactions with an aggregate deal value of over $5 billion.
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More specifics on my business credentials can be found here.
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I've always been attracted to the discipline of machine-based learning, starting with too much science fiction as a kid and developing through an emphasis on linear programming while doing an MBA at Wharton. While I am not a coder, I conceived and developed a robust software application that became the core of my previous business.
Today, we are witnessing the dawn of a new generation of artificial intelligence, and its hub happens to be in the area where I live. It's a unique opportunity to pursue solutions to global problems with a new tool kit.
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Enough about me.
Let's get a conversation started -- I look forward to hearing your story!
Here's my e-mail to get us started.