REAL PRIVATE CREDIT
COLE SNELL
Cole is a fintech entrepreneur with over twenty-three years of experience leading innovative financial technology ventures. He is the Founder and CEO of Real Private Credit, where he is building an AI-driven Private Credit origination engine designed to revolutionize financial markets. The platform connects buyers with sellers and borrowers with lenders, increasing transparency, reducing costs, and mitigating fraud in the Private Credit sector.
Prior to Real Private Credit, Cole founded and served as CEO of Infineo Holdings, where he worked to digitize the $3T+ life insurance industry to provide frictionless access for retail and institutional investors at scale. He also founded LifeTech Design, developing tools to help financial advisors serve clients’ actual financial needs while generating higher commissions through high cash value life insurance products. His career reflects a dedication to democratizing finance, removing barriers in traditional markets, and empowering individuals and institutions with solutions that accelerate transaction speed and deliver frictionless access to financial opportunities.
DR. GEORGE YOUNG
George is a board-certified physician and regionally recognized specialist in non-operative spine care and pain management, with more than a decade of clinical practice at Rothman Orthopaedics. He holds a Doctor of Osteopathy from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Moravian University.
That background informs everything he builds. As Chief Operating Officer and founding member of Real Private Credit, George leads operations for an AI-driven infrastructure platform connecting buyers, sellers, borrowers, and lenders in private credit markets.
AARON MOORE
Aaron is a technology executive with over thirty-four years of experience driving digital transformation through the strategic adoption of AI, cloud, and blockchain technologies. He currently serves as Chief Technology Officer at Real Private Credit, where he is a founding team member building an AI-driven Private Credit origination engine. He also serves as CTO and Chief AI Officer at OtherBrain.ai and as Fractional CTO at Hydrogen Exchange Group, advising on energy, fintech, blockchain, and AI initiatives.
Throughout his career, Aaron has held IT leadership roles at global companies including World Fuel Services, GE, E.ON, and Electronic Arts. As VP of Architecture at World Fuel Services, he spearheaded the company’s migration to the cloud, implementing DevOps automation that significantly reduced time-to-market and costs. He subsequently founded Kinect Consulting, where he served as President and CTO, building a consulting practice that helped Fortune 1000 and private equity companies navigate cloud, data, and AI journeys. Aaron holds multiple AI certifications including AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty, Google Professional Machine Learning Engineer, and Microsoft Azure AI Engineer Associate, and earned his Bachelor’s degree in Computer and Information Sciences from Indiana Wesleyan University.
AUSTIN HARMS, ESQ.
Austin is a corporate attorney with deep expertise in secured transactions under UCC Articles 9 and 12, as well as startup formation, fundraising, mergers and acquisitions, and securities law. With a practice built around emerging companies, he has advised more than 150 early-stage ventures and led hundreds of transactions across some of today’s most dynamic sectors, including Web3, biotech, and artificial intelligence.
His work spans the full lifecycle of company growth—from initial incorporation and equity structuring through seed and venture financing rounds to strategic exits. He brings particular insight into the legal complexities facing founders navigating rapidly evolving regulatory landscapes, and is known for delivering practical, business-minded counsel that helps clients move quickly while managing risk.
Chief Strategy Officer
MAX PRUGER
Max previously served as General Manager of Kaseya’s IT Risk Management suite. Prior to rejoining Kaseya, Max served as Chief Revenue Officer of CloudJumper (acquired by NetApp), where his responsibilities included running all aspects of the company’s sales operations, managing and developing an MSP channel and building a world-class sales organization. During his first stint at Kaseya, Max founded and led Kaseya’s strategic accounts division. Max began his career at USWeb as a founding member of that company’s managed service division. He has also held the position of Senior Architect at IBM. Max holds a BS in Computer Science from American University and an MBA from the University of Maryland – Robert H. Smith School of Business.
Chief Tokenization Officer
NICK MARTYNIUK
Nick is a seasoned entrepreneur and leader in the renewable energy digitalisation space sector, currently serving as Co-Founder of Renewabl in London, where he builds energy transparency and trading systems to drive sustainable innovation. With over 15 years of experience, he previously co-founded and led WePower, pioneering a blockchain-based platform for green energy trading that empowers global investment in renewables through smart contracts.
Nick has held key roles including Partner at Contrarian Ventures, supporting energy startups; CEO of Modus Energy International overseeing renewable project development. His expertise spans new business development, technical product management, and renewable energy, with a proven track record in project implementation, risk management, and stakeholder communication.
Head of Strategy
CHRIS KARLSSON, ESQ.
Chris is a financial services attorney with over a decade of experience in regulatory compliance, litigation, and corporate legal strategy. He currently serves as General Counsel at Clair, bringing deep expertise in fintech and mortgage industry legal matters. Prior to Clair, he spent four years as Associate General Counsel at Figure, a financial technology company, where he navigated complex regulatory landscapes in emerging financial products including DART.
Chris’s career includes serving as Compliance Officer and Senior Regulatory Counsel at Movement Mortgage, where he oversaw regulatory compliance for the mortgage lender, and nearly four years in financial services litigation at McGuireWoods LLP. He began his legal career as a Law Clerk at the North Carolina Court of Appeals before entering private practice. Chris holds a Juris Doctor from The George Washington University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Chief Data Scientist
DR. YANCY DENNIS
Yancy is a data engineer and AI solutions architect with over two decades of experience delivering enterprise-scale technology solutions. He specializes in building AI-driven systems using automation and generative AI, with expertise spanning web scraping, cloud infrastructure, and machine learning frameworks including TensorFlow, PyTorch, and large language models. He last served as Principal Data Engineer at Comp Line Inc and Chief Data Scientist at QoreAI, while also teaching Generative AI and Data Visualization at the University of Maryland Global Campus.
Previously, Yancy led data science initiatives at ARDX, pioneering fraud detection algorithms for healthcare systems, and served as Director of Technology Innovation at Capital One, where he led a $100 million data warehouse implementation. He holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia and a B.S. from MIT. He is also the creator of toolsjockey.com, a productivity platform with over 80 browser-based tools that he built in two months using AI-augmented development.
Director of Business Development
CHRISTIAN MEJIA
Christian brings deep experience in accounting, finance, and capital markets, with over a decade supporting institutional real estate platforms. As Senior Vice President at Madison Capital, he oversees the Accounting and Investor Relations functions, leading all aspects of reporting, forecasting, treasury management, and financial operations. Madison Capital is a New York–based value-add real estate investment firm with a $3.2B portfolio spanning retail, office, industrial, and mixed-use assets. Before joining Madison Capital, Christian worked at Brookfield Office Properties within the Financial Reporting Group, where he managed key components of corporate and portfolio-level reporting. Earlier in his career, he served as a Senior Associate at Deloitte, auditing private equity funds, real estate owners, and broker-dealers, giving him a technical foundation in valuation, controls, and institutional financial standards.
Full Stack Developer
RANDY PIRZADA
Randy is a full stack engineer with over a decade of experience architecting and delivering robust applications across fintech, healthcare, EdTech, and eCommerce. He specializes in the MERN stack and Python, building end-to-end solutions that span database design, API architecture, responsive frontends, and deployment pipelines. His career includes both startup agility and enterprise scale at Amazon, giving him a unique perspective on building software that performs under any conditions.
Throughout his career, Randy has tackled complex challenges including real-time payment processing, HIPAA-compliant patient systems, interactive learning platforms, and high-traffic retail solutions. Whether optimizing performance for millions of users or rapidly prototyping MVPs for early-stage companies, he brings a pragmatic, results-driven approach to every project, working closely with cross-functional teams to turn ambitious ideas into reliable, user-centered products.
