Mr. Raut has 21 years of technology leadership experience in financial services/consulting. He developed technology solutions for Credit and Risk businesses at banks and for the Technology Consulting business. Mr. Raut holds a M.B.A. from the New York University Stern and a B.E. in Electronics from the University of Mumbai, India.

Mr. Surendran has 20 years of experience building software and analytics applications for structured products, mortgage and e-commerce domains. Prior to joining CIFC, he led the data and analytics effort for SPG Trading desks at Morgan Stanley, with cutting edge work on nlp and ml to extract information from deal docs. He built various risk, pnl and pre-trade analytics models for ABS, CLO and Leverage Loan desks at Morgan Stanley. Prior to his 12 years at Morgan Stanley, he worked at UBS, Ameriquest Mortgage Services, eBay and i2 Technologies. Mr. Surendran loves to build on scale and passionate about using technology to solve business problems. He completed his engineering training from REC Calicut.

Mr. Bard has 13 years of engineering experience and been with CIFC since 2018. Previously, he spent four years as a Systems Engineer for a publicly traded asset manager who held contracts with two publicly traded BDCs. Mr. Bard started his career at a technology consulting firm that focused on clients in the financial sector. Mr. Bard holds a B.B.A. from Iona College where he graduated Magna Cum Laude.

With over 24 years as a technologist, Mr. Heimer has a diverse background in Information Technology. He has led and developed technology initiatives to support floor operations for broker dealers on the NYSE & PHLX and architected low latency algorithmic trading infrastructures within premiere data centers. Prior to working in financial services Mr. Heimer was the principal for a managed services provider, worked in higher education as a network engineer and has a diverse background in broadcast engineering for his roles at FOX, NBC, and ABC affiliates. He holds a M.S. degree in Telecommunications and Network Management from Syracuse University and a B.S in Communication from Millersville University in addition to several professional technology certifications.

Mr. Sampayo has over 20 years of experience in portfolio management, structured finance and technology. Prior to joining CIFC, Mr. Sampayo worked as a developer at Hudson Advisors building data infrastructure for the residential mortgage and RMBS capital markets business. Prior to Hudson, Mr. Sampayo was a Senior Credit Risk Associate focusing in Structed Credit at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Mr. Sampayo holds a B.S. in Finance from the University of Tampa, M.S. in Finance from Florida International University and M.B.A. in Quantitative Finance from the Stern School of Business at New York University. Mr. Sampayo is a CFA Charterholder.

Mr. Singh has 16 years of software development and technology leadership experience in financial services. Prior to CIFC, he worked as Technology Consultant for various alternative asset management and global macro businesses in New York and Los Angeles which includes Canyon Capital Advisors LLC, MKP Capital Management LLC, Caxton Associates LP, P. Schoenfeld Asset Management LP and 400 Capital Management LLC. He holds a B.Tech. degree in Computer Science and Engineering, with honors from Uttar Pradesh Technical University, India.

Mr. Bardeguez has been in the technology engineering space for 5 years in AdTech, 4 FinTech, 2 Streaming, and 2 in Mobile Gaming industries. From tech startups to big named brands such as Zynga, Major League Baseball, and Disney; Mr. Bardeguez has been a part of Disney and was a core engineer on the Disney + service. Mr. Bardeguez’s focus has been large scale automation and helping companies adopt modern techniques to improve infrastructure efficiency. EZ Bardeguez holds a B.A. of English Literature at Rutgers University of New Jersey.