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PARTNERS

Chris Kunzi

Prior to CNTR Capital, Chris was Executive Vice President and Partner of Mock Resources where he was instrumental in the company’s growth from $100,000 in revenue to over $500 million and over 200 employees at its peak. Chris grew Mock Resources into one of the largest energy marketing firms in the Western U.S. during energy deregulation. He mastered the necessary disciplines to overcome all barriers to entry, delivering the lowest energy and emissions cost to the Western U.S. and Pacific Rim. Distribution was more than 1 billion gallons, of blended feedstocks and supplied customers with 1 BCF of natural gas.

For a decade, he directed profitable stewardship of 500,000 to over 1,000,000 bbl. p/mo of Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbor terminaling, serving the Western U.S. & Pacific Rim’s marine, industrial, and utility energy needs.

JD, Case Western Reserve; B.A. Economics, Brown University.

Ryan Kunzi

Prior to CNTR Capital, Ryan co-founded a lower- to mid-market private equity fund in Denver that evaluated deals with an aggregate enterprise value (EV) above $500 million across various industries including TM&T, Energy Services, Healthcare, Transportation, Engineering, Consulting, Maintenance Services and Financial Services. Additionally, Ryan led over $28 billion in mergers and acquisitions and capital raises across energy, power generation, natural resources, technology, media, and telecommunications at Bank of America, Lehman Brothers, Jefferies, and Barclays.

Additionally, Ryan ran corporate development for a family-owned oil company, where he led an $800 million transformation of a "super-giant" depleted oil field into a commercially viable underground natural gas storage facility.

MBA, University of Chicago Booth School of Business; B.A. Economics, Claremont McKenna College.

Kathy Kunzi

Prior to joining CNTR, Kathy was a Partner in the long-standing design/contracting firm of NLM & Associates which specializes in residential construction, remodeling, and interior design. Kathy’s passion and ability to connect and interact with clients to assess their needs, wants, and desires and translate that into detailed floor and scope of work plans created ongoing successful custom projects. These custom projects are located throughout California’s and Ohio’s high-end private communities. Prior to that Kathy purchased, redesigned, remodeled, and staged high-end properties through her design firm, Michel’s Interiors. Throughout her career, Kathy has worked on over 25 custom home projects with a cumulative value of over $40 million. Kathy’s skill sets encompass contract creation and negotiations, construction management, strategic planning and marketing strategies.

Over the past two decades, Kathy’s leadership, wisdom and deep care and understanding of people has found a powerful expression in her civic and community life. Through her church, she co-founded and led a restoration ministry to help women identify their life barriers, envision the goals to become all of who they were meant to be, and put into action a plan to achieve those goals. Kathy has taught, counseled, and mentored hundreds of women over the years and continues to facilitate weekly small personal growth groups.

Katharine Gibbs School, business administration, office management and supervision.

Taylor Kunzi

Taylor Kunzi is a Partner at CNTR and formerly a Human Resources and Talent Acquisition Specialist at Best Buy. Taylor’s role at both companies was and is to partner with business leaders and executives to grow their employee experience and culture to reach maximum output from their teams. Taylor spent 13 years working for Best Buy, a Fortune 100 company, and he knows what truly drives employees to be their best through providing a culture that fosters training, development, and personal growth. 

At Best Buy, Taylor helped large big-box retail locations, field services, and distribution centers identify critical leadership talent needed to drive success and employee engagement for over 80 locations in the Midwest and West Coast territories accounting for $2.1 billion in revenue. During this time, he also placed Senior Leadership talent for Geek Squad Field Services across all major markets in the U.S. Earlier in his career, Taylor played an integral part in supporting the onboarding of newly acquired companies into Best Buy’s culture. Most recently, he served as a military champion for the company where he spearheaded programs that assisted transitioning service members to find a career within Best Buy. 

B.A. University of California, Berkeley; Human Resource Management, University of California, Irvine. 

Dylan Porter

School: Claremont McKenna College

Experience: Payden & Rygel, District Office of California Assemblyman Tyler Diep, Claremont McKenna College Government Department

Interests: Private Equity, CMC Student Investment Fund, football team, politics, and off-roading

Matthew Hines

School: Claremont McKenna College

Experience: Perella Weinberg Partners, The Riverside Company, Capital Group, Tobin & Company Investment Banking

Interests: Private Equity, Sagehen Capital Management, improv theater, archaeology, basketball

Audrey Zhang

School: University of California, Berkeley

Experience: Guggenheim, Indeed, Delta Consulting, IPG Mediabrands, Ogilvy

Interests: Streetwear, Food Enthusiast, Traveling, Football, Gaming, Corgis

Michael Xia

School: University of California, Berkeley

Experience: JP Morgan, Canadian Pension Plan (PE), PEAK Technology Partners, Berkeley Finance Club, Global Management Program Board, Haas Undergraduate Blog

Interests: Traveling, Spanish, Social Impact, Basketball, Manga, Investing, Blogging/Vlogging, Poker, Piano

Sebastian Rhee

School: UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business

Experience: JMP Securities, Berkeley SkyDeck, UMANA Venture Capital, Delta Consulting, Berkeley Finance Club

Interests: Cal Men’s Lightweight Rowing, Golf, Road-Tripping, R&B Music

Aryam Mohan

School: Claremont McKenna College

Experience: Cascadia Capital, Praxis Global Alliance, Edelweiss Financial Services, ASK Pravi Capital Advisors

Interests: Private Equity, Consulting, CMC Model United Nations, Formula 1, Chess, Badminton, Music, Literature

Rachana Muvvala

School: Claremont McKenna College

Experience: Evercore, CMC Student Investment Fund, Graphite Consulting

Interests: Private equity, biking, dancing, poker

Michael colangelo

School: Claremont McKenna College

Experience: Mahalo Capital Partners, Social Spur, State Farm

Interests: Private Equity, investing, football, golf, snowboarding, traveling, music

Ethan Dieck

School: Pomona College

Experience: Harris William, BYD Motors Ltd, Cushman & Wakefield, Pomona Consulting Group, Ryan Companies US, Inc.

Interests: Private Equity, Personal Investing, Architecture, Painting, Travel, Football, Golf

William Zhang

School: Claremont McKenna College

Experience: Lando Oilfield Supply, BBR Non-profit Organization.

Interests: Private Equity, Football, Golf, Music

Matiss Ozols

Firm after CNTR Capital: Cowen

School: Claremont McKenna College

Experience: CNTR Capital, The CMC Student Investment Fund, M7 Real Estate Ltd, Helios London

Interests: Private Equity, CMC Student Investment Fund, technology, tennis, golf, film photography, abstract expressionism, traveling

Adam Webber

Firm after CNTR Capital: Goldman Sachs

School: Pomona College

Experience: CNTR Capital, American Discovery Capital, University Growth Fund

Interests: Venture Capital & Private Equity, football team, golfing, ski-racing, waterskiing, traveling