J.J. is a Senior Associate and is responsible for underwriting and closing new investments, as well as managing existing portfolio investments, across all industries for Comvest’s direct lending strategy.

Prior to joining Comvest, J.J. was a Vice President at Serengeti Asset Management, a value-driven investment firm, where he focused on evaluating and executing growth, credit and special situations investments. Before that, he was a Senior Associate at Touchdown Ventures, a venture capital firm, where he focused on growth stage property technology and consumer companies. Prior to that, J.J. was an Associate at Jasper Ridge Partners, a private investment firm, where he focused on private equity investments. He also previously founded a digital media startup. J.J. began his career as a multi-asset class investor at Goldman Sachs.

J.J. received an M.B.A from Columbia Business School and a Master of International Affairs, with a concentration in international security policy, from the Columbia School of International & Public Affairs at Columbia University. He earned a B.B.A. in Finance, with honors, from the University of Notre Dame.