Liz Auby joined Advantage Capital in 2020 as a business development analyst. In her role, she is responsible for sourcing investments, supporting business development efforts and providing due diligence support.

Prior to joining Advantage Capital, Ms. Auby was an enterprise risk management summer analyst at Nuveen where she conducted daily price reviews for financial instruments held within the company’s investment portfolios.

Ms. Auby holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Colgate University, where she was also on the women’s hockey team.

Patrick Doherty joined Advantage Capital in 2016 as a senior analyst on the investment team. He is responsible for sourcing investments and providing due diligence support.

Mr. Doherty received his bachelor’s degree in math and economics with a minor in statistics from St. Lawrence University. While attending St. Lawrence, he was a member of the men’s ice hockey team and continued to play professionally in Europe after graduation.

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Christopher C. Harris joined Advantage Capital in 2009. As a member of the firm’s investment group, he is responsible for sourcing, due diligence and valuation analysis of current and prospective investments. Mr. Harris serves on the board of directors for several portfolio companies, including GENICON, Prioria Robotics, Beehive Industries, RepEquity, SOMS Technologies and Quoddy. Mr. Harris also manages Advantage's investments in Veran Medical Technologies, Minimally Invasive Devices and OrderWithMe.

Prior to joining Advantage Capital, Mr. Harris worked for GE Capital as an assistant vice president, where he helped establish the company’s presence in large cap leveraged finance underwriting and investing. He joined GE in the FMP program and cycled throughout various operating and finance roles before joining on with the large cap leverage finance team.

Mr. Harris received his MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.

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Joseph Henderson joined Advantage Capital in 2018. As an associate on the firm’s investment team, Mr. Henderson provides due diligence support and monitors portfolio companies. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Henderson was the director of finance and analytics at Punchbowl, Inc., a venture-backed technology startup. Mr. Henderson also worked with the Maine Venture Fund where he evaluated potential investments and worked closely with portfolio companies.

Mr. Henderson received his MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and his bachelor’s degree in economics from Bowdoin College.

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Reid C. Hutchins manages Advantage Capital’s New York investment portfolio. His responsibilities include sourcing and structuring new investments, as well as working with current portfolio companies.

Prior to joining Advantage Capital in 2006, Mr. Hutchins served as a product development engineer for Advanced Micro Devices and as an engineer and manager with IBM Microelectronics. He brings operational experience in semiconductor design, manufacturing, testing and production to the firm.

Mr. Hutchins currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Upstate Venture Association of New York (UVANY). He also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Northeast New York. Mr. Hutchins holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from St. Lawrence University, in addition to a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s in engineering management from Dartmouth College.

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Carly Jefferson joined Advantage Capital in 2019 as an analyst on the investment team.  She focuses on sourcing investments, supporting business development efforts and providing due diligence support.

Ms. Jefferson holds a bachelor’s degree in statistics and business, with a minor in mathematics, from St. Lawrence University, where she served as captain of the women’s tennis team and club alpine ski team.

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Nicholas McConnell joined Advantage Capital in 2020 as a business development analyst. In his role, he is responsible for sourcing investments, supporting business development efforts and providing due diligence support.

Prior to joining Advantage Capital, Mr. McConnell was a summer analyst at Insight2Profit, as well as a private equity summer analyst at BroadTree Partners.

Mr. McConnell holds a bachelor’s degree in finance and economics from The Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business.

Sam Schlichting joined Advantage Capital in 2019 as an analyst on the investment team. He is responsible for sourcing investments, supporting business development efforts and providing due diligence support.

Mr. Schlichting graduated from Colgate University with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry. While attending Colgate, he was a member of the football team.

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Alex Stepanek joined Advantage Capital in 2020 as an analyst on the expansion and fundraising teams. In this role, he is responsible for sourcing investments, supporting business development efforts and providing due diligence support.

Prior to joining Advantage Capital, Mr. Stepanek was the director of program development for a national nonprofit leadership organization based in Richmond, VA, where he was responsible for heading multiple growth initiatives for the organization.  

Mr. Stepanek received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Northern Iowa.

Jack Walls joined Advantage Capital in 2020 as a business development analyst. In his role, he is responsible for sourcing investments, supporting business development efforts and providing due diligence support.

Prior to joining Advantage Capital, Mr. Walls was a financial planning & analysis intern at Frontier Communications.

Mr. Walls received his bachelor’s degree in finance and accounting from Syracuse University.

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