Stephen D. Royer

Steve is a Shamrock Capital Advisors Partner. Since 1998, Steve has managed Shamrock’s private equity investment activities. He currently serves as a director of Wpromote, Branded Cities, Maple Media, and Mobilitie, and oversees Shamrock’s investments in Canopy Spectrum and Omega Wireless. Previously, he served on the boards of INgrooves Music Group, Screenvision Media, Consilio, Learfield Communications, Media Storm, RealD, TeleGuam Holdings, Modern Luxury, Triad Broadcasting Company, PortalPlayer, PRN, and NETGEAR before Shamrock exited these investments. Steve serves on the Board of Trustees of Marymount High School, Los Angeles and is also a board member and former President of the St. James Inn. Prior to joining Shamrock in 1991, Steve worked as an investment banker with Lehman Brothers.

Steve graduated from Stanford University and earned an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management as a Venture Fellow.

Michael A. LaSalle

Mike is a Partner of Shamrock Capital Advisors. He currently serves as a director of Excel Sports Management, Ad Results Media, DeCurtis Corporation, and Iyuno-SDI Group. Previously, Mike served on the boards of FanDuel, INgrooves Music Group, RBmedia, Giant Creative/Strategy, Mojiva, Harlem Globetrotters International, Media Storm, and Modern Luxury Media. Prior to joining Shamrock in 2001, Mike was an Associate and Analyst at Putnam Lovell Securities focusing on mergers and acquisitions in the financial services industry. Mr. LaSalle is on the board of trustees and steering committee for Seven Arrows Elementary.

Mike graduated magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame and earned an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management as a Venture Fellow.

Andrew J. Howard

Andrew Howard is a Partner of Shamrock Capital Advisors. Mr. Howard currently serves as a director of Pixellot, DeCurtis Corporation, Branded Cities, Appetize Technologies and Mobilitie Investments III. Additionally, Mr. Howard oversees Shamrock’s investments in Canopy Spectrum and Omega Wireless, and is actively involved with Shamrock’s investment in Excel Sports Management. Previously, he served on the boards of Screenvision Media, Consilio, Questex, MarketCast, K2 Towers, RealD, Wazee, Publishing Group of America, Naylor Publications, PrimeCo Wireless, Liberation Entertainment, and BASE Entertainment and was a board observer of MetroPCS and OpNext. Mr. Howard is on the Board of Governors for the USC Annenberg School – Center for the Digital Future, and was previously on the board of the Independent School Alliance and the Board of the Stanford University Alumni Association. Prior to joining Shamrock in 2006, Mr. Howard was a Vice President with Clarity Partners, a media and communications focused private equity fund.

Mr. Howard is a graduate of Stanford University.

Patrick A. Russo

Mr. Russo, a partner at Shamrock Capital Advisors, LLC (“Shamrock”) and the lead partner for the Content Fund strategies, has extensive media, entertainment, and communications experience with specific expertise in entertainment content. He previously served as a director of Consilio, a prior portfolio company of a Shamrock Growth Fund. Before joining Shamrock in 2014, Mr. Russo was a Senior Managing Director with FTI Consulting where he co-managed the firm’s Valuation and Financial Advisory Services Group. He was also a co-founder of The Salter Group (acquired by FTI in 2012), a leading global independent financial and strategic advisory firm that specialized in the entertainment and media industry. Mr. Russo is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Happy Hippie Foundation.

Mr. Russo graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University and earned his MBA from the Fordham University Graduate School of Business.

Laura Held

Laura is a Partner of Shamrock Capital Advisors. She currently serves as a director of Bayard, Adweek, Wpromote, and Mobilitie. Previously, Laura served on the boards of Questex, RBmedia, and as a board observer of Wazee Digital. Prior to joining Shamrock in 2012, Laura was an Associate in the Corporate Strategy group at The Walt Disney Company. She also previously worked as an Associate at The Carlyle Group and as an investment banking analyst at Credit Suisse.

Laura graduated cum laude from Georgetown University and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Jason Sklar

Jason is a Partner of Shamrock Capital Advisors. Before joining Shamrock in 2015, Jason was an Executive Director with J.P. Morgan’s Entertainment Industries Group where he managed a portfolio of leading filmed entertainment, television, music, and media distribution companies as well as provided strategic advisory services to global content companies. He also previously worked as an Associate at Bank of America and as an Analyst at Arthur Andersen LLP.

Mr. Sklar graduated magna cum laude from the University of Arizona and earned his MBA from the USC Marshall School of Business.

Michael M. Wilkins

Mike is a Partner of Shamrock Capital Advisors. He currently serves as a director of Learn on Demand Systems. Prior to joining Shamrock in 2020, Mike was a Managing Director and Co-head of the Global Technology, Media and Telecom Group at Harris Williams. He has over 25 years of M&A and capital markets experience across the software, internet, and education technology sectors. Previous experience includes co-founding the TMT Group and serving as the Head of Internet & Digital Media at Sagent Advisors, leading the Internet & Digital Media practice at Wachovia Securities and the Communications & Multimedia practice at Wasserstein Perella. Earlier in his career, Mike worked in investment banking at J.P. Morgan and started his career as an Analyst at Goldman Sachs.

Mike graduated from Loyola University Maryland.

Brian Barnum

Brian Barnum is an Operating Partner with Shamrock Capital Advisors and works with Shamrock’s portfolio companies to improve operations and increase value. He currently serves as a director of Learn on Demand Systems and Ad Results Media. Prior to joining Shamrock in 2017, Mr. Barnum held a number of senior executive roles for privately held media, communications and technology companies including COO of Brighter, Inc., COO/CFO of The Rubicon Project, the COO/CFO of Business.com and later the President of Dex Media’s Digital businesses after it acquired Business.com, the CFO of Rent.com through its acquisition by eBay, and the CFO of Transaction Network Services, which he guided through an IPO. Prior to his roles as an operating executive, Mr. Barnum worked in investment banking to media companies at Bankers Trust Company and to technology and communications companies at Alex. Brown & Sons.  Mr. Barnum has an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management and has a BA in Economics from Stanford University.

Andrew Landenberger

Mr. Landenberger is a Principal at Shamrock Capital Advisors focusing on the firm’s content related investments. Andrew has significant media and entertainment experience with a focus on film and television content. Before joining Shamrock in 2016, Andrew was Vice President of Corporate Finance at MGM Studios where he specialized in financial planning and reporting, valuations and M&A. He also previously worked as a consultant at Ernst & Young.

Mr. Landenberger graduated magna cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles.

David Simpson

David is a Principal at Shamrock Capital Advisors. Prior to joining Shamrock, David was a Principal at Providence Equity Partners, where he helped lead a number of Providence’s investments across the media, software, and information services sectors. Earlier in his career, David worked at Spectrum Equity, Battery Ventures, General Atlantic, and Mercer Management Consulting.

David graduated from Stanford University and earned an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Sam Halls

Sam is a Vice President at Shamrock Capital Advisors. He serves as a director of Adweek and Ad Results Media. Sam monitors and supports the management team of Iyuno-SDI Group and Maple Media. He previously served as a director of Screenvision Media and worked on Giant Creative Strategy. Prior to joining Shamrock in 2016, Sam was as an Associate at Silver Lake Sumeru, a private equity firm that invests in middle-market technology companies, where he focused on software investing. Before Silver Lake, Sam was an investment banking analyst at Morgan Stanley and covered clients in media, as well as consumer and retail industries.

Sam graduated cum laude from Duke University and earned an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Blair Brenton

Blair is a Vice President at Shamrock Capital Advisors. Blair serves as director of Bayard and DeCurtis Corporation. He also supports current Shamrock portfolio companies Canopy Spectrum, Appetize Technologies and Branded Cities. He previously worked on RBmedia. Prior to joining Shamrock in 2018, Blair was a Senior Associate at Leeds Equity Partners, a New York based middle market private equity firm. He previously worked as an Analyst in the technology, media and telecommunications group at Piper Jaffray & Co.

Blair graduated magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame.

Megan Wallach

Megan is a Vice President at Shamrock Capital Advisors. She serves as a director of Excel Sports Management and Pixellot. Additionally, Megan helps analyze new investment opportunities and is actively involved with Shamrock’s investment Fanduel. She previously worked on Silvergate Media, Questex, and Giant Creative Strategy. Prior to joining Shamrock in 2014, Megan was a member of the Financial Sponsors Investment Banking group at Barclays Capital.

Megan graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School.

Nick Khoury

Mr. Khoury is a Vice President at Shamrock Capital Advisors focusing on the firm’s content related investments. At Shamrock, Mr. Khoury performs analysis and due diligence on new investment opportunities and monitors investments for the Content Fund strategy. Before joining Shamrock in 2016, he was an investment banking Associate at Imperial Capital in New York City.

Mr. Khoury graduated from the University of Southern California.

Aaron Wizenfeld

Mr. Wizenfeld is a Vice President at Shamrock Capital Advisors focusing on the firm’s content-related investments. Aaron has 15 years of media and entertainment experience both as an executive and as an investment banker. Prior to joining Shamrock in 2021, Aaron was most recently Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development at United Talent Agency where he was a critical component of all major strategic initiatives including acquisitions, capital raises, and general corporate strategy for the agency. Prior to UTA, Aaron was an investment banker for 10 years at Houlihan Lokey, MESA Securities (acquired by Houlihan Lokey), and Deutsche Bank, primarily leading and executing media and entertainment transactions.

Aaron graduated summa cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Jonathan Chiu

Jonathan Chiu is a Senior Director of Portfolio Operations at Shamrock Capital Advisors and focuses on driving value through portfolio companies. Prior to joining Shamrock in 2021, Jonathan was a Director of Finance and Strategy for Blizzard Entertainment, leading financial operations and influencing the business strategy of one of the entertainment company’s largest franchises. Prior to Blizzard Entertainment, Jonathan spent four years at McKinsey & Company, where he focused primarily on strategy and M&A engagements in the technology and financial services industries. In addition, Jonathan spent three years at Google in a sales strategy, analytics, and operations role.

Jonathan earned an M.S. in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Alicia Zhu

Alicia is a Senior Associate at Shamrock Capital Advisors. She currently serves as a director of Learn on Demand Systems. Alicia helps analyze new investment opportunities and is actively involved with Shamrock’s investments in Ad Results Media and Pixellot. Prior to joining Shamrock in 2019, Alicia was a member of the Corporate Strategy group at The Walt Disney Company and focused on M&A and long-term strategic initiatives for the company.

Alicia graduated cum laude from Harvard University and earned an MBA with honors from Harvard Business School.

Tara Bereche

Ms. Bereche is an Associate at Shamrock Capital Advisors focusing on the firm’s content related investments. She performs investment analyses and monitors investments for the Content Fund strategy. Before joining Shamrock in 2018, Ms. Bereche was an investment banking analyst in Wells Fargo Securities’ Tech, Media & Telecom group. She currently sits on the Executive Board of RiseUp Malawi.

Ms. Bereche graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Brian Graziano

Brian is an Associate at Shamrock Capital Advisors. Brian performs extensive investment analyses and monitors portfolio companies including Bayard, Maple Media and Wpromote. Previously, Brian worked on Wazee Digital. Prior to joining Shamrock in 2018, Brian was an investment banking analyst with Citigroup in New York City.

Brian graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania.

Jake Simons

Jake is an Associate at Shamrock Capital Advisors. Jake performs extensive investment analyses on new opportunities and monitors portfolio companies including Appetize and DeCurtis Corporation. Prior to joining Shamrock in 2019, Jake was an investment banking analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New York City.

Jake graduated cum laude from Harvard University.

Nathan Janick

Nathan is an Associate at Shamrock Capital Advisors. Nathan performs extensive investment analyses on new opportunities and monitors portfolio companies including Excel Sports Management, Adweek, FanDuel, and Branded Cities. Prior to joining Shamrock in 2019, Nathan was an investment banking analyst in Guggenheim Partners’ Tech, Media & Telecom group in New York.

Nathan graduated from Emory University with the highest distinction.

Kun Situ

Kun is an Associate at Shamrock Capital Advisors focusing on the firm’s content related investments. At Shamrock, Kun performs analysis and due diligence on new investment opportunities and monitors investments for the Content Fund strategy. Before joining Shamrock in 2019, Kun was a member of the Corporate Finance & Development group at Legendary Pictures where he specialized in FP&A, M&A and capital raising.

Kun graduated from the University of Southern California.

Suman Padhi

Suman is an Associate at Shamrock Capital Advisors. Suman performs extensive investment analyses on new opportunities and monitors portfolio companies including Learn on Demand Systems, Canopy Spectrum and IYUNO Media Group. Prior to joining Shamrock in 2020, Suman was an investment banking analyst at Jefferies in San Francisco.

Suman graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Julian McIntyre

Julian is an Associate at Shamrock Capital Advisors focusing on the firm’s content related investments. Julian performs investment analyses on new opportunities and monitors portfolio investments for the Content Fund strategy. Prior to joining Shamrock in 2020, Julian was a private equity investment analyst at Barings in New York.

Julian graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College.

John Abram

John is an Associate at Shamrock Capital Advisors. John performs extensive investment analyses on new opportunities and monitors portfolio companies including Ad Results Media. Prior to joining Shamrock in 2020, John was an investment banking associate in Deutsche Bank’s Financial Sponsors Group in New York City.

John graduated from Duke University.

Peter Rivera

Peter is the Chief Financial Officer of Shamrock Capital Advisors and has been with Shamrock since 1994. He has also served as the Chief Compliance Officer from 2010 to the present. He was previously the Controller of Shamrock from 1996-2010, and the Financial Manager of Shamrock Broadcasting, Inc. from 1994-1995. Before joining Shamrock, he was the Controller of Clean-Up Technologies, Inc. from 1992-1994, Controller of Superior Galleries from 1990-1992, and Senior Accountant of Deloitte & Touche from 1987-1990. Mr. Rivera is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive), a Certified Global Management Accountant and serves on the Board of Directors of the Southern California Chapter of Financial Executives Alliance.

Peter graduated from California State University at Northridge.

Melissa Beam

Melissa is the Vice President, Finance for Shamrock Capital Advisors. Prior to joining Shamrock in 2016, Melissa was an Associate Director of Private Debt at SS&C Technologies. She was previously a Vice President and Alternative Investments Fund Accounting Manager at BNY Mellon in Los Angeles from 2006-2013 and a Senior Associate of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP from 2002-2006.

Melissa graduated cum laude from Texas Christian University and earned a MAcc from the USC Marshall School of Business.

Angelica Gallardo

Angelica is the Financial Manager of Shamrock Capital Advisors.  Angelica handles various tax compliance and accounting functions.  Prior to joining Shamrock in 2013, Angelica was a Senior Associate with Andersen Tax from 2008-2013, where she specialized in tax compliance and advisory for alternative investment funds.

Angelica graduated cum laude from the University of San Francisco and earned her law degree from Santa Clara University School of Law.

Joan Lee

Joan is the Accounting Manager of Shamrock Capital Advisors. Joan supports the accounting functions of the Private Equity and Content Funds. Prior to joining Shamrock in 2021, Joan was an Assurance Supervisor at RSM US LLP, from 2015 – 2021 in their Financial Services group. She specialized in audits of private equity firms and broker-dealers.

Joan graduated from the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Justin Hang

Justin is the Senior Fund Accountant of Shamrock Capital Advisors. Justin supports the accounting functions of the Private Equity and Content Funds. Prior to joining Shamrock in 2019, Justin was an Assurance Senior at Ernst & Young, from 2017-2019 in their Financial Services group. He specialized in audits of private equity firms, business development companies, and other types of asset management.

Justin graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles.