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Meet our Team

Get financed by experts and industry leaders who do more than just provide money. We align with our founders to offer insights, wisdom and connections based on our extensive experience, expertise, and networks. Our investors have the breadth and depth of industry expertise that permit us to invest substantial time and money into entrepreneurs who are driving real change in the world.

Our Leadership

Jeff Smisek

Chairman

President of Goose Capital, Inc. & Former CEO and Chairman of United Continental Holdings, Inc., a Fortune 100 airline, founder of Flight Partners Capital and active investor in venture capital

Bruce Bilger

President

Former MD, Chairman and Head of Global Energy of Lazard

Anthony George

Board of Directors

Founder and CEO of FuelTrax and serial entrepreneur

David Gow

Board of Directors

David Gow is the CEO of Gow Media, a large multi-platform media company, based in Houston. Gow Media’s portfolio of digital content sites includes Culturemap, Sportsmap, Innovationmap and Automotivemap.com. Gow also owns a popular sports radio station in Houston, ESPN 97.5FM and SportsMap Radio, one of the country’s largest national sports radio networks.

David Klein

Board of Directors

Goose Capital Board Member & Serial entrepreneur in real estate, energy and banking

Brian Patterson

Board of Directors

Goose Capital Board Member & Serial entrepreneur in real estate, technology and energy

Andrew Nicholson

Managing Director

As Managing Director at GOOSE Capital,Andrew is responsible for operations, deal sourcing and screening, conducting diligence, and negotiating valuations and terms on behalf of our investors.

Alexa Stachowiak

Before joining Goose, Alexa went to Rice for her MBA where she transitioned into M&A, buying her first $2M business at 20. As short time into her M&A endeavors, she was inducted into the Texas Business Hall of Fame alongside inductees such as Mark Cuban, Morten Meyerson, Jeff Hildebrand, Jim Crane, Kendra Scott (and many more). Not long after, the school had nominated her to represent Rice for Future Business Leaders of Tomorrow.

Our investors

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Bruce Bilger

Former MD, Chairman and Head of Global Energy of Lazard

Michael P. Bonds

Former Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources and Labor Relations Officer – United Airlines

John D. Chaney

Former Chairman, CEO and Co-founder of TeleCheck Services

Jay Collins

Chairman of the Board, Goose Capital Inc. & Former CEO Oceaneering International, Inc.

Jim Compton

Former Vice Chairman and Chief Revenue Officer of United Airlines

Anthony George

Founder and CEO of FuelTrax and serial entrepreneur

Ahmed Hashmi

During his forty-year career in the energy industry, Ahmed held technical, commercial, and leadership positions in the US, Europe, Africa, Latin America, and the Arabian Gulf.

Gary L. Horn

CEO of Horn Solutions

Chris Howard

General Partner of Softeq Venture Fund, Active Angel Investor and Decades worth of Software Experience

John Huff

Former CEO and Chairman of Oceaneering International, Inc

Dhaval Jadav

Dhaval Jadav is Chief Executive Officer of alliantgroup, America’s leading consulting and management engineering firm

Don Kendall

President of Cogen Technologies and Board Director at Solar City (acquired by Tesla)

David Klein

Goose Capital Board Member & Serial entrepreneur in real estate, energy and banking

David Krieger

Former Senior Managing Director of Warburg Pincus

Thuy Mai

Experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the informationtechnology and services industr

Brian Patterson

Goose Capital Board Member & Serial entrepreneur in real estate, technology and energy

Chantell Preston

CEO of Facilities Management Group (FMG)

Ashok Rao

Goose Capital Board Member & First Indian-American to take a company public on Nasdaq and serial entrepreneur

Paul Sheng

Paul was a Senior Partner emeritus at McKinsey and Company, where he previously led its Global Energy and Materials and Oil & Gas Practices

Jeff Smisek

President of Goose Capital, Inc. & Former CEO and Chairman of United Continental Holdings, Inc., a Fortune 100 airline, founder of Flight Partners Capital and active investor in venture capital

Guillermo Trevino

President of Southern Distributing, a multi-brand beer and soft drink distributor.

Bobby Tudor

Bobby Tudor is the founder and CEO of Artemis Energy Partners, anInvesting and Advisory platform focused on companies involved in theGlobal Energy Markets.

Michael Wilson

Ley Wilson Development, LLC has purchased, developed and sold several hundred millions of dollars of commercial and single family residential developments throughout Harris, Fort Bend and Montgomery County.

Emeritus Members

Rod Canion

Co-founder and CEO of Compaq Computer Corporation

Nancy Chang

CEO and Chairperson of Ansun BioPharma and former co-founder, President and Chairperson of Tanox (sold to Genetech)

Art Ciocca

Founder and Chairman Emeritus of The Wine Group. Inc

Terry Giles

Serial entrepreneur and investor in real estate, healthcare, and technology

Michael Holthouse

Serial entrepreneur and Founder and CEO of Paranet (sold to Sprint). Founder of philanthropic venture Lemonade Day

George McLendon

Vice President of Carolinas HealthCare System and healthtech entrepreneur

Brandon Price

Former EVP at Nascent Biotech and serial entrepreneur in biopharmaceuticals

Eric Pulaski

Serial entrepreneur in high tech ventures

Louis A Raspino

President, CEO and Director of Pride International (merge with Ensco Plc in a transaction value at over $5B)

Steve Shaper

Fomer CEO of TeleCheck Services and serial entrepreneur and investor in fintech and manufacturing

Dan Wolterman

Former President & CEO of Memorial Hermann Health Systems

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