Team

Don Davis
CEO / Portfolio Manager

Val Katayev
Managing Partner

Sean Bill
Chief Investment Officer

Sandra Garcia
Chief Compliance Officer and Director of Operations

Jeremy Todd, CFA
Head of Capital Markets

Jeff Bottom
Director of Business Development
Jeff Bottom is the Director of Business Development with Prime Meridian Capital Management and brings over 20 years of experience in the investment advisory business. Previously, he was the President of a boutique Mutual Fund company offering niche investment strategies. Prior to that, he held a number of senior level roles involved in the marketing and sales of various illiquid, non-market correlated strategies. He received a BS in Water Resources Management from the University of New Hampshire.
He currently holds FINRA Series 3, 6, 7, 22 and 63 securities licenses.

Rocco DiBenedetto, CPA
Director of Accounting
Rocco DiBenedetto is the Operations Manager at Prime Meridian Capital Management, overseeing accounting and other daily functions. He is focused on developing automated processes to deliver an institutional grade service offering. Prior to joining Prime Meridian, Rocco worked at a Fund Administrator where he spent 7 years leading the accounting team and driving innovation. Rocco received his Bachelors of Science and Masters of Professional Accountancy in 2011 from Illinois State University, and received his CPA shortly after graduation.

Jeff Faria
Portfolio Analyst
Jeff is an Analyst at Prime Meridian Capital Management where he assists in the analysis of portfolio management and operations functions, with an emphasis on monitoring and diligence of investment holdings. Jeff enjoys spending his spare time with his wife and two sons and watching college football. Jeff graduated cum laude from University of Massachusetts, Amherst with B.B.A. in Management and received his M.B.A. from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Andrew Chapman
Accounting Analyst
Andrew Chapman is an accounting analyst at Prime Meridian Capital Management, assisting with accounting and other daily operational functions, regularly interfacing with the administrator, auditors, vendors and banking clients. Andrew graduated from Illinois State University with a degree in Finance and then worked at a hedge fund administrator for 5 years before joining Prime Meridian. Andrew enjoys following sports, mainly football and competitive eSports, as well as traveling to new places be it countries or states.

Alex Cariaso
Sr Operations Associate
Alex Cariaso is the Operations Assistant at Prime Meridian Capital Management. In this role, Alex is assisting the firm with administrative duties, office procedures and client database updates. Previous to Prime Meridian, he has had 27 years of experience in mortgage as an Underwriting Specialist for Franklin American Mortgage, Marketing Coordinator for National City Mortgage and Secondary Marketing for Courtesy Funding. In his free time, Alex enjoys watching movies, going to concerts, listening to music, but he mostly enjoys traveling to different countries with his wife.
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