Scott M. Bilyeu serves as an Operations Partner and special advisor to the firm, bringing extensive experience in finance, operations, human resources, and compliance. Throughout his career, he has focused on developing and implementing best practices for SEC-registered alternative investment fund managers.

Previously, Mr. Bilyeu served as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of Triangle Peak Partners from its founding in 2008 through 2024. From 2005 to 2008, he was the CFO of Abingdon Capital Management, a hedge fund and separate accounts manager in McLean, Virginia. Prior to that, from 1995 through 2004, he held progressively senior executive roles at EGM Capital, a prominent small-cap hedge fund and separate accounts manager based in San Francisco, first as Controller and later as CFO, overseeing the firm’s day-to-day financial and operational functions.

Scott began his professional career in Peoria, Illinois as an audit and tax associate for Clifton Gunderson & Co. (now CliftonLarsonAllen), a nationwide accounting and consulting firm. He also worked as an internal auditor for Allstate Insurance Corp. in Northbrook, IL.

Scott received his B.A. in Accounting and graduated with honors from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1993. Later that year, he was registered by the Illinois Board of Examiners as a Certified Public Accountant after successfully completing the CPA exam.

Dain F. DeGroff is a co-founding partner of Triangle Peak Partners, LP and serves as CEO. He has experience providing capital and counsel to private and public companies.

Prior to Triangle Peak, he served as a Managing Director with Fort Mason Capital, where he conducted private, direct investments in private and public companies, focusing on the Technology, Alternative Energy, and Energy sectors.

Prior to Fort Mason, Mr. DeGroff was an investment banker at both Hambrecht & Quist and JP Morgan, where he executed numerous M&A, debt and equity transactions in the technology sector and also led both firms’ global efforts in mobile and wireless technologies. Prior to his banking experience, he was a consultant for Accenture Consulting in its Technology practice. Before entering the workforce, Dain completed the U.S. Navy’s Nuclear Engineering program and served as a U.S. Navy Submarine officer on a fast-attack submarine.

He serves as a board member for Nozomi Networks, and as a board observer for ACME Technologies, Aerospike, AlphaSense, Bugcrowd, Proscia, Skedulo, Sojern, SnapLogic and Suzy.

He holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.

Additionally, Dain serves as a Committee Member on the Stanford University DAPER (Athletics Department) Investment Fund.

Zach P. Kaufman is the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of Triangle Peak Partners, LP. Zach joined Triangle Peak in April 2009 and has spent the majority of his time focused on the accounting and back-office operations of the firm. Prior to joining Triangle Peak, Zach was a senior associate with Perry-Smith, LLP, a regional public accounting firm based in Sacramento, California, where he led audit teams serving clients in the governmental, construction, manufacturing, non-profit, and financial industries.

He began his career in accounting as office manager for M & K Builders, Inc., a construction company in California’s Central Valley.

Zach received his B.A. in Accounting from University of the Pacific in 2006 and is a Certified Public Accountant.

James T. McCartt joined Triangle Peak Partners, LP in June 2008. He brings experience in two areas to the firm. As an attorney with Baker Botts LLP, then as a partner with Susman Godfrey LLP in Houston, Jim has practiced substantial business litigation. He has also worked as an equity analyst with Fayez Sarofim & Co., where he primarily covered firms in the financial sector.

Jim received an A.B. in Economics from Harvard College, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and an M.B.A. from MIT’s Sloan School of Management. He is a member of the Texas and California bars. Jim is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Michael C. Morgan is a co-founding partner of Triangle Peak Partners, LP and serves as its Chairman. He previously serviced as CEO from 2008-2022. Since 2004, he has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Portcullis Partners, LP, a private investment partnership and one of Triangle Peak’s largest Limited Partners

Mike is the former president and current lead director at Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI), one of the largest energy infrastructure companies in North America. He joined Kinder Morgan at its founding in 1997 and headed Kinder Morgan’s corporate development efforts until 2001, completing 23 acquisitions worth over $5 billion. He then served as President of KMI until 2004. In 2006, he participated in the management buyout of KMI and then its return to the public markets via IPO in 2011. During that period, KMI grew from 150 employees to over 10,000 and from $300 million of enterprise value to over $70 billion. Mike has served continuously on the board of KMI and its predecessors since 2003.

Mike previously served on the boards of six public companies: Sunnova (NYSE:NOVA), a residential solar and energy storage company from 2014-2024; Stem (NYSE:STEM), an energy storage and software company from 2021-2024; Star Peak Energy Transition Corp. (NYSE:STPK) from 2020-2021; and Star Peak Corp II (NYSE:STPC) in 2022. He also served as a director of two public energy funds affiliated with Kayne Anderson (NYSE: KYN and KYE) from 2007-2008. Mike has served on a number of private company boards for TPP portfolio companies.

Mike is a frequent volunteer at Stanford University, currently serving as co-chair of the advisory council for the Precourt Institute for Energy. He previously served seven years as the national chair of The Stanford Fund. In recognition of his service, Mike received the Stanford Associates Governors’ Award.

Mike currently serves on the boards of the Naval Postgraduate School Foundation and Stonepeak-Plus Infrastructure Fund LP.

Mike earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and both a BA in Economics and an MA in Sociology from Stanford University. He recently participated as a fellow at Stanford’s Distinguished Careers Institute. He previously served as an Adjunct Professor in the Practice of Management at the Jones School of Business at Rice University.

David L. Pesikoff is a Co-Founding Partner of Triangle Peak Partners, LP and serves as President. He was a Principal at Fayez Sarofim & Co. from 1998 until early 2008, first joining the company in 1994. The Sarofim firm is one of the largest private investment counselors in the country with over $30 billion under management when David left to found Triangle Peak Partners. He had most recently served as the firm’s portfolio strategist as well as head of its financials research team. Over the previous decade, he covered a series of industries globally, including retail, health care, insurance, banks and brokers, telecom, and information technology. In addition, he led many of the firm’s private investments in a range of technology companies, including eHarmony, Trulia, eGain, Avantgo, Astro Gaming, and Uplogix. From 1990 to 1992, he was a management consultant with Gemini Consulting and with Bain & Co.

He is on the board of Kurtosys.

David obtained an M.B.A. from Stanford University and graduated Cum Laude from Williams College with a B.A. with Honors in Mathematics. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

David is an adjunct professor at Williams College where he is also a Class Agent and Class Secretary, having previously served as Co-Chair of the Williams College Alumni Fund as well as a Head Class Agent and Chair of his 25th reunion.

Tyler Peterson joined Triangle Peak Partners in 2014, and currently serves as a Partner on the Technology team.

Tyler is also the founder of Kastri Capital, LLC, a private investment and consulting firm.

At Triangle Peak, Tyler has worked on investments in Contentsquare (fka Heap Inc.), FreightWaves, Nozomi Networks, AssetWatch (fka Nikola Labs), Arcadia, Gradle, Aerospike, Suzy, Directly, Skedulo, LookingGlass, Distil Networks, Bugcrowd, Getaround, D2IQ (fka. Mesosphere), AlphaSense, StayNTouch and Sunnova (NYSE:NOVA). He is a board observer for FreightWaves, Gradle, and AssetWatch (fka Nikola Labs), and former board observer for StayNTouch, Directly, Getaround, LookingGlass and Distil Networks.

Prior to Triangle Peak, Tyler spent seven years at Google working across a variety of products. He led growth initiatives for AdWords and AdSense, contributed to the original business models for Google Checkout and Google TV Ads, and formulated monetization strategies for YouTube. Additionally, he worked on growth and analytics for Google Maps, Gmail, Book Search and Google+.

Tyler graduated from Claremont McKenna College with a BA in Economics and History, and holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson.