Professional Staff

  • Peter W. Washington, Director
    Peter W. Washington :: Director
    Peter joined CapX Partners in June 2009 and is responsible for managing transaction underwriting and portfolio management. Prior to CapX, he served in the commercial lending and institutional sales divisions at the Northern Trust Company. Before working at Northern...
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  • Jeffrey S. Armstrong :: Director
    Jeff joined CapX Partners in July 2018 and is responsible for managing the firm's Capital Markets desk as well as the Bank Markets channel. Jeff has a B.A. in Economics from Indiana University and earned his M.B.A. from DePaul University's Kellstadt Graduate School of...
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  • Gregory B. Kealey :: Director
    Greg joined CapX Partners in November 2019 and performs business development in the Southeast. Greg brings a distinguished 25-year career in equipment finance and commercial banking with a strong network across a number of sectors as well as long standing relationships...
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  • Mike Wells :: Director
    Mike joined CapX Partners in 2020. His responsibilities include Midwest business development and relationship management. Prior to joining CapX, Mike was an equipment finance originator at First National Capital Corporation and prior to FNCC, was in commercial...
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  • Justin R. Wirt :: Vice President, Risk Management
    Justin joined CapX Partners in October 2015. In addition to underwriting and relationship management, he provides additional risk management support to the CapX asset portfolio. Prior to joining CapX, Justin was a management consultant at Plante Moran in the business...
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  • Ryan Smith :: Associate
    Ryan joined CapX Partners in September 2018 and supports investment underwriting and evaluation, portfolio management, and deal execution. Prior to joining CapX, Ryan worked as a commercial banking analyst at Wells Fargo, where he underwrote cash flow and asset driven...
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  • Daniel Long :: Portfolio Analyst
    Dan joined CapX Partners in February 2018 and is responsible for supporting the portfolio management team including the application of his information engineering skills into the firm’s fintech evolution. Prior to joining CapX, Dan served as a consultant to Community...
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  • Paul Clancy :: Senior Analyst
    Paul joined CapX Partners in July 2020. Along with direct investment underwriting, Paul's responsibilities include helping manage the CapX portfolio of middle-market companies and assisting with deal execution. Prior to joining CapX, Paul was an investment banking...
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  • Vanessa D’Cunha, CPA :: Director of Finance & Controller
    Vanessa re-joined CapX Partners in November 2017 as the Director of Finance and Controller. Prior to returning to CapX, Vanessa was the Controller at Lantern Partners. She also served as Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer at Commerz Futures. Vanessa has an...
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  • Claudia Varela, Human Resources
    Claudia Varela :: Human Resources
    Claudia joined CapX in 2005, and her responsibilities include Human Resources and Business Manager as well as Executive Assistant to the partners. Prior to CapX, she was the Office Manager at World Relief-Chicago (WR-C), an international not-for-profit that works with...
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