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About Us

Backpack has assembled a leadership team with proven experience scaling global organizations at the intersection of real estate, infrastructure, technology, and the capital markets.

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Leadership

David Kaiserman

Founder & Executive Chairman

Gary Michel

Chief Executive Officer & Director

Jason Rutherford

President & Chief Revenue Officer

Christian Falk

EVP, Strategy & Corporate Development

Waynewright Malcolm

EVP & Chief Financial Officer

David McCain, Esq.

Chief Legal Officer

Amanda Reierson

Chief Marketing Officer

Board of Directors

David Kaiserman

Founder & Executive Chairman

Gary Michel

Chief Executive Officer & Director

Rob Deutschman

Former Vice-Chairman, Enron Creditors Recovery; Chairman, Digital Turbine

Richard Leeds

Executive Chairman, Global Industrial

Stuart Levine

Former CEO, Dale Carnegie & Associates

Board of Advisors

Mark Almeida

Former President, Moody’s Analytics

Paul Dodge

Former SVP Supply Chain, Lennar

Emily Frager

Chief Client Officer, FleishmanHillard

Rob Gendelman

Head of Equities, Loews

Robert Hoopes

Chief Executive Officer, VOX Global

Mitch Kider

Chairman and Managing Partner, Weiner Brodsky Kider

Jay Leek

Managing Partner, SYN Ventures & Former CISO, Blackstone

John McGrail

Former Counselor to Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Ambassador Ed McMullen

Former US Ambassador to Switzerland & Liechtenstein

Gautam Mukunda

Former Professor, Harvard Business School

Rob Palatnick

Former Head of Innovation, DTCC

Chris Putala

Putala Strategies

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