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Doug Ostrover
Co-Chief Executive Officer
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Marc Lipschultz
Co-Chief Executive Officer
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Alan Kirshenbaum
Chief Financial Officer
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Andrew Polland
Chief Operating Officer
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Sean Ward
Senior Managing Director
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Directory

Joe Berardelli
Head of Technology Infrastructure
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Joe Berardelli
Joe Berardelli
Head of Technology Infrastructure
New York

Joe Berardelli is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Head of Technology Infrastructure. Based in New York, he is focused on managing and implementing all technology offerings for the firm.

Before joining Blue Owl, Joe was an Associate and Senior Systems Engineer at IA Interior Architects, a global design and architectural firm. Prior to that, he was an IT Manager at Babcock & Brown, an alternate investment and advisory firm.

Joe received a degree in Network Engineering from the Chubb Institute.

Diana Bergman
Principal
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Diana Bergman
Diana Bergman
Principal
New York

Diana Bergman is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Structured Products and Fund Finance Team. Based in New York, she is focused on arranging bilateral and syndicated lending facilities for Blue Owl's BDCs and Private Funds.

Before joining Blue Owl, Diana was a Vice President at Barclays where she helped launch the middle market CLO business. Prior to that, she was a Vice President at Natixis where she was responsible for structuring CLO warehouses and transactions. Diana began her career as an analyst at Citigroup on the mortgage sales desk.

Diana received a BA in Economics and French with a concentration in Mathematics and Statistics from Amherst College.

Dana Berschler
Principal
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Dana Berschler
Dana Berschler
Principal
Short Hills

Dana Berschler is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Compliance Team. In her role, she focuses on providing Investment Compliance related coverage to Credit, GP Strategic Capital and Real Estate.

Before joining Blue Owl, Dana was a Vice President in the Corporate and Investment Banking group at Wells Fargo in New York. Prior to that, she was a Vice President and Senior Compliance Officer at Goldman Sachs & Co. Dana began her career as a Compliance Analyst at Goldman Sachs.

Dana received her BA in History from Syracuse University.

Saurabh Bhatia
Principal
Saurabh Bhatia
Principal
California

Saurabh Bhatia is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, he focuses on strategically implementing solutions to enhance efficiency and automate processes within the financial applications suite. 

Before joining Blue Owl, Saurabh served as a consultant specializing in financial applications, providing expertise in implementing ERP systems, business process optimization, and advising on best practices.  Saurabh began his career as an applications engineer. 

He holds an MBA, magna cum laude, from Kennesaw State University and holds a BS from DeVry University in Electronics Engineering.    

Erik Bissonnette
Managing Director
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Erik Bissonnette
Erik Bissonnette
Managing Director
New York

Erik Bissonnette is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. Erik is also Co-Head of Technology Investing and a member of the Investment Committee for Blue Owl Technology Credit Advisors. In his role, he oversees strategies with over $16 billion in AUM, focused on making debt and equity investments in established enterprise software and technology companies.

Prior to joining Blue Owl, Erik was a Managing Director and Head of Technology Leveraged Finance at Capital Source from 2009 to 2017. Preceding Capital Source, Erik was an investor at ABS Capital Partners, and worked in investment banking at Wachovia Securities and Bank of America Securities. 

Erik received a BA in Economics with a double major in English from Wake Forest University.

Hugh Boyle
Managing Director
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Hugh Boyle
Hugh Boyle
Managing Director
New York

Hugh Boyle is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development Team. In his role, he focuses on Institutional Business Development initiatives for the Blue Owl Strategic Equity strategy.

Before joining Blue Owl, Hugh was a Managing Director at Onex where he focused on institutional fundraising across the platform. Prior to that, he was a Principal at Investcorp and a Vice President at MatlinPatterson, Voya Asset Management, and NorthCoast Asset Management in various client-facing roles. Hugh began his career as an Associate in the Private Wealth Division at the Royal Bank of Canada.

Hugh serves on the board of Open Doors, a non-profit committed to homelessness prevention in Norwalk, CT. Hugh received a BA degree in Politics and Government from Ohio Wesleyan University.

Glyn Bradley
Managing Director
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Glyn Bradley
Glyn Bradley
Managing Director
New York

Glyn Bradley is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development Team. In his role, he focuses on building strategic relationships with investment consultants to drive new business opportunities across the Blue Owl platform.

Before joining Blue Owl, Glyn was a Senior Vice President at Crescent Capital, a credit-focused alternative manager. Glyn began his career as an Analyst at Goldman Sachs Asset Management in the Institutional Sales Group.

Glyn received his BA and MBA from Florida A&M University.

Denise Brenner
Managing Director
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Denise Brenner
Denise Brenner
Managing Director
New York

Denise Brenner is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Legal Team. In her role, she focuses on providing legal counsel to private funds across the Blue Owl platform.

Before joining Blue Owl, Denise was a Vice President at BlackRock. Prior to that, she was a Vice President and Senior Counsel at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. Denise began her career as an Associate in the Capital Markets and Investment Management Groups at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.

Denise received her JD from Columbia Law School, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and holds a BA in Comparative Literature and Society, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Columbia University.

Robert Britt
Managing Director
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Robert Britt
Robert Britt
Managing Director
Texas

Robert Britt is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Business Services Platform. In his role, Robert leads the Data Science Team, which provides data advisory to GP Strategic Capital Partner Managers as well as direct support to their investment teams.

Before joining Blue Owl, Robert was a Director at KPMG Deal Advisory & Strategy where he built and led both the Financial Services Analytics Team and the Data Innovation & Market Intelligence Team. Prior to that, he co-founded a tech startup called UpScored and was a founding member of the data science arm of Point72 Asset Management. Robert began his career as an analyst in the US Navy.

Robert received a BA in Financial Economics, cum laude, from Columbia University.

Carly Brooks Prutkin
Managing Director
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Carly Brooks
Carly Brooks Prutkin
Managing Director
New York

Carly Brooks Prutkin is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Business Services Platform. Carly is part of the Capital Strategy practice providing fundraising advisory and client development support to GP Strategic Capital Partner Managers. She is responsible for managing relationship with US institutional investors on the East Coast and in Canada.

Before joining Blue Owl, Carly was a Director at Cantor Fitzgerald, in their Private Placement group in New York. Prior to that, she was a Vice President in Global Distribution at Citadel LLC, a Chicago-based hedge fund. Carly began her career as an Analyst in the Private Wealth Management Division of Goldman Sachs.

Carly received a BA in International Relations with a Minor in Spanish from the University of Pennsylvania.