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Amanda Schimmel is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Credit Finance & Capital Markets Team. In her role, she is focused on capital markets, including leverage and financings, for Blue Owl's Credit Platform, bringing nearly 15 years of experience in investment banking and financial services.
Prior to joining Blue Owl in 2023, Amanda spent her entire career at Citigroup, where she covered Financial Institutions and FinTech companies across Investment Grade Debt Capital Markets, Equity Capital Markets and Corporate and Investment Banking.
Amanda received a Bachelor of Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering.

Jonathan Schneider is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Head of Product Development. In his role, he focuses on new product development, product strategy, and other Blue Owl strategic initiatives.
Before joining Blue Owl, Jonathan was a Managing Director at Blackstone. Prior to that, he was an Associate at J.P. Morgan.
Jonathan received his BS in Finance from Fordham University.

Ralitza Schulz is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Capital Team. In her role, she is responsible for delivering cross-asset solutions and works collaboratively across product, marketing, and investment teams to support strategic client initiatives.
Before joining Blue Owl, Ralitza spent 15 years at Goldman Sachs, most recently as Head of Private Markets Customized Solutions for the External Investing Group (XIG) in New York. She previously worked as part of the XIG investment team, partnering with private markets firms across primaries, secondaries, and co-investments in both New York and London. Ralitza began her career as an investor with Goldman Sachs Investment Partners.
Ralitza received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Master of Science in Finance from Imperial College Business School.

Steven Segaloff is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Legal Team. In his role, he serves as the head of litigation across the firm and manages legal matters related to the firm’s alternative credit business.
Before joining Blue Owl, Steven was the General Counsel at Atalaya Capital Management. Previously, Steven served as General Counsel at Genesys Global, an innovative lighting company; Counsel at Herrick, Feinstein LLP, a New York-based law firm; Deputy General Counsel at Plainfield Asset Management, a multi-strategy hedge fund; and Senior Counsel at National Financial Partners Corp., a public company in the financial services sector. Steven began his career at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.
Steven received his JD from the University of Chicago Law School and holds a BA in American Studies, cum laude, from Cornell University.
Prior to law school, Steven was a member of the US National Rowing Team and US Olympic Team from 1993-96 and a World Rowing Champion.

Dmitry Selin is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Tax Team. In his role, he focuses on product structuring, tax compliance, investor reporting and operations for the Real Assets platform.
Before joining Blue Owl, Dmitry was a Senior Vice President of Tax at Blue Vista, a real estate investment management firm, where he oversaw the firm’s tax function. Prior to this, Dmitry was a Senior Manager at Ernst & Young LLP in the Real Estate Global Compliance & Reporting group.
Dmitry received a BS in Accounting from University of Illinois and a MS in Taxation from DePaul University. Dmitry is a Certified Public Accountant in Illinois.

Prasad Seshadri is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Information Technology Team. In his role, he is responsible for supporting the technology needs of the Blue Owl Institutional Capital.
Prior to joining Blue Owl, Prasad was a Director of Technology at Waterfall Asset Management, where he managed key systems including portfolio accounting, Trade flow processes, Master Data Management, and Deal flow. Previously, he served as a Vice President at CIT, where he held a variety of leadership roles in technology architecture and design after beginning his career as a developer. He is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).
Prasad holds an MBA in Finance from Rutgers University and a master’s degree in Engineering from the University of Houston.

Prachee Shah is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Business Services Platform. In her role, Prachee is part of the Operational Advisory practice focused on providing operational and technology-related best practice consulting and thought leadership to GP Strategic Capital Partner Managers.
Before joining Blue Owl, Prachee was a Vice President at BlackRock and held several roles during her time there. Most recently, she was part of the BlackRock Alternative Investors COO team. Prior to joining BlackRock, Prachee began her career as an Auditor at CohnReznick, LLP, focusing on hospitality clients.
Prachee received a BBA/MBA in Public Accounting from Pace University. She is also a licensed CPA in the State of New York.

Tom Shanklin is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Head of Investment Grade Private Credit. In his role, he focuses on leading the investment strategy and portfolio management for investment grade Corporate Credit, Asset Backed Finance and Structured Credit.
Before joining Blue Owl, Tom was a Managing Director & Head of Corporate Credit for Kuvare Asset Management, predecessor to Blue Owl Insurance Solutions. In 2009, Tom joined Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, a Life Insurance and Property & Casualty financial services company based in Columbus, OH as a Senior Investment Professional. From 2012 through 2021 Tom was the Managing Director & Head of Private Debt and led the development of Nationwide’s multi-billion dollar Private Debt investment strategies. Preceding Nationwide, he worked for Deutsche Bank Capital Markets and SunTrust Capital Markets (now Truist). Tom began his career in the Corporate Banking Training Program at SunTrust Bank in Atlanta, GA.
Tom received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his MBA from Goizueta Business School at Emory University.

Jared Sheiker is a Principal at Blue Owl and the Chief of Staff, Real Assets. In his role as Chief of Staff for Blue Owl Real Assets where he serves as a member of the Investment Committee, he focuses on sourcing and structuring transactions, supporting investor relations, and other real assets and corporate initiatives.
Before joining Blue Owl, Jared was an Investment Banking Analyst at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, a Stifel Company.
Jared received his BBA in Finance and Accounting from Emory University's Goizueta Business School.

Brett Sheppard is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Internal Audit & Controls Team. In his role, he is responsible for oversight of the BDC and Real Assets platforms’ SOX programs, and assists in the development and execution of the overall audit strategy for the firm, including risk-based and regulatory driven projects.
Before joining Blue Owl, Brett was a Senior Manager at Scotiabank, a Canadian multinational banking and financial services company located in New York. Prior to that, he was an Investing & Lending Controller at Goldman Sachs, covering Real Estate and Private Equity. Brett began his career as an auditor at the Office of Legislative Audits in Baltimore, MD.
Brett received an MBA and BBA in Accounting from the Sellinger School of Business at Loyola University Maryland and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant.