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Scott Turco is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on direct lending to middle-market companies.
Before joining Blue Owl, Scott was Head of Sourcing at Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) Private Credit Group and a voting member of the Private Credit Group's Investment Committee. Before that, he was Head of Sourcing at THL Credit, Inc. Currently, Scott serves as a Board Observer at Associa, Mavis Tire Supply, and Galls and is on the Board of Directors at Walker Edison. Previously, he was on the Board of Directors at HDT Holdings and served as a Board Observer at Yasso and Mervin Manufacturing.
Scott received an AB from Harvard College and an MBA from The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in Psychology.

Alyssa Twomey is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Capital Team. In her role, she focuses on institutional client relationship management.
Before joining Blue Owl, Alyssa was a Director on the Business Development and Investor Relations team at Atalaya Capital Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl's Alternative Credit team. Alyssa spent the prior decade as a Principal at Oak Hill Advisors leading their Client Service team.

Jeffrey Tynik is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Liquid Credit Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on trading and investing in broadly syndicated non-investment grade leveraged loans.
Before joining Blue Owl, Jeffrey was a Senior Credit Analyst and Loan Trader of the performing leveraged loan business at Littlejohn & Co. Prior to that, he was a Credit Analyst at Redan Park Asset Management and Doral Leveraged Asset Management.
Jeffrey received his BA in Economics Management from Ohio Wesleyan University.

Josh Ufberg is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Alternative Credit Investment Team. In his role, he leads the team's corporate and opportunistic investing, which includes capital solutions, fund solutions and commercial solutions.
Before joining Blue Owl, Josh was a Partner at Atalaya Capital Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl's Alternative Credit team, where he also oversaw the firm’s corporate and opportunistic investing efforts. At Atalaya, Josh sat on the firm’s Executive Committee, Investment Committee for multiple funds, and the firm’s Valuation Committee. Prior to joining Atalaya, Josh was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs, where he was a member of the Special Situations Group, a multi-asset class business which invested Goldman Sachs' capital in both the public markets and private transactions in distressed and special situations.
Josh has served on the boards of Urban Arts Partnership and the Jewish Community Project and currently serves on the board of The Natan Fund.
Mr. Ufberg holds a BA from Pennsylvania State University and a JD from Villanova University.

Jay Usner is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Alternative Credit Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on execution of the firm's Real Assets strategies.
Before joining Blue Owl, Jay was a Principal at Atalaya Capital Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl’s Alternative Credit team. Prior to that, he held Vice President roles at both Fortress Investment Group and PGIM Real Estate. In those roles he focused on the acquisition and asset management of real estate throughout North America, with strategies ranging from opportunistic to core and across all capital positions. Jay began his career at a family office dedicated to multifamily investments.
Jay received his BA in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin and MBA from the University of Wisconsin, Madison's Graaskamp Center for Real Estate.

John Valtwies is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Team. In his role, he oversees the business development and growth of the Blue Owl funds as well as client servicing and operations for wealth management in Australia.
Before joining Blue Owl, John was a senior leader at PIMCO. He managed the firm’s private client relationships, focusing on private banks and ultra-high-net-worth advisory groups. John also led the family office business, successfully developing strong relationships with these unique and sophisticated investors. He also developed growth strategies to expand the firm's semi-liquid alternative solutions for private clients and advisers. Prior to that, he was a senior research analyst at Morningstar.
With 23 years of investment experience, he holds a certificate in financial markets from FINSIA and received a Bachelor of Business (Economics & Finance) from Western Sydney University.

Pravin Vazirani is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. In his role, he serves as the Co-Head of Portfolio Management for the Technology Investing strategy and is a member of the Technology Investing Investment Committee.
Prior to Blue Owl, Pravin was a Managing Director with Menlo Ventures. While at Menlo Ventures, Pravin focused on investments in the SaaS, cloud and ecommerce sectors. Pravin’s prior investments include Poshmark (IPO: POSH); Carbonite (IPO: CARB); Pillpack (acquired by Amazon), Centrality Communications (acquired by SiR F Holdings); EdgeCast Networks (acquired by Verizon); Credant Technologies (acquired by Dell); Like.com (acquired by Google); newScale (acquired by Cisco Systems); and UserZoom (exited position). Pravin's current investments include Toast, Remitly, SalesLoft, CircleCI, Exabeam, Nuvemshop, Arctic Wolf and 6sense. Pravin started his career as an engineer working at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Later, Pravin worked for Pacific Communication Sciences and ADC Telecommunications as a product manager.
Pravin holds BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from MIT and an MBA from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business.

Colin Vick is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Capital Team. In his role, Colin focuses on North American institutions and consultants.
Before joining Blue Owl, Colin was a Director at GoldenTree Asset Management, a credit firm based in New York, where he worked with US and Canadian institutions and family offices. Prior to that, he was an Associate at Blackstone in the Hedge Funds Solutions Group (BAAM).
Colin received his BS in Economics from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Jack Viellieu is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Digital Infrastructure Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on new investment activity, portfolio management, and monetization opportunities across Digital Infrastructure.
Before joining Blue Owl, Jack was a Director at IPI Partners, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl's Digital Infrastructure strategy. Prior to that, he was an Associate at Madison Dearborn Partners, a generalist private equity fund based in Chicago, where he focused on investment opportunities in telecommunications and other industry verticals. Jack began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Retail & Consumer group at Credit Suisse.
Jack received his BA in Economics, magna cum laude, from Middlebury College and earned an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Ben Volok is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Team. In his role, he is focused on the capital raise initiatives and distribution of Blue Owl’s suite of funds, with primary concentration on Wirehouse platforms.
Before joining Blue Owl in 2016, Ben was a Vice President at Guggenheim & CION Securities. Prior to that, he began his career in Private Wealth working with Mutual Funds, 401-K’s & Annuities with The Hartford.
Ben received his BSBA with a focus in Finance, magna cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh.