Archives: Team

Lauren Rennie

Lauren is an Associate on the Investor Relations team at Brightstar Capital Partners. Prior to Brightstar, Lauren was a Finance & Strategy Operations Partner at Gusto. Lauren began her career as an Investment Banking Analyst at Credit Suisse in the Diversified Industrials Group, supporting M&A and capital markets transactions for industrial technology companies. Lauren graduated […]

Eleanor Johnson

Eleanor Johnson is a Principal and Head of Internal AI & Automation at Brightstar Capital Partners. Prior to joining Brightstar, Eleanor was Director of Data & AI at Insight Partners, where she built intelligent solutions to streamline sourcing and investor relations processes, driving measurable improvements in productivity and data-driven decision-making. Earlier in her career, she […]

Caroline Forbess

Caroline Forbess is an Associate at Brightstar. Prior to joining Brightstar, Caroline worked at Rainier Capital Partners, where she focused on investment opportunities across the services sector. Caroline earned a BA in Economics from Northwestern University.

Alisha Parampil

Alisha Parampil is an Administrative Assistant at Brightstar Capital Partners. Prior to joining Brightstar, she served as Senior Operations Assistant at an Economic Consultancy. She also worked as National Casino Marketing Host at Harrah’s Resort Southern California. Originally from India, Alisha earned a B.A. in Communicative English, Travel and Tourism.

James Gilbert

James Gilbert is a Vice President at Brightstar. Prior to joining Brightstar, James worked as an Investment Banking Analyst at Jefferies in the Debt Advisory & Restructuring group. James received his MBA from The Wharton School and earned his BS in Quantitative Economics at Tufts University.

Henry Cai

Henry Cai is an Associate at Brightstar. Prior to joining Brightstar, Henry worked at Oppenheimer as an Investment Banking Analyst in their M&A Group. Henry earned a B.S. in Finance from Rutgers University.

Rylie Greenman

Rylie Greenman is an Associate at Brightstar. Prior to joining Brightstar, Rylie worked at Wells Fargo as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Industrials Group. Rylie earned a B.S. in Biometry & Statistics from Cornell University.

Nisha Patel

Nisha Patel is an Associate at Brightstar. Prior to joining Brightstar, Nisha worked at Guggenheim Securities as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Healthcare Group. Nisha earned a B.S. in Business with concentrations in Finance and Economics from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University.

Tyler Gordon

Tyler Gordon is an Associate at Brightstar. Prior to joining Brightstar, Tyler worked at Rothschild & Co as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Industrials Group. Tyler earned a BS in Finance from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.

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