Dean Rubino is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of KPC Private Funds, an SEC-registered adviser that provides independent wealth advisors institutional-grade access to private funds through a streamlined and technology-forward advisor-first platform. With 25+ years in private funds, he joined Terrapin Asset Management in 2012 as President & COO and led an acquisition and subsequent lift-out that became the foundation for KPC Private Funds and a second SEC-registered adviser within Kelly Park Capital. Earlier, he served as CEO and CIO of Hamilton Lane’s Richcourt Group where he led a successful turnaround and sale of a ~$1.7 billion fund-of-funds complex. Prior, he was a partner at the Taylor Companies, and sat on HypoVereinsbank’s Alternative Investment Committee allocating $700mm+ to hedge funds. He began at Merrill Lynch, is a member of American MENSA, and holds a B.A. (1994) from Trinity College and an M.B.A. (1999) from Columbia Business School.