Jake joined Great Rock Capital in 2025 and is responsible for originating new investment opportunities across the Northeast, with a focus on private equity groups.
Jake brings over a decade of experience in middle market lending and capital markets. Prior to joining Great Rock, he was an Executive Director in the Asset Based Lending group at J.P. Morgan, where he led origination and capital markets efforts for middle market clients across North America. Over his 12-year tenure at J.P. Morgan, he specialized in structuring and syndicating asset-based financings for public, private, and sponsor-owned businesses, including leveraged buyouts and restructuring transactions. Earlier in his career, Jake was an Investment Banking Credit Analyst in J.P. Morgan’s Specialty Finance group, where he supported a national portfolio of non-bank financial institutions across mortgage origination, commercial finance, fintech, and other financial services sectors.
Jake earned a B.A. in Economics from New York University and is in the Executive M.B.A. program at Yale University. He lives in New York City with his wife and enjoys teaching chess in his spare time, carrying on a tradition from his father, who was a chess coach. He can also be found trying to learn tennis—after somehow getting worse at golf over time.