The managing director: ernie knight
  • The President of Knight and Associates, a management consulting firm, and an Executive-in-Residence for BRITE, Ernie has experience in management consulting and is equipped to assist companies in their rise to success. He has over 15 years of experience with technology organizations focused on seed/early stages. Additionally, he has served as a Founding Managing Director of Nationwide Mutual Capital, where he invested locally and nationally, and led three exits of over $100 million. He also has experience at Reservoir Venture Partners and Innovation Works.
  • Ernie has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics from Case Western Reserve University and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. 

The advisory board

Michael Conway

Eugene Calabria

Vasanthi
​Chandrasekaram

Chris McGowan

The Investment Committee