Bryan Bradford is the executive director of the JC Bradford Family Office. Mr. Bradford invests in private and public equities, with a particular focus on financial services and financial technology.Mr. Bradford is the founder and chairman of Austin Capital Bank SSB, a community bank in Austin, Texas. He has been extensively involved in bank operations, strategy, hiring, regulatory issues, and capital raising since founding the bank in January 2006.Mr. Bradford was a consultant from 2004 to 2008 with Palo Alto Investors, a $1.7 billion hedge fund. Bradford also has participated or invested in a number of successful startups. He founded and continues active involvement in FNB Merchants LLC, a fast growing merchant card processing firm. Mr. Bradford began his career as an investment banker at J.C. Bradford & Company, specializing in mergers and acquisitions.Mr. Bradford has an AB in History from Princeton University. He also holds an MBA from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas. Additionally Mr. Bradford has lectured on banking and investment management at the University of Texas; the University of California, Berkeley; and at other universities.Specialties: Investing, particularly in financial services and financial technology.