Engineering discipline applied to markets.

EscapeRisk was founded by Principals with backgrounds in engineering and technology. That perspective shapes how we find opportunities, construct the portfolio, and manage risk.

Principal / Chief Investment Officer
Ryan Ahern
Builds the Research & Risk software platform and runs it across AI, Macroeconomic, and Equity datasets. Owns Portfolio Construction, Risk Management, and Research.
Notable experience
1. 2001–05
  David Lerner Associates — Trading Systems Software and Bond Inventory Platform
2. 2005–10
  L3 Harris — Flight Simulator Software for Predator/Reaper, B-2 Bomber, and Apache/Chinook/Black Hawk Helicopters
3. 2010–15
  Column Technologies — Fortune 500 and DoD Enterprise Architecture
4. 2015–21
  Co-founded Highmetric; Scaled the Cloud Technology Practice and sold to Private Equity
Company Research · Risk Management Software · Market Intelligence · Platform Development
Education
Binghamton University
B.S. Computer Engineering
Principal / Chief Operating Officer
Ilya Zherebetskiy
Owns fund operations, financial controls, investor operations, and institutional infrastructure.
Notable experience
1. Start
  KPMG — Audit, Compliance, and Control Testing
2. MSK
  Director of Internal Audit — Seven years with Board-level Reporting
3. MSK IT
  Vice President, Head of IT Business Management — ~1,400 people and ~$600M P&L
Fund Administration · Financial Controls · Vendor Oversight · Operational Risk
Education
Binghamton University
B.S. Computer Science · B.S. Business Management (Finance)
Principal / Strategic Capital Partner
Robert F. Yario
Brings markets, enterprise software, and capital formation to the partnership.
Notable experience
1. 1990s
  CBOT, CME, and Chicago Stock Exchange — Jefferies and J.P. Morgan
2. 1998–2019
  Co-founded Column Technologies, growing it to a $90M global firm, and partnered in HighMetric, sold to private equity in 2019
3. 2019–
  C. Lanigan Investments, Saltillo Investments, and Sudora Capital
Education
Boston University
B.A. Economics, minor in History