Prior to founding Farmers Gate, Dan was a founding partner of Blue Road Capital, an agribusiness-focused private equity firm. Prior to founding Blue Road in 2013, Dan worked for Ospraie Management, focusing on all aspects of the deal process for transactions in agricultural and related industries, including sponsoring the formation of Teays River. Prior to joining Ospraie in 2006, Dan worked in Credit Suisse’s CSFB Strategic Partners private equity group and began his career in Credit Suisse’s investment banking analyst program in 2001. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in 2001 with a B.S. in Applied Economics and Business Management.