Sycamore Tree Capital Partners

Jon manages the firm’s research team, acts as lead analyst for the oil and gas, aerospace and defense industries, and is a member of the firm’s investment committee.

Prior to joining Sycamore, Jon was the Head of Credit research and a Portfolio Manager at Highland Capital Management. Over 13 years, Jon held various responsibilities including: senior portfolio analyst, research director and portfolio manager. Jon had portfolio management responsibilities for strategies which included par, stressed and distressed credit and private equity.

Prior to Highland Capital, Jon was a Partner and Senior Consultant at Muse Stancil and Company, where he led due diligence and valuation engagements for energy-related companies around the world. Clients included upstream and downstream companies and he was involved with a broad range of capital markets transactions. Prior to Muse Stancil, he worked at American Airlines, as a Senior Financial Analyst, and started his career at Westinghouse Savannah River Company as a process engineer.

Jon earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Mathematics from the University of Oklahoma, and an M.B.A. from the University of Texas, McCombs School of Business, and is a CFA charterholder.