Clay has over twelve years of finance and investment experience, most recently serving as Portfolio Manager and Vice President with Ovation Partners, an alternative private investment fund in Austin, Texas, for four years.

While at Ovation, Clay negotiated, structured, and managed senior and subordinated debt investments as well as equity investments across a wide range of industries and entity types. Upon investment execution, Clay served as a resource and consultant for his portfolio company management teams. Prior to Ovation Partners, Clay served as Senior Associate at PTV Healthcare Capital, a medtech-focused venture and growth equity firm in Austin. Clay also held responsibility for the evaluation and maintenance of new investment opportunities, guiding pitch meetings, leading due diligence efforts, as well as presenting to PTV’s investor base annually with a focus on medtech market trends, fund performance, and target investment markets. In addition to his deal-side responsibilities, Clay held responsibility for calculating quarterly portfolio company valuations and preparing financial statements for the PTV funds, managing financial statement audits, and maintaining investment returns reporting.

Clay is a CPA in Texas and commenced his career at Ernst & Young in Austin, where he audited both public and private companies as well as investment funds in the software, real estate, technology, manufacturing, and natural resources industries.

Clay received his Masters and Bachelors degrees in Accounting with a Minor in Finance from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin where he graduated with honors.