Rubicon Technologies, Inc.

Nate Morris
Chairman & CEO

Nate Morris is leading a technology revolution in the waste and recycling sector and is rekindling hope that lasting change and progress can be achieved in the global environmental movement. Morris founded Kentucky-based Rubicon, a software company driving innovation in the waste and recycling sector. Launched with maxed-out credit cards and a $10,000 line of credit, Rubicon is now valued at well in excess of $1 billion with operations in 20 countries on five continents. This proves that big ideas are not limited to the coasts—the American heartland can and will set up to provide jobs and innovation for future generations.

Fast Company named Rubicon to its prestigious annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. Morris’s leadership earned him recognition as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. He is also the youngest inductee ever to the Kentucky Entrepreneur Hall of Fame. Hailed as “America’s Technology Company,” Rubicon has ushered in a new industry standard that works to protect the United States against environmental and national security threats. Rubicon holds over 50 patents.

Morris founded the Morris Foundation to provide Kentuckians with access to the American Dream and economic freedom and opportunity. He is a benefactor to the University of Kentucky, where he serves on the Dean’s Advisory Council and as Entrepreneur in Residence at the Gatton College of Business and Economics. Morris is a Senior Advisor to the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, a member of Business Executives for National Security (BENS), a member of Concordia’s Leadership Council and the Trilateral Commission.

Phil Rodoni
Chief Technology Officer

Phil Rodoni is Rubicon’s Chief Technology Officer, where he leads all of Rubicon’s technology innovation, product development, business intelligence, and research and development. Based out of San Francisco, Rodoni is well-versed in financial services, the mobile internet, and software development.

Before joining Rubicon in 2015, Rodoni was Vice President of Software Development at Esurance, where he enabled the company to expand its offerings and geographic footprint. He also served as Vice President at Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCHW), building a technology platform that supported 100,000 concurrent users.

Rodoni holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Haas School of Business.

Jevan Anderson
Chief Financial Officer

Jevan Anderson is Rubicon’s Chief Financial Officer, overseeing Rubicon’s end-to-end financial operations, including the financial infrastructure, teams, and processes of the company.

Anderson is a highly accomplished technology executive with 30 years of experience in corporate leadership, financial advisory, investment banking, corporate development, and strategy consulting. Prior to joining Rubicon, he was CFO and COO at Finjan Holdings, a globally recognized pioneer in cybersecurity intellectual property, which was acquired by Fortress Investment Group. Over the course of his career, Anderson has executed more than 100 transactions with over $20 billion in aggregate consideration with leading companies including Accenture, BlackBerry, Bleacher Report, Broadcom, Discovery, Electronic Arts, Ford, Huawei, IBM, Intel, Liberty Media, Microsoft, Pandora, QUALCOMM, Symantec, Time Warner, Turner Sports, and Yahoo!

Anderson holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University and an MBA from The Stern School of Business at New York University.

Chris Spooner
Senior Vice President of Finance

Chris Spooner is Rubicon’s Senior Vice President of Finance, leading the Accounting, Data Management, Finance Operations, and FP&A functions companywide. Spooner has been a part of the Rubicon team since 2015 in multiple FP&A and Strategy roles.

Before joining Rubicon, Spooner was a Manager of Capital Strategy at Novelis, a global leader in sustainable manufacturing. Before this, he worked in investment banking with TM Capital.

Spooner holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in Economics and Banking and Finance from the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia.

Osman Ahmed
CEO and Director, Founder SPAC

Osman Ahmed has significant principal investment experience from origination through exit in B2C and B2B platforms. Mr. Ahmed is currently a Managing Director at 10X Capital, a multi-strategy technology investment firm. From 2015 to 2022, he was an investor at KCK Group. Mr. Ahmed was previously the CFO at Beehive3D, a KCK Group Portfolio company, and has held roles at Volition Capital, Scale Venture Partners, and Stifel Financial. Mr. Ahmed served on the Board of Directors of Harvest Sherwood Food Distributors from 2015 to 2021 and KCK Frontier Investments Ltd. from 2019 to 2021. From 2018 to 2020, Mr. Ahmed served on the Board of Directors of Kaidee and, from 2015 to 2016, was a Board Observer at Hibernia Networks. Previously, Mr. Ahmed was a Board Observer at Yield Engineering Systems and Emerging Markets Property Group. Mr. Ahmed has led and participated in investment rounds for companies such as Axcient (acquired), Hibernia Networks (acquired), RingCentral (IPO), TraceLink (active), and Kaidee (acquired). Mr. Ahmed holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Southern California and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Hassan Ahmed
Executive Chairman, Founder SPAC

Hassan Ahmed was most recently Chairman and CEO of Affirmed Networks, which he co-founded in 2010. Mr. Ahmed was responsible for all aspects of the company’s operations and oversaw its sale to Microsoft in April 2020. From 1999 to 2008, Mr. Ahmed was Chairman and CEO of Sonus Networks, a company that actively transformed telephony. Mr. Ahmed led Sonus Networks for ten years, overseeing the company through its IPO on the Nasdaq in 2000. Before joining Sonus, Mr. Ahmed was EVP and GM of the Core Switching division of Ascend Communications (acquired by Lucent for $20.3 billion) and Chief Technology Officer of Cascade Communications (acquired by Ascend for $3.7 billion). He also served on the Board of Directors at Airvana Networks until it was acquired by Siris Capital. Currently, Mr. Ahmed is a member of the Board of Directors of Ciena Corp (NYSE: CIEN) and KINS Technology Group (NASDAQ: KINZU, KINZ, KINZW) and a Senior Advisor at Charles River Ventures. Mr. Ahmed holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Aerospace Engineering from Carleton University. He also received a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.

Manpreet Singh
Chief Financial Officer and Advisor, Founder SPAC

Manpreet Singh, CFA, is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Singh Capital Partners (SCP), a multifamily office that directs investments into venture capital, private equity, and real estate. SCP invests capital on behalf of Fortune 500 CXOs, unicorn founders, and operators and has executed investments in North America, Europe, and Asia. Mr. Singh has made over 50 private investments over the last decade including Baazarvoice, Alibaba, Uber, Spotify, Duo, PayTM, Impossible Foods, Cohesity, DocSend, SoFi, Carta, SpaceX, MindBody, Robinhood, and Postmates. Prior to starting SCP, Mr. Singh was the Co-Founder and President of TalkLocal, a venture backed local services marketplace that serviced customers in 49 states and placed over 2 million calls to contractors. Prior to TalkLocal, Mr. Singh was the longest tenured employee at Profit Investment Management (PIM), a DC-based firm where he helped to grow assets under management from $20 million to over $2 billion through various roles in trading, marketing, research, investing, and operations. He was eventually responsible for managing over $1 billion invested across technology companies globally while at the firm. Mr. Singh serves on the boards of Acquco, US Inspect, Snowball Industries, Embrace Software, Shukr Investments, TalkLocal, the Suburban Hospital Foundation, and the Dingman Center at the Smith School of Business. Mr. Singh received his MBA from the Wharton School of Business in Entrepreneurship, Finance, and Real Estate. He also holds a B.S. in Finance with a citation in Entrepreneurship from the University of Maryland, College Park, and is a CFA charterholder.

Nikhil Kalghatgi
SPAC Advisor

Nikhil Kalghatgi has been the Head of Alternative Investments at S.P. Hinduja Banque Privee since early 2020. He was previously a Partner at CoVenture primarily investing in high-yield asset-backed credit opportunities and creating quantitative trading strategies. CoVenture’s investment areas primarily included fintech, special situations and emerging assets. Mr. Kalghatgi was also a Partner at CoVenture Crypto, a multi-strategy cryptocurrency asset management firm backed by SBI Holdings, with a quantitative trading fund, smart-beta fund and venture capital investments. Prior to this, he was a Partner at Vast Ventures Management LLC, investing in early-stage and late-stage companies. He has invested across technology including space exploration, consumer, healthcare, software, and transportation. He has also previously been a Principal at Softbank, Founder of Partner 6, a long-only equity investment firm, and a Director of Business Development and Marketing at Localytics, a mobile analytics platform. He also spent several years in the military intelligence sector at the MITRE Corporation. Mr. Kalghatgi holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master’s degree in engineering from Tufts University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.