Brian Erke

Brian Erke has over 17 years of finance and management experience. He joined Westward Partners in 2019, and focuses on new investment transactions and portfolio company management. Brian sits on the boards of Three Bears Alaska, Globe Machine, Toolkit3D, and Marks Metal Technology. Prior to joining Westward, Brian spent eight years in tech, leading communications product integrations inside of Amazon Alexa, and running a company he co-founded (Gratafy), before it was acquired by Inmar in 2018.  Prior to his time in technology, Brian’s background was in finance, spending two years as an Associate in the $130 billion high yield and distressed debt fund at Oaktree Capital Management in Los Angeles. He began his career in investment banking as an Analyst at Credit Suisse in the Financial Sponsors group in New York.