Chris Brunner
Phone:
+1 205-401-4081
Email:
Primary Residence:
San Juan, Puerto Rico
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EXPERIENCE
2022-Present
Founder & CEO
Spectra Capital is an opportunistic, special situation real estate debt fund that specializes in providing capital for commercial mortgages to borrowers in the most challenging and complex situations. As a private lender, brokerage, and technology platform, Spectra is uniquely positioned to identify borrowers with short-term funding needs and execute quickly to provide exceptional yield to investors.
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2011-2020
Founder & CEO
TELO
Telo pioneered the first developer-friendly telephony data API in 2011 with the launch of OpenCNAM. Since then, Telo has released subsequent versions of OpenCNAM extending Caller ID coverage to include over 229 countries and has become the telecom industry's leading CNAM provider. Telo was acquired by Neustar in December 2020 and was since acquired by TransUnion (NYSE:TRU).
2011-2015
Founder & COO
TRUCOIN
In 2011, Trucoin became the first company in the world to invest in the development of the Bitcoin project. At launch, Trucoin was the fastest way to buy bitcoin and was the first company in North America to sell bitcoin in a way that was truly compliant with all of the state and federal laws where it operated.
2009-2011
Founder & CEO
RCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS
RCI provided conference calling infrastructure to Local Exchange Carriers all over North America.
2005-2008
IT Manager
TMC
Administered IT systems that facilitated the operations of every
company department; Developed web-based tools that gave upper management new insight into the company’s operations and financials; Managed IT personnel and projects
2002-2004
Intern
AT&T (Formerly BellSouth)
Hired at age 16 to work full-time for BellSouth’s Internal Audit
Department as a C++ programmer; Developed software to reconcile large raw data sets in order to identify potential discrepancies and irregularities
SKILLS
Company Management
Financial Technology
​Telecommunications
Strategic Oversight
Sales Development
Big Data