Great companies are built on humble leadership, understanding the voice of the customer, inspiring close teamwork, and fostering an environment of constant learning.
At Dye Capital & Company, our relationships are built on these values and reinforced through trust and strong respect for operators and close partnership with our partner management teams.


Justin Dye
Justin has over 25 years of experience in high-level strategic management, mergers and acquisitions, operations, private equity, and corporate finance.
Previously, Justin held senior management and corporate development roles at Cerberus Capital Management, General Electric, and Arthur Andersen LLP.

Ken Diehl
Ken has over 30 years of experience leading retail industry operations, marketing, merchandising, and strategic pricing initiatives.
Ken’s grocery experience spans across Kroger, Albertsons, Jewel-Osco, A&P, Strack & Van Til, and specialty retailer Leslie’s Pool Supplies. He currently serves as a Dye Capital & Company Partner and CEO of Bloom MT.

David Schaffner
Dave brings over 20 years of retail leadership experience, with expertise in operations, marketing, merchandising, pricing, analytics/BI, compliance, and finance.
He previously served as Director of Enterprise Analytics at Leslie’s Pool Supplies, where he played a key role in the company’s IPO, earnings releases, real estate expansion, and predictive analytics.

Rob Shuler
Rob currently serves as a private equity investor across multiple industries, leveraging his 30+ years of experience provide capital and strategic guidance to unique investment opportunities.
Previously, Rob was the Co-Managing Partner of Altmore Capital, where he built a significant pipeline of high-growth cannabis companies in the high-yield lending space.

Cheryl Doutsan
Cheryl Doustan is a highly skilled Executive Assistant with a strong background in executive support, operations, and human resources.
As Executive Assistant to Justin Dye at Dye Capital & Company, she manages high-level administration, strategic planning, and HR functions, ensuring seamless operations and a strong workplace culture.

Sachin Kolgaonkar
Sachin has over 20 years of leadership experience in Supply Chain, Process Improvement, Business Analytics, Merchandising and Operations.
Sachin’s work experience spans multiple industries where he has led high performing teams focused on Supply Chain, Planning, Analytics, Process Improvement, Operations, Merchandising, Marketing.

Maurizio Pisciotta
Maurizio Pisciotta has over 10 years of experience in Analytics and AI across industries including Retail, Finance, Energy, Marketing, and Operations.
He specializes in developing and implementing data models that drive business impact, managing the process from foundations to the adoptions of strategic analytics.
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