Team

Meet the Full Team Behind Joe

Joe isn't a separate company with its own headcount — it's built by the entire Dakota team, 90+ people across research, data, product, customer success, and marketing, applying 20 years of fundraising intelligence experience to fund performance data.

90+Dakota Team Members

8Teams Building Joe

20 yrsBuilding Dakota's Data

Built by Researchers, Verified by Research.

The same "Built for Fundraisers, by Fundraisers" standard that built Dakota Marketplace applies here — every team below has a hand in sourcing, verifying, building, or supporting Joe.

Leadership

The people setting the standard Joe runs on.

Gui Costin

Founder, CEO

Founded Dakota in 2006 in Philadelphia, building it into a financial, software, data and media company whose flagship product, Dakota Marketplace, is used by over 6,000 fundraisers and many of the world's leading investment firms.

Dan DiDomenico

President, Dakota Investments

With Dakota since 2008, guiding sales strategy and product development while maintaining primary relationships with institutional consultants, broker-dealers, banks, and RIAs.

Rob Robertson

President, Dakota Marketplace

Joined Dakota in 2017 on the Institutional sales team before leading direct sales and business development for Marketplace, driving its growth and sales pipeline.

Tracy Rogers

Chief Administrative Officer

With Dakota since 2007, leading Client Service for the Investment Sales team and running onboarding, training, and mentorship for every new Dakota team member.

Tim Brown

Chief Financial Officer

Joined Dakota in 2018 with 15+ years in strategy and finance, previously at Bain & Co. and Ernst & Young, now leading strategy, vendor negotiations, and financial operations.

Forry Smith

Chief Revenue Officer

Joined Dakota in 2020 and leads Dakota Marketplace sales efforts as Chief Revenue Officer, a Johns Hopkins graduate and two-time lacrosse team captain.

Catherine Begier

Chief Marketing Officer

Joined Dakota in 2020 and oversees all marketing efforts, including collateral development, member events, Dakota Cocktails, and new product launches like Joe.

Priya Stanley

Chief Technology Officer

Started at Dakota in 2020 with 15 years of IT experience, a master's in Computer Science, and three Salesforce certifications, now leading the platform Joe runs on.

Khizar Hayat

Chief Data & Chief Operating Officer

Joined Dakota in March 2025 to lead product innovation and data operations, previously VP of Data Management and Strategy at Octus and a global data leader at S&P Global.

Raechel Mullan

Vice President of Operations

Joined Dakota in 2023 and now works closely with Investment and Software Sales teams to organize and oversee new projects, including product launches.

Jerry Kling

Vice Chairman

Joined Dakota in 2023, previously Co-Founder and Managing Director of CBRE Clarion Real Assets Securities and a Wharton School graduate.

The rest of the company behind Joe

Every fund, GP, and transaction record in Joe passes through some part of this team before it reaches the platform.

Investment Sales & Research (12)

Eliza Breed

Head of Private Funds

James Goodman

Head of International

Tim Dolan

VP, Institutional Sales

Andrew O'Shea

VP, Institutional Sales

Ryan Creighton

VP, Institutional Sales

Steve Aitken

VP, Institutional Sales

Jack Barber

VP, Institutional Sales

Chase Stitzer

VP, Institutional Sales

Chris LeRoy

Director of Investment Research

Alex deMarco

Investment Research Analyst

Sammy Wilson

Investment Research Associate

Peter Harris

Investment Research Associate

Software Sales (21)

Dominique Mortelliti

Account Executive & Studio Sales Rep

Sean Dolan

Account Executive

John Nostrant

Account Executive

Max Brooks

Account Executive

Drew Supinski

Account Executive

Torben Wunderle

Account Executive