Archives: Our Team

Warren Edwards

Warren Edwards is a Founding Partner of Strait Lane Capital Partners and serves as its President and Managing Partner. He is a proven business executive with more than 35 years of operational and financial experience. Mr. Edwards currently serves on the boards of Strait Lane’s existing portfolio companies including Alphanumeric Systems, TTI Acquisition, SLCP Holdings, […]

Written by on October 24, 2025

Preston Edwards

Preston Edwards is a Managing Director with Strait Lane Capital Partners, where he has played a significant role in Strait Lane’s acquisition and management of Strait Lane’s investments. Preston is responsible for the day-to-day management of TTI Sports International and integrally involved in its overall strategy. Preston joined Strait Lane in 2015 and oversees all […]

Written by on June 30, 2022

Matthew Swift

Matthew Swift is a Managing Director with Strait Lane Capital Partners where, since joining Strait Lane in 2011, he has served on our investment team in various roles and has been the point person for financial diligence on Strait Lane’s acquisition targets since joining Strait Lane. Matthew is responsible for Strait Lane’s senior debt structuring, […]

Written by on June 30, 2022

Blake Lawrence

Blake Lawrence is a Director with Strait Lane Capital Partners where, since joining Strait Lane in 2016, he has served on our investment team in various roles. Prior to joining Strait Lane, Blake was an associate at KPMG in the Audit services practice where he focused on the Financial Services Industry. Since joining Strait Lane, […]

Written by on June 30, 2022

Brandon Kesler

Mr. Brandon Kesler is a Senior Associate at Strait Lane Capital Partners, which he joined in 2025. Prior to joining, he served as a Relationship Manager at Wells Fargo within the Commercial Bank, where he was responsible for managing credit and treasury relationships with middle-market clients across a broad range of industries. Brandon is involved […]

Written by on June 30, 2022

Nick Worrell

Nick Worrell joined Strait Lane as an Analyst in the summer of 2021. Nick graduated from Baylor University in the Spring of 2021, earning his B.B.A. in Finance. For Strait Lane, Nick provides financial analysis and modeling for both existing and prospective investments, works with existing portfolio companies, as well as assists in due diligence […]

Written by on June 30, 2022

David Kesler

Mr. David Kesler is a Partner of Strait Lane Capital Partners. He is a successful business creator having founded two companies in the electronic payment space and has an extensive transaction history having spent 14 years as an investment banker covering numerous industries. Mr. Kesler’s combined background of corporate finance and entrepreneurship positions him well […]

Written by on December 15, 2021

Henry Hortenstine

Mr. Henry Hortenstine has an extensive business and financial background and has founded successful companies and worked for corporations ranging in size from Fortune 500 to the middle-market. Mr. Hortenstine founded Zenta Corporation in 2005 and served as Zenta’s Chief Executive Officer. Zenta performed high level services for large financial institutions, investment banks and REITs—including […]

Written by on December 15, 2020

Jeffrey Brock

Jeff Brock is currently the Vice President of Business Development for Harrison Hydra-Gen, one of SLCP’s holding companies. Jeff has been with Harrison for over 9 years and is responsible for expanding Harrison’s products and solutions into new industries. Additionally, he manages Harrison’s Aerial Work Platform customer base. For over 30 years, Jeff has had […]

Written by on December 14, 2020

Lora J. Villarreal, Ph.D.

Lora Villarreal was formerly on the Board of Directors of SharePlus Bank and also the Director of their Compensation Committee; she also serves on the boards of ZeeZor and Advisory Council of Our Lady of Perpetual Help School. Dr. Villarreal currently serves as President of the Human Resources Group, LLC. where she assists organizations in […]

Written by on December 15, 2020