Meet your team

We believe in building trust through our in-depth understanding of niche markets and valuable industry expertise. With direct engagement with our directors you have unparalleled access to our top level knowledge through open communication, strategic discussions, and prompt responses.

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CPA, Partner

Bradford Smith

Brad is a cofounder and Managing Partner of High Divide Management, and has 14 years of experience in asset management, assisting hundreds of funds in varying operational capacities. Before HDM, Brad was a Partner at Standish Management, a leading fund administrator in the private equity industry, where he built and led the Pacific Northwest market. Brad has worked with funds ranging from 10M to 5B AUM, with a focus on venture capital, growth equity, and buy-out strategies.  Throughout his career, he has maintained a relentless passion for building business through meaningful relationships, vocational excellence, and dedication to his team.  Before Standish, he served in PwC’s audit and assurance practice in Seattle with a focus on alternative funds (VC, growth equity, hedge, real estate, and fund-of-funds).

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CPA, Partner

Jack O'Flaherty

Jack is a cofounder and Managing Partner of High Divide Management, and has 12 years of experience in asset management, specializing in private debt and real estate. Before HDM, Jack managed the financial reporting for various private debt funds and real estate funds at Columbia Pacific Advisors, a registered investment advisor in Seattle, and started his career as an auditor of alternative funds at PwC. Jack believes that proactive communication and project management lead to a quality of service that will speak for itself and that there is plenty of room in business for both kindness and success. He has onboarded dozens of funds and investment vehicles to the HDM platform over the years and spends most of his time working and consulting with emerging and established fund managers that invest and lend in the real estate space. Jack contributes articles regularly to the American Association of Private Lenders magazine, where is he is also on the education committee.

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CPA, Partner

Tom Wyatt

Tom is cofounder and Managing Director of High Divide Management. Before HDM, Tom served as a Senior Manager at Standish Management providing fund administration and consulting services to venture capital and private equity firms. Tom has served as the lead to firms with 8M to 80B in AUM in sectors from Real Estate, SaaS to Life Sciences. Tom started his accounting career with the Make-A-Wish Foundation before joining PwC for 7 years and departing as a Manager in the Asset Management Assurance practice.

Tailored fund administration.
Institutional expertise

We founded HDM because we recognized the need for a proactive, flexible, and customized approach to fund administration. We understand the challenges faced by fund managers in an ever-evolving investment landscape and have built the right team to solve these challenges for you.

We're with you for the long haul.

We understand the value of consistency and the importance of maintaining a cohesive team on projects. With a 100% employee retention rate, our commitment to team retention ensures that our clients benefit from working with a familiar and experienced team. In the event of any transitions, we prioritize making the process as smooth as possible to minimize any disruptions.

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Quality of Service

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Relationship Focused
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Proactive Responses
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Tailored Solutions
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Experts in our craft

What our clients are saying.

Our business spreads by word of mouth. We believe the best marketing we can have is the quality of experience provided to our clients and partners.
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"The High Divide management team is a fantastic fund administrator. They have significant expertise in Private Lending and Fund Accounting. Not only that but they’re responsive and business oriented. We really enjoy working with them and I know our clients do too!"
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Kevin Kim

Partner at Geraci LLP

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With High Divide we get a dedicated team of high performing, seasoned accounting and ops professionals on our side to help us navigate a complex fund management environment. They helped us simplify and improve our waterfall, investor onboarding, and our investment communications and statements in a matter of weeks, not months.

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Andrea Propp

Chief Strategy Officer

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“Middle market and smaller funds, such as Blue Forest’s, were seeking more personalized fund administration services backed by strong institutional knowledge.”
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Julia Mazzola

CPA at Blue Forest
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"High Divide isn't simply as a third-party fund administrator, but rather a trusted team member that continues to go above and beyond in ensuring the success of our funds. If anyone is considering third-party fund administration, and you want a group that cares about your partnership and performance on another level, then look no further than High Divide."
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Chad Richards

Vice President
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"High Divide has become a vital member of the Capital Fundings team.  With their expertise in fund administration, their industry knowledge and connections, High Divide has been invaluable to the continued growth of our mortgage fund."
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Alex Bogumil

Chief Financial Officer

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"We recently hired High Divide as our fund administrator for what is intended to be our signature fund.  After much due diligence on choosing the right administrator, High Divide brings a level of expertise, care, accessibility and most importantly responsibility to this critical service."
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Felix Rivera

Chief Financial Officer

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“HDM treats us like a partner. They go above and beyond when providing fund administration services. They happily attend investor meetings and detail review waterfall language. Best of all, everyone on the staff is talented.”

Dennis Lanni

Owner

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“After working with many of the largest fund administrators in the business over the past decade, I can safely say that the attention to detail, responsiveness, and quality of work from the High Divide team is unmatched. Jack and Kam have become our most integral service providers as we look forward to growing our relationship for many years to come.”

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Gerard Figurelli

Investor Relations & Fund Management