Our Team
Dominic Marshall, CFA
President & Chief Investment Officer
Dominic is a founding Partner of Pacific Ridge Capital and serves as President and Chief Investment Officer of the firm. Prior to Pacific Ridge, Dominic was president and senior portfolio manager at Scott Creek Capital Management and a portfolio manager for the Benson Value Team at Wells Capital Management and Benson Associates. He was also an equity analyst at The Red Chip Review and a research associate at CTC Consulting. Dominic holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Washington and a master's degree in Business Administration from the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame.
Started in the industry: 1993
Mark Cooper, CFA
CHAIRMAN
Mark is a founding Partner and Chairman of Pacific Ridge Capital, having previously served as President and Portfolio Manager of the firm. Prior to Pacific Ridge, Mark was a senior portfolio manager at Wells Capital Management and co-founder and president of Benson Associates. Prior to that, he was employed by Qualivest Capital Management (a subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp) as a portfolio manager of the Qualivest Small Companies Value strategy, where he co-managed all of the small cap portfolios. He also served as an associate at Bankers Trust Company in New York and Los Angeles. Mark has a bachelor's degree in Economics and Political Science from the University of California at Los Angeles and a master's degree in Business Administration from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
Started in the industry: 1990
Ryan Curdy, CFA
Portfolio Manager
Ryan is a founding Partner of Pacific Ridge Capital and is a Portfolio Manager on the investment team. Prior to Pacific Ridge, Ryan was a portfolio manager and chief compliance officer at Scott Creek Capital Management and a portfolio manager for the Benson Value Team at Wells Capital Management. He was also an analyst and trader at Benson Associates and a mutual fund trader at U.S. Bancorp. Ryan earned his bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Portland.
Started in the industry: 1996
Justin McKillip, CFA
Senior Analyst
Justin is a founding Partner and Senior Analyst on the investment team at Pacific Ridge Capital. Prior to Pacific Ridge, Justin was an equity research analyst for the Benson Value Team at Wells Capital Management. Justin earned his bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Economics from the University of Oregon.
Started in the industry: 2005
Adam Wilkie, CFA
Senior Analyst
Adam is a Senior Analyst and Partner at Pacific Ridge Capital. Prior to joining Pacific Ridge, Adam was an analyst with Johnson Institutional Management (2010–2015) and Scott Creek Capital Management (2006–2009). Adam began his investment career as a member of the Benson Value Team at Wells Capital Management (2003–2006). Adam earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a master’s degree in Financial Analysis from Portland State University.
Started in the industry: 2003
Mike McDougall
Senior Trader
Mike is a founding Partner at Pacific Ridge Capital and is Senior Trader. Prior to Pacific Ridge, Mike was a head equity trader for the Benson Value Team at Wells Capital Management (2003–2010) and head trader at Benson Associates, LLC (1997–2003). He was also an assistant equity trader at Qualivest Capital Management (1995–1997). Mike holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Portland (1990). Mike is a two-time past president of the Security Traders Association of Portland.
Started in the industry: 1995
Peter trumbo, CPA (CA-Inactive)
Chief operating offer/chief compliance officer
Peter is a founding Partner at Pacific Ridge Capital. He is a finance and operations executive known for his ability to contribute across corporate disciplines. Peter has an investment banking background most recently as a Principal, SVP & CFO at Orca Capital Corp., a Portland NASD broker dealer that specialized in corporate M&A. In addition to being a lead banker, Peter was the Financial Operations officer at Orca, handling all of Orca’s regulatory compliance. Peter also has extensive CFO operating experience, having held senior management roles at companies in the software, consumer products and real estate industries. Peter began his career with Deloitte Haskins & Sells after completing a bachelor’s degree in Business Economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Peter also has master’s degree in Business Administration from Golden Gate University.
Started in the industry: 2010
Sharif farag
Director of Investor Relations
Sharif oversees Pacific Ridge’s client relationships and spearheads new business development initiatives. Prior to joining the firm, Sharif was a Senior Director in the Institutional Client Group at Allspring Global Investments. He has previously held positions at Camden Asset Management, Los Angeles Capital Management, and Dimensional Fund Advisors, beginning his career as a portfolio analyst at State Street Global Advisors. Sharif holds a Master of Science degree in Chemistry from University College London and an MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University.
Started in the industry: 2003
Veronica Orazio
Operations assitant
Veronica brings an accounting and operations background to Pacific Ridge. Veronica assists with compliance matters where she helped create a comprehensive risk assessment grid and handles periodic and annual testing. Veronica also handles client account reconciliations, assists in client reporting and maintains the company’s books. She has a bachelor’s degree in Business Management from the University of Phoenix.
Started in the industry: 2014
