Speakers

Pavan joined Gryphon in 2025 as Head of the AI team, where he provides Gryphon and its portfolio companies optimal AI, automation and data-driven solutions to accelerate growth and unlock value. 

Prior to joining Gryphon, Pavan was a Partner, Managing Director and Chief Technology Officer at Cerberus. Pavan has been an early adopter and leader in the application of AI for more than two decades through his work as an Advisory Board Member at Menlo Ventures, the Chief Technology Officer and Chief AI Officer at Aramark, Chief Data Officer at IBM Watson, and several other roles. He founded and led six technology startups, successfully scaling three to exit.  He began his career as a banker at JP Morgan.

Company Profile:

Gryphon Investors is a leading middle-market private investment firm focused on profitably growing and competitively advantaged companies in the Business Services, Consumer, Healthcare, Industrial Growth, Software, and Technology Solutions & Services sectors. With more than $10 billion of assets under management, Gryphon prioritizes investments in which it can form strong partnerships with founders, owners, and executives to accelerate the building of leading companies. Since 1995, Gryphon has made 75 platform investments and executed more than 550 add-on acquisitions across its six specialized industry groups. The firm’s three core strategies, Flagship, Heritage, and Junior Capital, each have dedicated teams and funds.