Team
Operators, not allocators.
SwellPoint is run by people who have built, operated, and financed companies themselves — and bring that experience to the founders we back.
Founder & Managing Partner
Jeff Lam
Strategy & Investments
An operator with more than twenty years building companies across technology, real estate, and care services.
- Experience
- Two decades building and advising companies across technology, real estate, and care services
- Digital strategy for Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, and Scion; consulting with Ernst & Young, Capgemini, Aon, Farmers Insurance, and Disney
- Focus
- Investment strategy and founder partnership
- Operating judgment across all sectors
- Education
- Harvard Business School — OPM 66/67
- MBA, Southern Methodist University
- B.A., Psychology, University of California, Irvine
Leadership
Chief Operating Officer
Carlos Ofosu
Operations & Finance
Runs operations with a finance-and-technology backbone — strategic planning, data systems, and the operational discipline that turns a founder's reality into durable performance. He has spent nearly a decade in senior finance, technology, and operating roles across the energy sector.
- Experience
- CIO, VP of FP&A, and Interim CFO at HEYCO Energy Group — leading financial planning, data systems, and digital transformation
- Earlier roles in technology audit, program consulting, and senior supply chain and logistics management across energy and utilities
- Focus
- Strategic financial planning, analysis, and value creation
- Digital transformation and operational data systems
- Education
- Executive MBA, Southern Methodist University (Cox School of Business)
- Graduate studies in Engineering/Industrial Management, SMU Cox School of Business
Chief Financial Officer
Prashant Sampat
Diligence & Real Assets
Brings an investor's underwriting eye to diligence — cash-flow analysis, valuation, and the discipline of pricing real assets. Founder of Pacific Avenue Realty and a top-1% California broker who has personally built a portfolio of 60+ multifamily units and overseen more than $240 million in transactions.
- Experience
- Founder of Pacific Avenue Realty — ranked in the top 1% of Southern California agents, with $240M+ in sales since 2020
- Personally owns 60+ multifamily units; a former chemical engineer who brings a data-driven approach to underwriting and value-add analysis
- Focus
- Cash-flow analysis, valuation, and value-add underwriting
- Investment-property diligence and negotiation
- Credentials
- Licensed California Broker (CA DRE# 01916221)
- Background in chemical engineering
Investor Relations
Jeffrey Liles
Partners & Risk
Builds and stewards the firm's capital relationships — bringing a discipline of negotiation, risk management, and data-driven market insight honed managing more than $1 billion in annual spend. A U.S. veteran who leads with trust and the long view.
- Experience
- Senior Manager of Procurement and Risk Management at Saputo Inc. — sourcing strategy for $1B+ in annual spend and $50M+ in savings
- Built hedging strategies across 20+ customer relationships; earlier roles in business development, demand planning, and operations
- Focus
- Relationship management, negotiation, and risk discipline
- Data-driven market insight and supply continuity
- Credentials
- MBA, Southern Methodist University (Cox School of Business)
- U.S. military veteran
Legal Counsel
Reid Johnson
Legal & Structuring
Guides the firm's transactions end to end — structure, financings, and governance. A partner at Barnes & Thornburg in Dallas, he has led mergers, acquisitions, and private equity and venture deals ranging up to $1.2 billion.
- Experience
- Partner at Barnes & Thornburg LLP (Dallas), advising on M&A, equity and debt financings, private equity, and venture capital
- Leads transactions from formation through exit across technology, real estate, oil and gas, healthcare, and manufacturing
- Focus
- Deal structuring, financings, and governance
- Private equity and venture capital transactions
- Credentials
- J.D., summa cum laude, Texas Tech University School of Law
- B.A. in English and Music, magna cum laude, University of North Texas
- Member, State Bar of Texas