PRISM TEAM

Spike’s career began by working as a manufacturer’s representative in the North West, specializing in retail, culminating in being an owner, and  leading Anderson Daymon Worldwide (later ADWW), Costco’s largest supplier worldwide of goods and services. Spike served as the President until 2007 and then as Executive Chairman until the company sold in 2014. At the time of the sale, revenues had increased to $6.2 Billion. He was a founder of Amerivon Holdings, a founder and is a board member of Wireless Advocates, LLC, and a board member of Advanced Rail Energy Storage (ARES). He graduated from Central Washington University with a degree in Business Administration after serving with the U.S. Special Forces in Vietnam.

1964 High School, Grants Pass, Oregon; 1964-1967 Oregon State University; 1967-1971 Owner Cardio-Kentics, Inc.; 1972-1980 Owner Pacific Overland Engineering & Construction, Inc.; 1980-1983 Partner Columbia Pacific Structural Components, Inc.; 1983-1989 Independent RCRA/HazMat Coatings Formulator & Consultant; 1989-1997 Employee Lockheed Missiles & Space, Company, Sunnyvale, California; Facilities Engineer & Chief Technologist:  Specialty Elastomer Group; supporting N. Cal Facilities including Fleet Ballistic Missile, Shuttle Readiness and Hubble Telescope Ops – 1992 Robert E. Gross Award Scientist Engineer of the Year (LMSC); 1997-Present Owner Ecostar Science & Technology, Inc., a Lockheed-Martin Corp. technology partnership spin-off.  1982-Present Mr. Coe has been granted several dozen U.S. and International Patents.  He resides in Wrightwood, California with his wife Ruth where they have raised ten children.

Bob Abramowitz is the CEO and co-founder of Prism Worldwide, a technology company providing sustainable circular polymers derived from recycled materials.

Prior to Prism, he was CEO of Gold’s Pure Foods LLC and Westminster Cracker Company. Hired by LaSalle Capital in 2011 to restructure and turn-around the nearly 200-year-old cracker and snack manufacturer, Bob refinanced the company and led the redesign and rebranding of the corporate identity. He spearheaded the acquisition of Gold’s Pure Foods, Dr. Lucy’s, and Fox’s increasing the company’s manufacturing capabilities and sales. With a strong background in sales and marketing, Bob has successfully brokered many acquisitions and grown companies, averaging a career growth rate of $23M a year.

Before joining Westminster Cracker Company, Bob was the CEO and founder of Advanced H2O a leading private label bottle water for COSTCO’s Kirkland Signature Water, Safeway, Kroger and other leading US retailers.  He engineered a management buyout and sale to HM Capital in Dec 2007 and Lasalle Capital in first quarter 2006. Under his leadership the Company grew to over 400 employees and five manufacturing plants with revenues exceeding $160M.

Prior to his work in the food and beverage industry, Bob held various positions over 20 years in the toy industry.  His last position was as CEO of Five Rings Publishing Group where he acquired the TSR Hobbies Company (Dungeons & Dragons) and engineered the sale of both companies to Wizards of the Coast in 1998. Bob received a BS in Business from The Pennsylvania State University in 1979.

Ralph is a retired Certified Public Accountant who spent his professional career of more than 39 years with Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”), one of the largest international accounting and consultancy firms in the world. Ralph’s career at Deloitte included a number of local, regional and national leadership roles. He served as the Audit Practice leader and the Office Managing Partner for Deloitte’s Seattle office; the Regional Managing Partner for Deloitte’s Pacific Northwest Practice and as the Industry National Managing Partner, overseeing the Firm’s industry practices across the United States. Ralph also served as the Lead Client Service Partner and the signing audit partner on many of Deloitte’s most significant and complex Consumer Business and Retail Real Estate industry clients. He has also provided services as the Engagement Quality Review Partner on several of Deloitte’s major Consumer Business. He served as Deloitte’s senior relationship partner on many of the Firm’s most strategic Consumer Business client accounts across the United States. Ralph’s long career of service to some of Deloitte’s largest and most complex clients provide him an unusual depth of knowledge of consumer business and real estate industry specific matters and extensive experience with SEC accounting and reporting matters. In addition, his career in public accounting, which included serving several companies undertaking complex transactions and public and private offerings of securities with challenging accounting and reporting considerations has qualified him as a Financial Expert. His accounting and reporting experience is further enhanced by the understanding and appreciation of effective governance that he developed in serving in leadership roles of increasing significance within Deloitte, through his interactions with the Boards and Audit Committees of his client organizations and in the numerous not-for-profit board leadership positions he has held.

Stan Baty is a Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Columbia Pacific Advisors, Columbia Pacific Wealth Management, and Vice President of Columbia Pacific Management, Inc.

Columbia Pacific Advisors is a Seattle based alternative asset manager focused on real estate and private market opportunistic strategies.

Columbia Pacific Wealth Management is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor that provides comprehensive wealth management strategies for a select number of high-net-worth individuals, families, foundations, and endowments.

Columbia Pacific Management develops, owns, and operates an international hospital and senior living portfolio across India, China and Malaysia. The company previously built and sold domestic senior living and healthcare companies such as Emeritus, Hillhaven and Holiday Retirement.

In 2021 CPWM and CPA entered a strategic relationship with CI Financial in which CI invested in the continued growth of Columbia Pacific’s world-class wealth management and alternative asset management firms.

Prior to Columbia Pacific, Mr. Baty was a financial analyst for Nomura Securities Corporation. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of Emeritus Corporation from 2004 until its merger with Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. in 2014.

Mr. Baty currently sits on the Board of Directors of Seattle Bank, Optimum Energy, Simply Fun, and Winemakers Investment Properties.

Mr. Baty is a native of Seattle and a graduate of the University of Washington, class of 1994.

Admiral Owens is currently the co-founder and executive chairman of Red Bison Advisory Group, a company which identifies opportunities with proven enterprises in China, the Middle East, and the United States and creates dynamic partnerships focusing on: natural resources (oil, gas and fertilizer plants), real estate, and information and communication technology. Most recently, he was the chairman of the board of CenturyLink Telecom, the third largest telecommunications company in the United States and was on the advisory board of SAP USA. Owens serves on the board of directors at Wipro Technologies and is a director of the following private companies: Humm Kombucha, a beverage company and Moon Express. Owens is on the advisory board of the following private companies: Platform Science, Sarcos, and Sierra Nevada Corporation. Owens is on the board of trustees at EastWest Institute, Seattle University, and an advisor to the Fiscal Responsibility Amendment (CFFRA) Association which aims to establish a balanced budget amendment to the US Constitution. He is also a member of the Council of Foreign Relations.

Owens is a four-star US Navy veteran. He was Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the second-ranking United States military officer with responsibility for reorganizing and restructuring the armed forces in the post- Cold War era. He is widely recognized for bringing commercial high-grade technology into the Department of Defense for military applications. Owens was the architect of the Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA), an advanced systems technology approach to military operations, the most significant change in the system of requirements, budgets and technology for the four-armed forces since World War II. Owens, served as Commander of the U.S. Sixth Fleet from 1990 to 1992, which included Operation Desert Storm. Owens also served as the deputy chief of Naval Operations for Resources.

Owens was senior military assistant to two Secretaries of Defense (Cheney and Carlucci) and served in the Office of Program Appraisal for the Secretary of the Navy. He began his military career as a nuclear submarine officer. He served on four strategic nuclear-powered submarines and three nuclear attack submarines, including tours as Commanding Officer aboard the USS Sam Houston, Michigan, and USS City of Corpus Christi. Owens spent a total of 2000 days submerged aboard submarines, including duty in Vietnam.

John Bratrud currently serves as the Portfolio Manager for Columbia Pacific’s Opportunity Fund. In this role, he oversees equity investments in both private and public companies.  Prior to joining Columbia Pacific, Mr. Bratrud served as the Managing Partner for Hyak Capital, a public equities fund that invested in technology, healthcare and consumer companies.  He began his finance career at a Seattle-based long/short hedge fund.

Mr. Bratrud currently serves as a Director for Iris Telehealth, Hagar, KLOwen and Prism Worldwide.

He is a graduate of the University of Washington and resides in Seattle