Eric J. Saltzman, Founder & Chairman; Mr. Saltzman founded Ignition Point Capital Group in 2012 and serves as its Chairman. He is responsible for managing member activities and defining the member’s division of duties. Mr. Saltzman is also Founder & Managing Director of Southpoint Capital Management LLC, a private equity investment firm specializing in providing real estate owners and developers of commercial and multi-family real estate with short-term mezzanine and preferred equity capital. His primary duties at Southpoint include new business development, capital placement and investor relations. Mr. Saltzman has been running Southpoint for over 10 years, during which time he has helped finance several million square feet of commercial and multi-family real estate. Prior to forming Southpoint, Mr. Saltzman was a Vice President in Morgan Stanley & Co’s investment banking department. He spent seven years with the firm in both New York and San Francisco where he completed over 30 transactions valued at approximately $15 billion. Projects included mergers, acquisitions, restructurings and public and private issuance of debt and equity securities for the firms corporate and real estate clients. Mr. Saltzman is a graduate of the University of Michigan where he received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and Economics (conferred with honors).