The members of the OCA Ventures team have a passion for building
early-stage companies into market leaders, have long histories working
with one another, and share common core personal and professional
beliefs, while at the same time contributing different skills and
perspectives.
This cohesive group has close business and personal relationships
dating back more than 25 years. John Dugan, Peter Ianello and Marc
Berman were partners in the 1980s when they led O’Connor &
Associates. Jim Dugan is John Dugan’s third son and Eddie Lou and Jason
Heltzer both joined the team in 2001.
Joseph Doherty -
Joe is a retired Managing Director of
UBS. Following roles with the bank in Risk Management in
Switzerland, he served in London as the Head of the Management Office
of the Investment Banking Division. Prior to UBS, he was a Managing
Director at SBC/OC, a general partner at O'Connor and Associates and
a market maker at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE). Joe was
the Corporate Secretary of the CBOE at its founding. He served as a
First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army from 1967-1969 after earning a B.A.
from Franklin and Marshall College and an MBA from Harvard Business
School.