As Managing Director at ECA Partners, Steven focuses on executive search for finance leaders across private equity and financial services. He specializes in placing CFOs, Controllers, and senior finance executives who enable operational excellence, compliance, and sustainable growth. His mandates span PE-backed and investor-owned businesses in asset management, financial technology, and insurance services. Before joining ECA, Steven taught and researched 20th-century German philosophy at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he earned his PhD.

Curtis is a Senior Director at ECA Partners focused on Financial Services executive search within the firm’s PE Portfolio Operations Practice. He partners with private equity investors, FinTech companies, and wealth management firms to recruit operational and commercial leaders who drive efficiency, digital transformation, and revenue growth. With firsthand experience leading operations and GTM teams in both PE-backed and Fortune 100 environments, Curtis combines an operator’s perspective with deep insight into value creation across financial services platforms.