Management Team

Michael Brown is a Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Teamshares, where he leads the company’s long-term vision and strategy, and focuses day-to-day on acquisition and capital activities. Mr. Brown began his career in finance, spending seven years combined at Perella Weinberg Partners (“PWP”), Morgan Stanley, and Bank of America, working on mergers and acquisitions, financial restructuring, and equity research. After leaving investment banking in 2013, Mr. Brown acquired and ran six small businesses alongside former PWP colleague Alex Eu, where they adapted their institutional M&A experience to the small business market, created a repeatable playbook to transition businesses from retiring founders, and learned about the win-win nature of employee stock ownership from a major customer. In 2019, Mr. Brown and Alex Eu co-founded Teamshares with another PWP colleague, Kevin Shiiba. Mr. Brown is Canadian, originally from Victoria, BC, and grew up as an expat in Singapore and Saudi Arabia before his family settled in Southern California. He is a graduate of UCLA, where Michael studied economics and political science, and lives in New York City.

Alex Eu is a Co-founder and President at Teamshares, where he leads operations in close partnership with the company’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to co-founding Teamshares, Mr. Eu acquired and operated six small businesses alongside Michael Brown. Earlier in his career, he was an early member of the investment team at The Chernin Group from July 2013 to August 2014, focusing on investments and operations in online media businesses, and a member of the advisory team at PWP from July 2011 to August 2013. Born in Singapore, Mr. Eu served as a platoon sergeant in the Singapore Armed Forces. He is a graduate of the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Kevin Shiiba is the Chief Technology Officer at Teamshares, where he oversees technology and AI strategy as well as product development. Mr. Shiiba began his career in finance at PWP, working alongside future co-founders Michael Brown and Alex Eu on the M&A advisory team. He transitioned to technology as a Product Manager at General Assembly from May 2012 to February 2016, and later served as a Senior Engineer and Product Strategist at Reaktor from September 2016 to January 2018. In 2018, Mr. Shiiba joined Michael and Alex to build what became Teamshares in 2019. Mr. Shiiba graduated from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University and lives in New York City.

Brian Gaebe is the Chief Financial Officer at Teamshares, having joined the company in March, 2021. As Chief Financial Officer, he oversees the corporate accounting, financial reporting, finance integrations, financial systems, the tax and valuation teams, and is heavily involved in capital activities. Prior to joining Teamshares, he served as a financial executive at publicly traded and privately held energy companies. During his tenure, he focused on the generation and evaluation of investment opportunities, as well as all aspects of accounting and treasury. Mr. Gaebe started his career in the audit and risk advisory practice of KPMG. Mr. Gaebe is a graduate of Southern Methodist University with BBA and MSA (Master of Science in Accounting) degrees. He is a certified public accountant in the state of Texas. He lives in Dallas, Texas.

Madhuri Kommareddi is the Chief Operating Officer at Teamshares, having joined the company in March 2021. Ms. Kommareddi leads operations alongside President, Alex Eu. Previously, Ms. Kommareddi held leadership roles in the public and private sectors, including Director of Workforce Development for New York State from April 2019 to February 2021, various roles from May 2015 to April 2019, including Director and Head of Credit Investor Relations & Product Management at BlackRock, and Director for International Economic Affairs at the White House National Security Council and National Economic Council from August 2009 to August 2010. A graduate of Yale Law School, where she served on the Yale Law Journal, and Northwestern University, Ms. Kommareddi has contributed to two of President Obama’s New York Times-bestselling books, “Change We Can Believe In” and “The Audacity of Hope.” Ms. Kommareddi lives in New York City.