ED FREEDMAN was the Founder and Chairman of Total Merchant Services, founded in 1996 to provide credit card processing for small to mid-size businesses. Under Ed’s entrepreneurial leadership, TMS became a top 10 provider of merchant processing and received numerous awards and industry recognition.  His guiding philosophy is centered around practicing integrity to help employees and customers actualize their potential.  This, in turn, has become Ed's key to personal success and achievement of his goals.  Ed led the company from inception to a highly successful sale in 2017 and is now focusing his efforts on consulting with the acquiring business and on both investment and charitable activities.  

Ed established Stable Road Capital to invest in both public and private value creating assets.  He has established a Foundation with a vision to impact the health and well-being of individuals and communities around the world.  Ed spends his time on Stable Road in Paia, Maui. He enjoys a healthy lifestyle and is an avid kitesurfer, cyclist and yogi. 

PABLO RENDON has worked alongside Ed for the past 8 years as his chief of staff. Prior to joining Ed and Stable Road, he owned and operated businesses in the sports industry. With over two decades of experience as a pilot and 3 years in the private jet industry, Pablo brings a diverse skill set to the team. He received his bachelor's degree in Business Management and Management Information Systems from the University of Miami, where he also studied Computer Science. This unique combination of skills fuels his passion for coding, which he integrates into improving company logistics, systems, and staff management at SRC.

Before moving to Maui with his family, Pablo grew up in South Florida, South America, and spent time in the Middle East. An avid waterman, he enjoys spending his time away from the office with his family and outdoors, where he often finds inspiration for innovative coding projects and system optimizations.

EMILY MURPHY is the newest member of Stable Road joining in July of 2019. Previously, Emily spent 5 years as a business manager for a lighting design firm. Before that she was the office manager for an architect firm in Boston for 5 years. She received her bachelors from Bridgewater State. 

Although she is Boston born and a die-hard Patriots and Red Sox fan. When she is not buried in/banging out the bookkeeping, she is enjoying the sailboat life.

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KATIE FREEDMAN GOLDSMITH lives in Aspen Colorado. She has been a teacher for 21 years. She taught for 10 years as a 2nd Grade Teacher and Reading Specialist in the Chicago Public Schools. Katie also taught 3rd Grade for the past 11 years at Aspen Country Day School. She recently retired to spend more time with her family and to work as a board member for Stable Road Foundation. She has 3 Master degrees in education, reading, and administration. She is passionate about education and helping underprivileged children. Katie is on the board of the Buddy Program in Aspen Colorado. This program empowers youth through mentoring experiences with their buddies. She and her husband have 3 children. Katie loves the outdoors, hiking, and spending time helping her community. 

BRIAN KABOT has over 18 years of principal investing experience on Wall Street. Mr. Kabot began his career at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette as an analyst in their Merchant Banking Partners group. He later worked directly for Dan Lufkin at Questor Management Company where he focused on acquiring distressed and bankrupt companies in the industrials, materials and energy sectors. After 5 years in private equity, he went on to join Reservoir Capital working on their direct public efforts. He later ran the industrials, materials, and energy vertical for Sun Capital Partners’ cross cap structure/ activist hedge fund. 

Most recently, Brian was a Founding Partner of Riverloft Capital, a cross cap structure, event-driven hedge fund. In July 2017, he accepted the position of Chief Investment Officer here at Stable Road. 

Brian graduated early with a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Accounting from Cornell University’s renowned School of Hotel Administration.