Purpose-Driven Real Estate Investment. Built for the Long Term.

Christopher Galizio is a Managing Director at Cursonmile Capital, where he brings over two decades of institutional investment experience across public equities, macroeconomic research, and portfolio strategy. Known for his disciplined approach to value investing, Christopher advises on deal structuring, investment diligence, and capital markets strategy—contributing deep insight into both fundamental valuation and market inefficiencies.

He is the founder and portfolio manager of Focused Capital, a long/short investment fund built around a thesis of structural mispricing in global markets. His 2020 white paper, The $340 Trillion Problem, outlines a framework for understanding post-crisis capital misallocation and its impact on economic growth.

Prior to founding Focused Capital, Christopher was a Portfolio Manager at Fidelity Institutional Asset Management, where he scaled a large cap growth strategy from $20 million to over $7 billion. Earlier in his career, he held senior portfolio roles at Pioneer Investment Management, managing technology and emerging market strategies and earning multiple performance awards.

At Cursonmile Capital, Christopher helps guide investment strategy and execution across M&A advisory, real estate finance, and private equity transactions—with a focus on founder-led and asset-oriented businesses.

Christopher holds a CFA designation and an MBA in Finance from the University of Illinois. Outside the office, he enjoys hockey, travel, and macroeconomic research.

Accomplished executive in Financial Services and Web3 with a proven track record in blockchain, distributed ledger technology, cryptocurrency, alternative investments, capital markets, fixed income and derivative product sales, private equity, real estate, fund of funds, hedge funds, wealth management, and private banking.

Demonstrated proficiency in product management, business development, relationship management, and startup ventures. A self-motivated individual with a strong sense of curiosity, entrepreneurial spirit, relationship-building skills, and problem-solving acumen. Holds an MBA from Emory University's Goizueta Business School.

Ken brings over 42 years’ experience as a M&A advisor, financial planner and wealth advisor. Ken’s M&A experience includes closing 18 transactions for over $200 million in enterprise value, and in 2018, he was nominated by ACG for Louisiana Deal Maker of the year. His financial acumen as a wealth advisor has seen him managing over 80 million dollars a day in the equity and debt markets.

Bob Caines, Founding Partner / Managing Partner at Paley Advisors, is an entrepreneur and mergers and acquisitions executive with over thirty years of business startup, growth and management experience.

He founded Paley Advisors in 2014. From 2002 to 2014, Bob served as one of three Managing Partners at Paley Dixon, Inc., the New York City-based buy-side intermediary and advisory firm, founded in 1979. There, he and partners Sarah Cooke and Richard Paley grew Paley Dixon into one of the top five buy-side intermediaries and advisory firms of its size in the US and Canada.

Previous to Paley Dixon, Bob held senior-level sales and sales management positions at Hummingbird, BrightStar, NetEra and ADP. In the early 1990’s, Bob and partners founded Cable Channels, the cable television electronic program guide software firm.

Board of Director & Advisory Roles
Bob currently serves as Treasurer and member of the Board of Directors of Kensington House Corporation. He previously served as Treasurer and member of the Board of Directors of The Salmagundi Club, as Treasurer and member of the Board of Directors of the Ali Forney Center and as a member of the Advisory Board of the Peccadillo Theater Company.

Education
Bob holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Thunderbird School of Global Management.