Parris Sanz, Esq.

Chief Executive Officer

Parris Sanz is CAN Capital’s Chief Executive Officer.

Sanz previously held the roles of Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer. Sanz joined the company in 2004 with more than 11 years of experience as a corporate, securities, and transactional attorney. Before joining CAN Capital, he was a senior executive and General Counsel of a specialty pharmaceutical company, the successful sale of which he led in 2003. Prior to that, Sanz was an attorney in private practice at the law firms of Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles and Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker in San Francisco, where he handled a wide variety of M&A transactions, securities offerings including IPOs, and other corporate transactions, and acted as outside general counsel to a number of technology start-ups.

Sanz received his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1993 and a Bachelor of Arts degree from U.C. Berkeley, High Honors and Phi Beta Kappa, in 1990. Sanz is admitted to practice in California and Washington, D.C., is a registered In-House Counsel in New York, and is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Ritesh Gupta

Chief Operating Officer

Ritesh Gupta is CAN Capital’s Chief Operating Officer. Gupta helps drive cross-company focus on customer experience by leading sales and operations for the company’s small business customers.

Gupta joined CAN Capital in 2015 and brings more than 17 years of financial and manufacturing industry experience in operational strategy and execution, customer experience redesign, large-scale program management, and regulatory compliance. Before joining CAN Capital, Gupta served as Vice President of Operations for Capital One. During his 12-year tenure with Capital One in various roles, Gupta led aspects of the company’s business growth, operations and customer centric efforts through a variety of leadership roles in credit card operations, technology, partnerships and procurement. Earlier in his career, Gupta worked at ITC Ltd. India leading manufacturing operations.

Gupta holds a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from I.I.T. Kanpur, India and MBA in Finance from I.I.M. Ahmedabad, India.

David Dart

Chief Technology Officer

David Dart joined CAN Capital in 2015 and brings more than 25 years of financial technology experience, covering retail banking, investment banking, wholesale and corporate banking. He is an expert at deploying transformational technological strategies, building teams, and bridging the gap between an organization’s core business functions and IT.

Dart most recently served as Chief Technology Officer at Synovus, one of the largest community banks in the Southeast, where his responsibilities included enterprise-wide IT strategy and planning and the development of the company’s technology vision, as well as implementation and deployment. He previously worked as Senior Vice President and Head of Information Technology and Corporate Services for the Americas at HSH Nordbank, and prior to that was Managing Director and CIO at HVB Group.

Mandy Sebel

Chief People Officer

Ms. Sebel joined CAN Capital in 2012, bringing extensive experience in employee engagement, talent acquisition and on-boarding, change management, and organizational development. Her previous work includes integral roles at start-up companies and key positions at mature, but transforming, organizations such as D&B.

While at D&B, Sebel served as HR Partner and Chief of Staff for the Small Business Group and led the integration of Hoover’s and other acquisitions. Sebel is also a veteran of digital commerce and has worked with some of the fastest-growing marketing and technology players in the industry, helping one organization grow to over 3,000 employees.

Sebel spent time, previous to joining CAN Capital, consulting with private equity firm Providence Equity Partners and the advertising firm Arnold Worldwide to improve their approach to attracting and on-boarding key talent.