CO-FOUNDER/CEO
CO-FOUNDER/COO
Chief Growth & Development
Chief Financial Officer & Negotiator
High-Performance Coach & Advisor
CO-FOUNDER/CEO
Rosanna Prestia has been building and running companies since 1999, starting in commercial real estate development, then a health club, and later Prestia Group, LLC, a commercial real estate brokerage. In 2006 she founded Melting And Filling Equipment, Inc. which is an industrial thermal processing equipment manufacturer and serves as its CEO. She is a licensed investment advisor, founded Hydra Wealth Advisers, and leads Hydra Capital Group. Her background is in economics, business, and decision information sciences. She hosts The RO Show, a long-form interview podcast with economists, traders, and operators, and writes daily @RosannaInvests.
CO-FOUNDER/COO
Frank is an attorney, a founder, and an inventor. He spent 20 years designing industrial equipment and reworking how industrial thermal heating is done. Through the company he co-founded, Melting and Filling Equipment, Inc., his equipment designs are used by Fortune 500 customers. He also runs FDP Law, advising on intellectual property, artificial intelligence, digital assets and blockchain, compliance and governance, technology transactions, and founder-side counsel. He looks at every business as a system. When Hydra evaluates an acquisition, Frank takes it apart to find the bottlenecks and the inefficiencies, then works out what has to change for the company to run better and earn more. That is why he runs operations. Once a company is ours, his job is making sure the team keeps doing it.
Chief Strategist
Brad Winter is a seasoned veteran of the proprietary trading industry, with a track record of success and innovation spanning three decades. He has worked at some of the most prestigious and profitable firms in Manhattan, such as Merus Global Investments and Koyote Capital, where he honed his skills and expertise in various markets and strategies. He also co-founded and managed Alpha Edge Capital Partners LP, a hedge fund that grew to over $57 million in assets under his leadership.
Chief Growth & Development
Lisa Chiang, JD brings her wealth of diversified, domestic and international experience, along with her unique perspective as both an investor and an advisor to Hydra Capital Group. She is a skilled professional with extensive experience in international investing, estate planning, and tax compliance. While living in Singapore for over six years, Lisa gained valuable insights into the global real estate and business markets and is well-versed in the I.R.S. issues that American expatriates face, especially those with assets, retirement plans, and estate tax liabilities in multiple countries.
Lisa earned her BA from Johns Hopkins University and a JD from Lewis & Clark Law School. She is a former Speaker Liaison for Washington Women in Real Estate Law and still holds her law and commercial real estate licenses to better serve her select clients.
Chief Financial Officer & Negotiator
Lance Yoon, JD has been involved with a variety of transactions for Fortune 500 Companies since earning his Master of Law Degree in Taxation from Georgetown University Law School. Lance began his career as a tax associate in KPMG, LLP Mergers & Acquisitions Department, focusing on research, analysis, and strategic planning for clients like News Corp, IBM, Pfizer. After being recruited by Ernst & Young, LLP, he served as a Senior Associate for International and Domestic transactions, focusing on managing and supervising due diligence and structuring/planning engagements for Fortune 500 clients like AIG and NBC, as well as private equity firms AEA Investors, Silver Lake Partners, One Equity Partners, Metalmark Capital, Fenway Partners, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Fortress Investment Group, Lightyear Capital, CVC Capital Partners. He then worked as an in-house Tax Analyst for Cantor Fitzgerald, LP, where he focused on tax audits, research and planning for alternative acquisitions and transactions, as well as assessing pending tax legislation and the impact of income tax treaties.
High-Performance Coach & Advisor
Dr. William Winter is a double board-certified and renowned expert in both psychiatry and neurology, with a special focus on child and adolescent mental health. He has nearly 30 years of experience in helping young people overcome their challenges and achieve their potential. Dr. Winter is also a savvy investor in cutting-edge assets such as Bitcoin, Apple, and Tesla, where he leverages his knowledge of human psychology and neuroscience to identify promising opportunities and create value. He serves as a high-performance coach and advisor to Hydra Capital Group, where applies his insights into human behavior and cognition to enhance performance, pursue ambitious goals, and build collaborative teams.
