Leadership Team

Joel M. Shulman Ph.D., CFA

CEO & CIO

Dr. Joel Shulman is the CEO and CIO of ERShares. He is the architect of the Entrepreneur Factor® and ERShares’ VC lens investment framework, which applies venture-style research principles to publicly traded companies.

His research on entrepreneurship, capital markets, and venture-style investing was conducted through academic work at Babson College and Harvard University. Dr. Shulman has pioneered the application of venture capital principles to public-market investing, with work featured in The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Forbes, CNBC, Fox Business, and Bloomberg.

Eva Ados

Chief Investment Strategist & COO

Eva Ados is Chief Investment Strategist and Chief Operating Officer at ERShares, where she helps shape the firm’s macro views, thematic research priorities, and operations.

A Fulbright Scholar, she brings prior experience across Big Four financial auditing, technology companies, and venture capital investing, combining those perspectives to identify innovation-driven companies across public and private markets through ERShares’ VC lens model. She is a frequent contributor to CNBC, Bloomberg, and Fox Business.

Kevin Cramton

Director of Private Equity

Kevin Cramton is Director of Private Equity at ERShares, where he focuses on private-market research, evaluation, and due diligence related to private-company exposure.

He has more than 15 years of private equity experience and has held senior executive roles across multiple companies. Earlier in his career, he worked at Ford Motor Company, where he was involved in merger and acquisition activity, including Ford’s Premier Automotive Group and venture capital activities.

Mihai R. Prisacariu

Senior VP of Operations and Compliance

Mihai Prisacariu is Senior Vice President of Operations and Compliance at ERShares. He supports compliance policies, risk management, regulatory oversight, ETF market research, investment structuring, and operational processes. He has been involved with ERShares’ regulatory and operational functions since 2017.

Rahul M Raj

Senior Financial Analyst

Rahul Raj is a Senior Financial Analyst at ERShares, focused on portfolio management support, financial analysis, and research across ETFs, mutual funds, and index strategies.

His work includes research, due diligence, financial modeling, and analysis to support investment decision-making and portfolio construction. He supports both public and private market research initiatives across ERShares’ investment strategies.

Derrick Ji

Quantitative Financial Analyst

Derrick Ji is a Quantitative Financial Analyst at ERShares, focused on data analysis, quantitative research, and financial modeling.

He supports research and portfolio analysis through statistical methods, data processing, and quantitative tools used in investment research and decision-making.

David Zamarin

VP Data Science, Intelligence, & Analytics

David Zamarin is Vice President of AI & Data Research at ERShares, where he supports technology, data analysis, automation, and AI-driven research initiatives.

His work focuses on applying data tools and AI-enabled workflows to improve research, operational efficiency, and investment-related analysis across ERShares.