Brian Barlow
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Brian is the Co-Founder and CEO of Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (SIP). Brian brings over three decades of executive and senior management experience in private equity, venture capital, and infrastructure investing to SIP.
Brian was previously the Director of Infrastructure Investments for Alphabet’s urban innovation platform, where he led all infrastructure initiatives including defining, designing, and implementing new funding models and delivery methods. He also led the investment activities for early-stage investments in companies developing enabling technologies in the construction and infrastructure industries.
Previously, Brian was a Managing Director at American Infrastructure Funds, a private equity and infrastructure investor and operator, which he helped to launch in 2006. Earlier, Brian was with Scion Capital, a Cupertino-based private investment fund investing in public, private, and structured derivative markets worldwide. Prior to Scion Capital, Brian launched and ran Broadview Capital Partners, a growth equity and venture capital fund where he led the firm's communications, networking, and fiber investment activities. Brian began his career as a buy-side equity research analyst focused on REIT and MLP markets.
Brian holds an MBA in Finance & Operations Research from Columbia University and a Bachelor’s degree from the College of Architecture and Urban Planning from the University of Washington.
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