Robert Krayn | Source | Co-Founder & CEO at Talkiatry

Prior to the founding of Talkiatry, Robert was a Vice President at MidOcean Partners, where he spent 5 years as a senior analyst. He oversaw a $300M portfolio of high yield bonds, equities, and derivatives in the consumer, retail healthcare and other sectors. His experience and understanding of these sectors helped him develop the proprietary business model for Talkiatry.

Before joining MidOcean, Robert was an Analyst at Guggenheim Partners in their Mergers & Acquisitions Group in New York as well as a Credit Analyst at the Bank of New York Mellon.

Robert's passion for mental healthcare stems from personal experience. In December of 2016, just days before Christmas, he was assaulted by a neighbor during a home invasion in the New York apartment he shared with his fiancé. Struggling with feeling comfortable in his own home, he began seeking mental healthcare. The journey to get appropriate help only compounded the problem as he was forced to see a cash-pay out-of-network provider with a lengthy waitlist. Arriving at the basement-level psychiatrist’s office, he was confronted with tape-covered doorbells with hastily scrawled names beneath them and no reception staff, a concept all-too-familiar to New Yorkers. Fast forward to 2019, after having spent over 5 years investing professionally in consumer and retail-health companies for a large asset management firm in New York, Robert decided he wanted his next career move to have an impact. He combined his passion and his previous experience to start a new venture, one that would expand access and reduce the stigma of mental healthcare - Talkiatry.

Mr. Krayn graduated Summa Cum Laude from Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Science in Finance.