Associate Profiles

Cody Crandall
Cody_Crandall@castletopcapital.com

Cody Crandall is the Office Manager for Castletop Capital. She has been with the company since 2006. Cody provides internal administrative support, along with records management and accounting assistance. She also provides day-to-day office needs for co-workers and clients.

Cody moved to Austin in 2003 to work for a start up company in the Nanotechnology industry. She also assisted in managing a Ski Resort located in New Mexico before proudly joining the Castletop Capital team. Cody is passionate about supporting healthy babies and is a yearly walker for March of Dimes March for Babies. She is currently finishing a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology, at Texas State University.

Linda is the Director of Finance at Castletop Capital. Her responsibilities include income tax compliance and the coordination of various tax and legal matters. She is also responsible for the financial reporting for the Castletop Capital entities. Prior to joining Castletop Capital, Linda worked at Ernst & Young, LLP and at Flieller Kruger Skelton & Plyler in Austin as a tax senior manager. Before moving to Austin to join FKS&P, Linda was a tax senior manager with KPMG in Denver, CO. During her 13 years in public accounting as a tax professional, Linda primarily served clients that were closely-held real estate and construction groups, clients with cross-border activities and was heavily involved in the planning and implementation of numerous significant international transactions. Before joining KPMG, Linda was an accountant for the Denver Tech Center (DTC), where she assisted in the tax and accounting for the U.S. headquarters for DTC’s U.S. real estate operations. Linda earned her Masters of Taxation at the University of Denver and her BSBA at West Liberty State College, WV.

Cindy Locke is the staff accountant with Castletop Capital. She has been with Castletop Capital since 2002. Prior to joining Castletop Capital, she was in a human resources/administrative capacity with Motive Communications, Inc. when it was in a start-up model until it became a publicly held corporation. Cindy earned a BBA in Business & Management, Summa Cum Laude from St. Edwards University in 2002 and is currently enrolled in a graduate program at St. Edward’s.

Lisa is a Portfolio Manager at Castletop Capital and is responsible for coordinating deal flow, due diligence activities and business operations. In addition, she engages directly with portfolio companies and real estate investments on various financial modeling, marketing and strategy consulting projects. Prior to joining Castletop Capital, Lisa was the controller of Teravicta Technologies, Inc., where she oversaw the company's financial reporting, legal issues and risk management. Before joining Teravicta, she served as director of finance and controller of Globeset, Inc., where she led all financial reporting activities, managed and integrated growth through acquisition and administered the formation of international subsidiaries. Her previous experience as audit manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Austin, TX, and KPMG in Atlanta, GA, encompasses a diverse range of companies, from venture-backed start-ups to publicly held corporations. Lisa earned her MPA and BBA from The University of Texas at Austin.