Ownership

Ersal Ozdemir

Founder & Owner
Keystone Group and Indy Eleven Professional Soccer

Ozdemir founded Keystone Group in 2002, which has grown to become one of the largest privately owned real estate development, construction, property management and investments companies in Indiana with its headquarters in downtown Indianapolis. Keystone specializes and invests in transformational mixed-use developments and has successfully completed many projects over the last 20+ years. Keystone has a passion for positively impacting communities and believes it is critical to invest not only time but financial resources to choose causes and select projects that enhance communities.

In 2013, Ozdemir launched Indy Eleven Men’s Professional Soccer, in the hopes of sharing his passion for the world’s most popular sport in the state of Indiana. The club has welcomed well over 1.5 million fans since its inception & Indy Eleven’s brand has continued to grow with the club’s launch of a women’s soccer team in 2022, which won the 2023 W League National Championship. Indy Eleven also purchased a new elite level top tier women’s professional team that will play in the Super League upon the completion of Eleven Park Stadium. The Eleven have also become nationally recognized with their success at the academy level, winning the 2021 U19 USL Academy League and multiple Academy Cups, and followed this up with the launch of the Indy Eleven Pro Academy. Additionally, the Club’s presence has proliferated with the creation of a youth development program that spans across the State and currently has over 16,000 kids affiliated with Indy Eleven.

Ozdemir has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Purdue University and enjoys collaborating with business leaders to share information regarding their industries and communities. Ozdemir routinely speaks to numerous organizations about business and entrepreneurship. He has been interviewed by countless publications on subjects related to sports, leadership, international issues, real estate, construction, philanthropic, community service engagement and more. He is an active community supporter, having donated to hundreds of charities, including being a devoted patron of the local arts community. Ozdemir enjoys traveling, spending time with his wife and their four children, as well as playing soccer and table tennis.

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Current:

• Board of Directors, Keystone Group, Chairman
• Board of Directors, Indy Eleven, Chairman
• Board of Directors, Indy Chamber, Executive Committee
• Board of Directors, Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee
• Board of Directors, Indiana Chamber of Commerce, Emeritus
• Board of Advisors, Purdue University Civil Engineering
• Board of Advisors, Purdue School of Engineering
• Board of Trustees, University of Indianapolis
• Board of Directors, Park Tudor School, Vice Chair
• Board of Directors, Indy Eleven Soccer Foundation, Chairman
• Board of Governors, United Soccer League
• Young Presidents Organization, Member

Past:

• Board of Directors, Center for the Performing Arts, Executive Committee
• Board of Directors, Indiana Historical Society
• Board of Trustees, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Secretary
• Board of Directors, Children’s Bureau, Chairman
• Carmel Economic Development Commission, President
• Rotary Club of Indianapolis
• 2000 Formula One Indianapolis Inaugural Year Hospitality, Committee Chair
• 2002 World Basketball Championship Host Committee, Country Chair
• 2012 Super Bowl VIP Services Host Committee, Co-Chair
• 2019 American Heart Association Heart Ball, Chairman
• 2022 Alzheimer’s Association Indianapolis Walk to End Alzheimer’s, Executive Chair

AWARDS AND HONORS:

• 2006 Business Advisory Council as Businessman of the Year
• 2008 KPMG Indy’s Best and Brightest Winner in Real Estate Development & Construction
• 2009 Indianapolis Business Journal’s Forty Under Forty
• 2011 Indianapolis Business Journal’s Who’s Who in Real Estate
• 2011 Indianapolis Business Journal’s Who’s Who in Construction, Design & Engineering
• 2012 Children’s Bureau CHILD Award
• 2016 Community Champion of the Year Forest Manor Multi-Service Center Award
• 2022 Purdue Civil Engineering Alumni Achievement Award
• 2022 Indianapolis Business Journal Top 10 Newsmakers
• 2022 Inaugural IBJ 250 Most Influential Leaders
• 2023 IBJ 250 Most Influential Leaders
• 2024 IBJ Forty Under Forty Alumni Award

Don Gottwald

Managing Member
Speedring Capital LLC
Carmel, Indiana

Gottwald is an Indiana-based entrepreneur, investor, and corporate board member.  Gottwald also enjoys mentoring organizations, entrepreneurs, and executives on leadership, strategy, and growth. 

Previously, Gottwald held CEO, COO, Chief Strategy Officer and other senior executive roles helping grow major corporations in the automotive sector. 

Gottwald holds an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and a bachelor’s degree from Northwood University.  Gottwald supports community and mission-driven organizations and currently serves as Vice Chair for the Great American Songbook Foundation. 

Gottwald played soccer growing up and a year of club soccer in college and coached youth soccer for many years.

Shane Hageman

President
Hageman Group
Indianapolis/Carmel/Remington, Indiana

Shane Hageman is President of Hageman Group, LLC. 

As President of Hageman Group, Shane leads the agricultural, real estate, and investment divisions of the business.  He is also a founder and board member of several businesses within the Hageman portfolio of companies: US Agriculture, LLC, an institutional fund manager of farmland; Traction Ag, a cloud-based farm accounting and farm management software business; Hageman Capital, a purchaser of developer backed TIF bonds.     

Prior to joining Hageman Group, Shane practiced law at Bose McKinney & Evans, LLP in Indianapolis.  He is admitted to practice law in the State of Indiana.

Shane’s academic degrees include a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics, a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, and a Master of Science in Food and Agribusiness Management from Purdue University, as well as a Juris Doctorate and Master of Business Administration from Indiana University.

In addition to his professional pursuits, Shane is actively involved in the Hageman Foundation’s philanthropic activities.  He also serves on the board of Indiana Young President’s Organization, The Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, Indiana, The Indianapolis Zoo, and Purdue Polytechnic High School.

Shane and his wife, Jana, live in Indianapolis with their two sons, Conrad and Christian.

Jeffrey A. Laborsky

Director, Heritage Group and Affiliates
Indianapolis, Indiana

Jeff Laborsky serves as Board Member of Heritage Group Holdings.  Jeff successfully led affiliate, Heritage Environmental Services, to a successful partnership with EQT Infrastructure after having served for twelve years as the Company’s CEO.  Heritage Environmental Services is one of the largest special waste companies in the world.  The Heritage Group, a fourth-generation family business, headquartered in Indianapolis, IN, has several thousand employees around the world.

Jeff is a board director for Energy Systems Network (ESN), a cross-industry collaboration of organizations focused on technological innovation in the renewable energy space. Jeff is also a board director of Heritage’s PIZO Operating Company, an international partnership with zinc recovery operating plants that use a feedstock derived from hazardous waste.   Additionally, Jeff serves as independent director of the board of Indy Eleven, the USL-league professional soccer team in Indianapolis and Jet Access, a leading charter and private jet management company based in Indianapolis.

Jeff has founded and sponsored several new ventures and growth equity businesses alongside The Heritage Group.  Jeff is the founder of Heritage Battery Recycling, now operating as Cirba Solutions, the largest lithium ion battery recycler in North America.  Jeff is co-founder of Inteactif, based in Istanbul, Turkey.   Jeff is co-founder and board member of Waelz Sustainable Products which recycles zinc from the hazardous waste and will operate the world’s largest waelz kiln in Logansport, IN.  Jeff is also co-founder of RTI, a leading reclaimer of refrigerant gas in North America.  Jeff co-sponsored Heritage Group’s investment in Romeo Power Systems (large format lithium battery manufacturer), Climeco (leading carbon credit market maker and project generator), Renew Global Energy (the largest renewable solar power platform in India) and Battle Motors (vocational truck manufacturer with CNG and lithium ion power systems).

Prior to Heritage, Jeff worked in the investment banking, commercial insurance, and venture capital sectors.  He graduated with a BS in Finance from Lehigh University with high honors and later earned an MBA from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. Jeff and his family live in Indianapolis, IN.

Fred J. Merritt

President
LFM Investments, Inc
Fort Wayne/Carmel, Indiana

Merritt is president of LFM Investments, Inc., an investment holding company and provider of consulting services with an initial emphasis on real estate and secured transactions. Under Merritt’s sole ownership and control, the firm significantly expanded its holdings both past and present to include interests in an airport valet parking facility in Pennsylvania, a staffing agency in Indiana, commercial real estate in Indiana, Connecticut and Ohio, high end dining establishments in Indiana and Missouri, silicon compounding in Indiana, silicon molding in Wisconsin, Bio-Repository in Indiana, Oil drilling in Illinois, home building in Indiana, Colorado based performing arts consulting in the United States, Canada and United Kingdom, non-ferrous metal recycling and metallurgical services in Wabash, Indiana, complex printed circuit board assembly in Detroit, Michigan, Connecticut based telematics and instrument manufacturing, Ohio based commercial and industrial zinc etching and printing, and multiple early stage technology companies ranging from hyper-dimensional analytics, to  healthcare and consumer goods.

The primary holding of LFM is its exclusive ownership of Riverside Manufacturing which Merritt originally purchased an interest of in 2002. Riverside is a manufacturing company focused on harsh environmental
electronics, circuit boards, telematics, gauges and engineered graphics that are primarily used on wheeled military vehicles, emergency and specialty service vehicles, portable power and construction equipment.

Merritt currently serves on the board of directors of Indiana’s Economic Development Corporation and has previously served on the boards of Bloom Bank, Linc Systems, Indiana Aerospace and Defense Council (past
steering chairman), Indiana Workforce Development, Sigma Chi Lambda Chapter House Corporation, Northeast Indian Political Action Committee (co-chairman), and FCCC, Inc.

Quinn Ricker

CEO, Jet Access
Founder, Ricker Capital

Quinn Ricker, a serial entrepreneur who is a recognized expert in business processes and optimization, is the CEO of Jet Access, the founder of Ricker Capital, and former president and CEO of Ricker Oil.

Ricker Oil Co. is well-known as an innovative, technologically advanced convenience-store chain, headquartered in Indiana. Ricker Oil Co. operated nearly 60 convenience stores and gas stations in the state of Indiana and had a wholesale fuels distribution business of approximately 80 branded supply accounts in Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky. In 2018, Ricker Oil Co. was sold to national entity, Giant Eagle, which operates GetGo convenience stores across the country.

Upon the sale of Ricker Oil Co., Quinn Ricker ventured into private aviation with the purchase of Jet Access Aviation and the Eagle Creek family of companies.

As the CEO of Jet Access, Quinn Ricker has applied his proven leadership style and ability to leverage technology into the fast-paced and growing aviation industry. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Jet Access is the first vertically integrated, technology-focused, full-service aviation management company in the industry to encompass every facet of private aviation on a national scale.

Jet Access provides the full suite of aviation services, including private jet charter, aircraft management, FBO and airport management, maintenance, sales and acquisitions, and flight training. Under Quinn’s leadership, Jet Access has grown from a private jet charter operation on the East Coast of the U.S. to a global brand that employs nearly 360 aviation professionals. Jet Access has major operations in Indianapolis, Nashville, Dallas, and southern Florida and manages a fleet of nearly 30 midsize to heavy jet aircraft across the country.

Ever the entrepreneur, Quinn has maintained a dedication to innovative investments with the founding of Ricker Capital in 2018. Ricker Capital is a part owner of Indy Eleven, an American professional soccer team based in Indianapolis. Ricker Capital is also an investor in Vibenomics, a Mood Media company, which provides in-store media solutions through a combination of music, messaging, digital signage, scent, and AV system solutions.

Ricker Capital has also made significant investments in AgriScience, AgTech, multi-family housing, and convenience store AI technology.

Quinn Ricker resides in Pendelton, Indiana, with his wife, Julie, and four children. A graduate of Purdue University, Ricker obtained a master’s in business administration from Anderson University and continues to focus on strategic growth and leadership development through his role at Jet Access and Ricker Capital.

Chris Traylor

Co-President
Traylor Bros., Inc
Evansville, Indiana

Traylor Bros., Inc., a family-owned corporation founded in 1946. For more than 70 years, TBI has delivered large, complex infrastructure and industrial projects to public and private agencies nationwide. The company’s array of
services includes tunnels and other underground structures, bridges and highways, locks and dams, ports and wharfs, and industrial and power, as well as equipment support. In 2016, the four Traylor ‘brothers’ formed
Traylor Construction Group, Inc. as a holding company to further its involvement in the construction industry and expand in other areas of business. Company holdings now include Sterling Boiler & Mechanical, Inc., A & D Constructors, LLC, and Ballard Marine Construction, LLC. Together, the companies employ over 2,000 professionals and craftsmen.

Traylor has been actively involved in the construction industry for more than 20 years. He has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Stanford University and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of California-Berkley.

Traylor is dedicated to bettering the community through his personal support and active participation in multiple charitable organizations, including the United Way and Habitat for Humanity. He is a board member and past president of the Children’s Museum of Evansville; board member of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (Indiana Chapter); past board president of the Evansville Day School; and serves on the University of Evansville Board of Trustees. He previously served on the board of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra.

Traylor’s dad, Tom Traylor, was a major contributor in bringing a successful soccer program to southern Indiana. Chris has followed in his father’s footsteps by coaching community leagues. In 2015, brothers Michael and
Daniel were inducted into the Reitz Memorial High School Hall of Fame—a testament of the love and dedication the family has for the sport of soccer. Chris and his wife Niki Traylor have been married for 17 years. Together
they have four children: Gwyneth, 14; Marshall, 11; Sydney, 9; and Courtney, 7.

Daniel Traylor

Managing Principal (TX/FL/TN/CO/SC/NC)

Daniel has deep roots in engineering, spending the early stages of his career in the building and heavy civil construction industries. Daniel founded Columnar Land in 2009 under its parent Traylor Capital and has since expanded the family real estate interests to include commercial real estate investment/development and production homebuilding respectively through the Columnar Commercial and RockWell platform companies. Daniel leads Traylor Capital as Managing Principal and holds a B.S. from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from H.E.C. Paris.