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Irtiaz Ahmad is Senior Advisor — Banking at Opie Capital. He is President of Sobina Advisors and Managing Partner of Sienyx Holdings, two New York-based vehicles he founded in 2026.
Irtiaz has spent two decades on Wall Street, most recently as Managing Director and Head of Digital Infrastructure at Solomon Partners, advising on M&A, divestitures, joint ventures, and capital raises across data centers, fiber, and macro towers.
Career arc
- Managing Partner, Sienyx Holdings (Jan 2026 – present) — investment holding company partnering with family offices to invest in durable AI-enabled and AI-resilient platforms; access to over $2B in investable capital across debt and equity.
- President, Sobina Advisors (Jan 2026 – present) — strategic advisory firm combining CFO, investment-banking, corporate-development, and strategy-consulting capabilities into a single integrated operating partner.
- Managing Director and Head of Digital Infrastructure & Services, Solomon Partners (Apr 2021 – Aug 2025)
- Director, Barclays (Jun 2014 – Apr 2021) — led Global Data Center, Cloud & Edge Infrastructure Sector Coverage in TMT investment banking.
- Analyst / Associate, Waller Capital Partners (Nov 2010 – May 2014) — TMT digital infrastructure.
Selected deals or wins
- United Fiber & Data sale to Lightpath — Solomon Partners served as exclusive financial advisor.
- Pegasus Digital Mobility Corp business combination with The SCHMID Group — Solomon advised Pegasus on the SPAC combination.
- Over $200B of transactions in digital infrastructure and technology across two decades on Wall Street.
Education
- BS, International Economics (concentrations in Finance and Commerce) — Georgetown University


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