Mr. Mayer is an experienced figure in the investment management industry. Mr. Mayer is the Chief Executive Officer of Forefront Partners LLC, which he founded in 2013. Mr. Mayer leads the portfolio management, risk management and research activities at Forefront Partners LLC. Mr. Mayer has been involved with more than 30 technology-related start-up ventures since 1998. Before founding Forefront Partners LLC, Mr. Mayer worked as a capital markets professional on both the buy and sell sides for over a decade, gaining dedicated experience in distressed debt, high-yield bond sales, risk arbitrage, and private investments. He built a network of resources and gained an understanding of the investment spectrum that provides significant yields for his investors today. Immediately before starting Forefront Partners, Mr. Mayer was the senior portfolio manager of an internal hedge fund focusing on high-yield bonds at Goldman Sachs. Previously, he was a Senior Vice-President in the distressed debt department at Goldman Sachs, where he worked as a bankruptcy analyst, bank loan trader, and as a distressed securities trader. Prior to joining the distressed debt department, Mr. Mayer worked as risk arbitrage analyst for Goldman Sachs highly regarded risk arbitrage trading desk. Mr. Mayer began his finance career as an Associate in private equity at Goldman Sachs. Mr. Mayer graduated with an undergraduate degree in economics from Harvard University in 1998 and with a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 2001.