• Found an Investment Banking firm focusing on capitalizing medium to large sized companies with equity and debt.• Created the largest apartment owner in San Francisco from 750 units to 8200 units through a series of acquisitions and adaptation of our business plan.• Originated and placed privately over $4.5 Billion for various clients with Apollo, Blackrock, UBS, Dillon Read, Arbor, among others. • Capitalized companies for acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, and to provide the full range of growth funding.• Evolved into acquiring companies for my own account and turning them around. This operating experience brings a unique and valued perspective to my clients.• Involved in numerous leveraged buyouts, including the $45 Million purchase of a steel company, among others.• Raised over $600 Million for one client, both equity and debt, for a whole series of acquisitions.• Engaged by the Getty family to raise capital and turnaround their large hotel company. Responsible for a major expansion of the company, with the acquisition and development of 10 major flag hotel properties across the United States. This included a $32 Million Hilton Hotel, a $46 Million Radisson Hotel, and a $22 Million Holiday Inn, among others. Served on the Board of Directors.

• Initiated a Corporate Finance Department for the oldest regional securities firm in Los Angeles.• Significantly increased annual profits immediately, through aggressive marketing, and bringing in profitable new accounts from Fortune 1000 companies.

• Promoted to Vice President of the Los Angeles office. • Due to aggressive marketing and generating significant new accounts, selected as the first U.S. citizen to train in London. Responsible for the west coast investment banking activities of Barclays to Fortune 1000 companies.• Involved in cross border acquisitions, U.S. companies purchasing European companies. This entailed raising capital in the Euro-markets, including Euro-Sterling, and Euro-Deutchsmark bond offerings.• Given a list of dead or non-producing accounts at date of hire, and within one year had the most profitable account book in the office.• Generated over $1.2 billion in new business. Acquired new accounts such as Union Oil, Transamerica Financial, Pacific Lighting, among others.

• Graduated from the Merrill Lynch training program, and worked in their small Business program (SBA). Generated significant accounts.