Michael Weitzner Email & Phone Number

Nashua, Nh

Lead Securities Due Diligence and Broker Dealer Relations for a $1 billion alternative real estate investment firm focused on single tenant leases. Net Lease Capital is the leading authority in creating, acquiring, structuring, financing and advising on single tenant property transactions nationwide. Net Lease Capital has closed on over $15 billion in transactions involving 400 properties nationwide over the last 20 years.• Business Development and Broker-Dealer Relations. Created a Securities Due Diligence Platform • Developed Policy and Procedures Framework • Create Private Placement Memorandums for Delaware Statutory Trust Offerings• Develop New Channels for Distribution of Firm Offerings

New York, Ny

Managing Director in Investment Banking for a boutique broker dealer focusing on capital raises, acquisitions and divestitures for lower middle market companies.

New York, Ny

Created a fundraising platform to support $8 million evidence-based youth development program. Cultivated major, family foundation and corporate donors, and make direct asks. Developed new sustainable revenue streams. Advised founder on financial management. • Quadrupled individual giving in one year, generating $1.2 million through gifts ranging from $2,500 to $100,000.• Developed a detailed Cost-Benefit Return-on-Investment methodology that quantified Carrera Program’s outcomes and made powerful case to potential funders, and both internal and external stakeholders. • Spearheaded first-ever earned income revenue stream from sales of program curriculum, launching September 2015.

New York, Ny

Selected by Goldman Sachs for a one-year fellowship at the US’s largest non-profit financier of affordable housing. Investigated and proposed new business opportunities. Introduced Enterprise to new private investment sources.• Increased capacity of CFO and finance team to secure private investment, training them to do effective pitches. • Created new private investment vehicles, several of which were funded. • Added value to 10 year strategic planning process, advising CEO and leadership with emphasis on social impact investment.• Produced business plan for creating a central marketplace for Social Impact Investments, currently in development.

Greater New York City Area

Recruited by founder to develop a public capital markets business. Built relationships across the US, Brazil, India and China. Identified private companies seeking access to institutional investment dollars normally restricted to public companies.• Assessed companies’ fiscal and strategic needs, creating management plans to increase profitability, and fundraising plans targeting institutional, high net worth and family office investors. • Sourced and closed on a $16 million deal involving sale of a privately-held gaming company in Macau to a Specialty Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC)

New York, New York

Managing Director - Head of Equities Division (2005 – 2008)Built new equity research, sales & trading business within middle market-focused investment. Oversaw trades for institutional clients and parent company. Oversaw all operations: P&L, budget management, human resources, staff training, IT, and risk and compliance. Managed diverse team of 40. Member of senior management team.• Created strategic vision, securing $3 million in seed funding from senior management.• Built new business from ground up, including recruiting and training equity team and establishing trading platform.• Spearheaded team that generated revenues of $8 million in just 18 months. Managing Director, IRG Research (2003 – 2005) Recruited by Jim Cramer and thestreet.com to build a specialty research company capitalizing on his distinctive take on small and mid-cap stocks. Marketed firm’s research to hedge and mutual funds. Hired and managed 65 equity traders, salespeople, and research analysts. Managed all operations, including P&L, HR, vendors, facilities, accounts receivable, risk and compliance. • Built business from initial concept through business plan to implementation, bringing vision to reality.• Drove revenue growth from zero to $6.5 million in one year, generating a significant revenue stream for thestreet.com. • Leased and oversaw buildout of space on Wall Street, and selected technology platform for sales and trading.

New York, Ny

Managing Director / Head of International Sales and Trading (2001 – 2002)Managing Director / Head of NASDAQ Sales & Trading (2000 – 2001) Spearheaded 2 sales and trading divisions working with institutional clients. Managed all operations including P&L, budget, human resources, IT, compliance and risk management. Supervised teams of 60 and 22.• Orchestrated dramatic performance turnaround among international sales and trading by increasing employee engagement. • Transformed NASDAQ traders’ culture from short-term focus to building long-term profitable customer relationships. • Drove 65% increase in overall revenues from NASDAQ trading in 1 year.

New York, Ny

Traded retail, financial, healthcare, and high-tech company shares, moving between sectors to learn new industries and take advantage of internal opportunities. Traded on behalf of institutional clients as well as the firm’s P&L. • Consistently among most profitable NASDAQ traders. • Mentored and methodically trained numerous sales people and traders.• Collaborated with technology to build front-end trading and reporting systems.

Mba, Finance

Bs Economics, Finance And Political Science