Experience

TerraNova Capital Partners

• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • 2003 - Present

  Established in 1999, TerraNova Capital Partners, Inc. is a boutique investment and merchant banking firm with global operations. We specialize in growth sectors with notable expertise in energy and mining production, alternative energy and clean technologies, telecommunications and emerging markets such as China. Through our broker-dealer subsidiary we provide investment banking advisory services to public and private companies worldwide. Our banking team has extensive experience assisting clients in private placements, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and other corporate advisory services. We are a recognized leader in funding companies through the private placement of structured debt and equity securities with institutional investors. We specialize in providing clients with highly-customized, well valued, and confidential corporate finance solutions. TerraNova Capital Equities, Inc. is a member of FINRA. TerraNova Capital Partners is a founding member of Global Alliance Partners (GAP), a Hong Kong registered network organization of 14 top and mid-tier investment banks, securities brokers, research houses, financial advisors, and wealth and asset managers, who are able to provide their clients with international access to the world’s financial markets. With 150 offices in 28 countries worldwide, GAP is well placed to service its extensive corporate and high net worth client base. GAP’s goal is to provide its clients with local service and expertise, coupled with international reach and access.Web site: www.terranovacapital.com.



Alliance Financial, LLC

• Managing Director

  • 1997 - 2012

  Served as Managing Member of Alliance Financial, LLC., a consulting and financial advisory firm that provided general business consulting and financial modeling, and development and project financing advisory services to developers in the renewable energy industry. Served as Managing Member of Alliance Financial, LLC., a consulting and financial advisory firm that provided general business consulting and financial modeling, and development and project financing advisory services to developers in the renewable energy industry.



Self Employed

• Satellite Telecommunications Consultant

  • 1994 - 1997

  Served as a consultant to a number of companies in the satellite and telecommunications industries. Clients included:- A publicly traded international telecommunications company, for whom he drafted a business plan for the financing and development of the company’s Mexican telephony joint venture and its interest in a US-based VSAT satellite telecommunications company with Latin American operations;- A private international satellite company, for whom he conducted market analysis, drafted a business plan, and participated in direct negotiations for the company’s participation in an Asian satellite project;- A Malaysian broadcaster, for whom he performed an analysis of a Russian satellite to determine its suitability for the client's Direct Broadcast Satellite business, conducted digital compression analyses, and evaluated the products of the leading US suppliers of digital compression hardware and software



Unicom Satellite Corporation

• Vice President of Marketing & Sales, Board Member

  • 1990 - 1994

  Co-founded Unicom Satellite Corporation, a company engaged in the development of an international satellite system comprised of satellites to be located over the Pacific and Indian oceans; developed the company's business plan and financial statements, developed all supporting documentation used to secure development capital; and was responsible for the implementation of a marketing and sales program, including the establishment of a Singapore-based sales office, which resulted in reservations for capacity valued at approximately $120 million from customers in Asia, the United States and Europe.



SAT TIME, Inc., and Teleport Denver, Ltd.

• Vice President of Marketing & Sales, Board Member

  • 1980 - 1990

  Co-founded SAT TIME Inc., the first independent reseller of satellite capacity and associated communication services in the United States. Under his marketing leadership, between 1982 and 1985 SAT TIME Inc. concluded over 600 contracts for the use of satellite transponders and ground facilities, resulting in sales in excess of $7 million. SAT TIME, Inc. subsequently formed and developed Teleport Denver, a telecommunications company comprised of several metropolitan fiber networks, a Denver-based domestic and international satellite gateway, and a fiber installation company. His responsibilities included market development, hardware evaluations, costing/pricing analysis and the development of operating/marketing plans. The company began operations in June of 1987, initially capitalized with $6 million which was negotiated and arranged by SAT TIME Inc.



Accenture

• Ireland
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Consultant

  • 1978 - 1980

  Began his career with Arthur Andersen & Co. (subsequently spun off and renamed Accenture) as an MIS consultant in AA & Co.'s New York City office. Responsibilities included supervision and general project management of MIS projects at TIMEX (Danbury, CT), PEMEX (Mexico City), and TEXACO (Purchase, NY, and London, UK). Began his career with Arthur Andersen & Co. (subsequently spun off and renamed Accenture) as an MIS consultant in AA & Co.'s New York City office. Responsibilities included supervision and general project management of MIS projects at TIMEX (Danbury, CT), PEMEX (Mexico City), and TEXACO (Purchase, NY, and London, UK).