Experience

CalALTs (The California Alternative Investments Association)

• United States
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Immediate Past President

  • Jul 2023 - Present

  San Francisco, California, United States Founded in 2010, CalALTs helps asset managers, investors and service providers harness the power of connection to advance the alternative investment industry in California. Whether linking our members to peers, thought leaders, resources or ideas, everything we do is focused on fostering meaningful connections that drive tomorrow’s success. Visit www.calalts.org to learn more about our organization. I have had the pleasure of being a member of the board of CalALTS since 2011, and I am… Show more Founded in 2010, CalALTs helps asset managers, investors and service providers harness the power of connection to advance the alternative investment industry in California. Whether linking our members to peers, thought leaders, resources or ideas, everything we do is focused on fostering meaningful connections that drive tomorrow’s success. Visit www.calalts.org to learn more about our organization. I have had the pleasure of being a member of the board of CalALTS since 2011, and I am honored to have been elected President for the 2021-2022 term. As president I look forward to expanding our charitable and next generation initiatives, investor and manager outreach program, and supporting our special interest groups comprised of Venture Capital, Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Real Estate and Fintech. I will lead an organization that is committed to exceeding the expectations of our members and sponsors. Show less



TAKU Partners, LLC

• United States
• Investment Banking

• Founder & CEO

  • Oct 2017 - Present

  San Francisco Bay Area Taku Partners provides help to start-ups in their readiness for their seed and VC funding rounds. Taku's affiliation with Butler Capital Partners allows me to help merge great innovative business startups and their high-value visionary leaders with accurate business, financial, and strategic positioning to help them quicken their start-up success and to grow vigorously, by teaming with them and getting them funding ready. As a San Francisco-based consultancy to Corporate Startups and… Show more Taku Partners provides help to start-ups in their readiness for their seed and VC funding rounds. Taku's affiliation with Butler Capital Partners allows me to help merge great innovative business startups and their high-value visionary leaders with accurate business, financial, and strategic positioning to help them quicken their start-up success and to grow vigorously, by teaming with them and getting them funding ready. As a San Francisco-based consultancy to Corporate Startups and Emerging Hedge Fund Managers, Taku Partners, focuses on their business process to enable capital-raising campaigns. Since Inception, Taku Partners has connected and formed relationships with existing and startup CEOs/ Founders in Gaming, Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality, AI, Quant, Long/Short Hedge, Biotech, Blockchain, Creator Economy, Cyber Security, Entertainment/Distribution, Healthcare IT, Pharma, Retail, SaaS Technology and Space. ✓ Working with the CEOs/Founders prepared their stories and showed them how to shift their focus from mere technology and product development to business and market development. ✓ Helped them streamline their business processes and implement continuous improvement in all their operations (a’ la Prolab start-up) and then guiding them on how to prepare a story for their first or the next funding round. Once these startup teams were ready, connected them for their funding rounds with the appropriate investment channels through personal network and continued engagements as needed to help their ongoing growth.

• Founder & CEO

  • Jul 2016 - Oct 2017

  San Francisco Bay Area The formative period for TAKU Partners, LLC I spent my time attending to the details of forming the legal entity TAKU Partners, LLC and selecting the appropriate Broker/Dealer. Imperative was to identify a Broker/Dealer staffed by strong compliance professionals with current expertise in the institutional alternative investment and investment banking industry to compliment my consultancy to Corporate Startups and emerging Hedge Fund managers with a focus on the capital raising process… Show more The formative period for TAKU Partners, LLC I spent my time attending to the details of forming the legal entity TAKU Partners, LLC and selecting the appropriate Broker/Dealer. Imperative was to identify a Broker/Dealer staffed by strong compliance professionals with current expertise in the institutional alternative investment and investment banking industry to compliment my consultancy to Corporate Startups and emerging Hedge Fund managers with a focus on the capital raising process.



Arq Advisors LLC

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Registered Representative

  • Apr 2023 - Present

  San Francisco Bay Area



Butler Capital Partners

• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Registered Representative

  • Jul 2020 - Apr 2023

  San Francisco Bay Area



Jefferies

• United States
• Investment Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Vice President | Head West Coast Prime Brokerage Group

  • Jan 2007 - May 2016

  Jefferies is a global investment banking firm headquartered in New York providing clients a full range of investment banking services including underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization. As the regional leader of the West Coast Jefferies Prime Brokerage team my essential function was business development. I identified and closed promising emerging, startup and spin out Hedge Fund managers that accurately fit Jefferies organizational, strategic and balance… Show more Jefferies is a global investment banking firm headquartered in New York providing clients a full range of investment banking services including underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization. As the regional leader of the West Coast Jefferies Prime Brokerage team my essential function was business development. I identified and closed promising emerging, startup and spin out Hedge Fund managers that accurately fit Jefferies organizational, strategic and balance sheet mandates. I developed quarterly and annual sales plans and directed implementation of targeted marketing programs and coordinated those efforts and reporting with my team and company leadership. I made recommendations to enhance and improve business practices to meet specific regional preferences, trends and national market requirements. I built a culture of integrity around character and process that sustained consistency and inspired internal and external clients and prospects to have confidence to do business with the Jefferies Prime Brokerage team. I managed effective events with the Capital Introduction Consultants to benefit platform clients, prospects and Investors. I cultivated trusted relationships with third-party service providers to recommend and refer their clients to Jefferies platform and reciprocally and accurately to theirs. I attended industry Events, Mixers and Conferences. I was responsible for creating business collateral to target audiences. Show less



ReFlow

• United States
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President

  • Jul 2005 - Jan 2007

  San Francisco Bay Area My role was to position the firms’ new product, ReFlow to 1940 Act fund Boards. ReFlow was designed to help mutual funds overcome a perennial problem: funding redemptions without borrowing from a bank or selling securities. ReFlow provides 1940 Act funds continuous, everyday access to liquidity that funds can draw upon to meet redemptions and manage cash positions. I was responsible for business development and socialization of this entirely new and innovative product to the Mutual Fund… Show more My role was to position the firms’ new product, ReFlow to 1940 Act fund Boards. ReFlow was designed to help mutual funds overcome a perennial problem: funding redemptions without borrowing from a bank or selling securities. ReFlow provides 1940 Act funds continuous, everyday access to liquidity that funds can draw upon to meet redemptions and manage cash positions. I was responsible for business development and socialization of this entirely new and innovative product to the Mutual Fund Community. In my role, I introduced the idea to portfolio managers, demonstrated its effectiveness to enhance portfolio returns and create competitive edges. Since inception ReFlow has held over 2,700 auctions resulting in over 7,700 purchase transactions that have provided over $5.1 billion of capital to participating mutual funds. ReFlow currently has 25 approved mutual fund complexes that manage over $592 billion in assets. Show less



Montgomery Securities | Bank of America Securities

• Principal, US Institutional Equity Sales

  • 1996 - 2005

  San Francisco Bay Area My primary role was in business development to nationally recognized mutual funds and hedge funds with an emphasis on research, distribution, trading insight, new issues, secondaries and block trades. I made bespoke equity recommendations with high touch customer service to my clients while balancing the banks desire to promote cross selling of platform products and services. I was a consistent performer, ranked highly in institutional sales votes by client leadership that led to… Show more My primary role was in business development to nationally recognized mutual funds and hedge funds with an emphasis on research, distribution, trading insight, new issues, secondaries and block trades. I made bespoke equity recommendations with high touch customer service to my clients while balancing the banks desire to promote cross selling of platform products and services. I was a consistent performer, ranked highly in institutional sales votes by client leadership that led to increased market share and outsized revenues. Show less