John Clarke, CEO & Managing Director of Investment Banking
Prior to joining Midtown, Mr. Clarke was President and Managing Director of Investment Banking for H.C. Wainwright & Co. During Mr. Clarke’s tenure at Wainwright, the firm became the 3rd and 4th leading U.S. placement agent in number of closed PIPE transactions for the years 2004 and 2005 respectively (source Placementtracker.com). From early 2004, Mr. Clarke served as both the General Securities Principal and the Financial Operations Principal for the firm as well.
Prior to H.C.Wainwright, Mr. Clarke held the position of producing Branch Manager for several NYSE member firms. Since entering the securities industry in 1984, Mr. Clarke has worked with over 100 public companies and assisted in raising in excess of $500 Million in directly placed private capital. In addition, Mr. Clarke has advised private companies in going public via IPO’s and reverse merger process.
Mr. Clarke holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance from the E. Claiborne Robbins School of Finance at the University of Richmond. |
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Daniel Kazimierz Krzyzanowski, Senior Vice President
Mr. Krzyzanowski joined the firm in 2009 with over 20 years experience in both commercial and investment banking. During his tenure he worked at a number of firms including Chase Manhattan Bank NA, Bear Stearns, JW Charles, GMS Gruntal, JP Turner & Hartsfield Capital. Over the past ten years he was involved in IPOs, follow-on offerings and debt financings; plus PIPE financings totaling more than $300 million. Mr. Krzyzanowski attended Adelphi University and took the paralegal study program approved by Adelphi University and the American Bar Association. He holds Series 7, 62, & 63 licenses and is a former member of the American Bar Association. |
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Victor Greene, Senior Vice President
Prior to joining Midtown Partners, Mr. Greene was Managing Director of National Securities’ Investment Banking Division. Mr. Greene was also Managing Director of vFinance when it merged with National Securities.
Mr. Greene has been in the securities industry for over 30 years; first as an institutional equity salesman and then as an investment banker starting with Solomon Brothers, working his way up to the head of the firm’s institutional and banking operations.
Mr. Greene has been responsible for IPOs, private placements, PIPEs, bridges, and fairness opinions. His clients are institutions ranging from $3M to $25M, both public and private.
Mr. Greene has a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a J.D. from its law school. |
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Rory McAdam, Vice President
Mr. McAdam joined the firm in 2007. He has been involved in many areas of the finance industry including syndicate trading, investment advisory and investment banking and has been employed by Oppenheimer, Merrill Lynch and Ryan Beck. Prior to joining Midtown Partners Mr. McAdam was a Managing Director at Magna Securities in charge of their syndicate trading desk and originating transactions. Mr. McAdam received a M.B.A from American International College and a B.A from State University of New York at Geneseo. |
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William Relyea, Director of Research
Mr. Relyea joined the firm in 2008. Previously he held the position of Director of Research at H.C. Wainwright & Co. As an analyst he was named to the Institutional Investor Magazine All-American Research Team twelve times, in the area of imaging technology. Mr. Relyea has investment banking experience with public and private companies in a variety of industries including: clean tech and alternate energy, (initiated $117mm IPO), imaging technologies, electronics, medical devices and medical technology His international experience includes heading an electricals group for Jardine Fleming in Tokyo, research on Japanese companies, Korean companies and Israeli companies. He published research in a variety of industry sectors including: imaging technologies, alternate energy and clean tech, electronics and composite materials. Mr. Relyea is a member of the PR Newswire-Disclosure Advisory Board. He received his MBA in finance from Cornell University and has a bachelor’s of science in physics, also from Cornell. |
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Prakash Mandgi, Vice President
Mr. Mandgi has strong interests in medical devices especially cardiac electrophysiology, biological materials, medical imaging and biotechnology. He graduated with a masters of science in biomedical engineering from Case Western Reserve in 1995 and completed his master's thesis in the field of cardiac electrophysiology at the Heart & Vascular Research Center. He also graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from Bombay University in 1990. Mr. Mandgi modeled the firing sequence for an ultrasound digital scan converter at Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) for his bachelor’s thesis. Graduated with an MBA from the University of Chicago (Finance, Analytical Finance, Accounting) in Dec 2004. Mr. Mandgi obtained the Professional Risk Manager (PRM) designation in 2007 and is a Level III candidate for CFA program. |
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Patrick Chen, Associate, Investment Banking
Patrick joined Midtown Partners in June 2008. He graduated Babson College with a BS degree in Finance, with a minor in Economics. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Chen was employed by Ameriprise Financial where he analyzed mutual funds and aided senior advisors with creating allocations for clients. Mr. Chen is licensed as a Registered Representative and as a Registered Investment Adviser. |
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