Mr. Partenza has approximately ten years of experience in Investment Banking and Capital Markets. Since joining Gleacher & Company in 2002, Mr. Partenza has worked on more than 80 financings raising more than $10 billion in gross proceeds including public and private equity and debt capital markets transactions. His experience covers various sectors including Energy, Healthcare, Industrials and Technology, amongst others. Mr. Partenza was also a member of the execution teams on significant corporate transactions at Gleacher & Company including the recapitalization in 2007, the private financings and the acquisition of American Technology Research in 2008, the acquisition of Gleacher Parnters and the $169 million equity offering for Gleacher & Company in 2009. Prior to Gleacher & Company, Mr. Partenza was a member of the Investment Banking group at Robertson Stephens, a prominent growth focused investment bank, where he was a member of the health care and communications teams. Mr. Partenza graduated from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business with a BS in Finance.