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vCardJames B. Avery
(415) 318-3660
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Jim Avery is a Managing Director with GCA Savvian. He has more than 18 years of investment banking experience, providing financing and strategic advice to a wide range of clients. Prior to joining GCA Savvian, Jim was a Managing Director with Morgan Stanley. He received his BS in Finance from Miami University.
vCardGeoffrey D. Baldwin
(415) 318-3640
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Geoff Baldwin is a Managing Director with GCA Savvian specializing in Mergers & Acquisitions. He has more than 21 years of investment banking experience, serving as an M&A generalist in New York for 5 years and a technology M&A specialist for the next 14 years, including 13 years in the Silicon Valley and one year in London. Prior to joining GCA Savvian, Geoff was a Managing Director in Morgan Stanley's Menlo Park-based Technology M&A Group and head of Morgan Stanley's European Technology M&A Group. Geoff received his BA from the University of Southern California.
vCardSteven J. Bottum
(415) 318-3608
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Steve Bottum is a Managing Director of GCA Savvian with a Mergers & Acquisition focus. Steve brings over 22 years of leadership and experience in investment banking and venture capital to GCA Savvian. Steve was formerly Co-Head of Investment Banking at Thomas Weisel Partners, where he founded the mergers & acquisitions group, and before that was the Head of Global Advisory Services for Alex. Brown & Sons, Incorporated. More recently, Steve was a Partner with The Grosvenor Funds, an early stage venture capital firm. Steve earned a BA from Amherst College, and MBA and JD degrees from Northwestern University.
vCardClark N. Callander
(415) 318-3680
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Clark Callander is a Managing Director with GCA Savvian, with a primary focus on Capital Markets Advisory business activity. He has more than 26 years of investment and commercial banking experience, specializing in private placements, merchant banking, mergers and acquisitions, and restructurings. Prior to joining GCA Savvian, Clark was a Managing Director and Head of Private Capital Markets at Robertson Stephens. He received his BS from Stanford University and his MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
vCardTodd J. Carter
(415) 318-3610
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Todd Carter is a Managing Director with GCA Savvian. He has more than 20 years of investment banking experience, completing hundreds of mergers and acquisitions, financings, merchant banking and advisory transactions. Prior to GCA Savvian, Todd was President of Robertson Stephens, an internationally recognized investment bank with annual revenues exceeding $1.5 billion. Prior to serving as president, he was Director of Global Investment Banking for Robertson Stephens. Todd received his BA from University of Texas and his MBA from Harvard Business School.
vCardShahab Fatheazam
(312) 212-8220
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Shahab Fatheazam is a Managing Director with GCA Savvian and specializes in the healthcare sector of the firm. Prior to GCA Savvian, Shahab was a partner at Vector Securities which provided investment banking services to the Healthcare Sector internationally. With over 32 years of experience in the industry, Shahab has broad experience in capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and other advisory activities for a broad array of clients. He received his BA and MA degrees from Cambridge University and his MBA from Columbia University.
vCardSteven C. Fletcher
(415) 318-3661
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Steve Fletcher is a Managing Director with GCA Savvian, with a primary focus on Digital Media and an additional focus on Storage, Software and IT services. Steve has 11 years of investment banking experience prior to joining GCA Savvian, as well as 3 years at Deloitte & Touche as a CPA. Steve was at Goldman Sachs for nine years, where he held a number of leadership roles including head of IT Services Banking, head of Systems and Storage Banking, and head of the Private Placement Group. Steve received a BA in Economics from UCLA and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
vCardMark A. Greenbaum
(415) 318-3656
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Mark Greenbaum is a Managing Director with GCA Savvian, with a primary focus on Mergers and Acquisitions. He has over 13 years of experience providing advice and professional services to technology companies in Silicon Valley. Prior to GCA Savvian, Mark was a Vice President with Morgan Stanley's technology mergers and acquisitions group in Menlo Park. Mark received both his undergraduate degree and MBA from the University of California at Berkeley.
vCardStephen P. Hawthornthwaite
(415) 318-3662
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Stephen Hawthornthwaite is a Managing Director with GCA Savvian, with a primary focus on Mergers and Acquisitions. He has 13 years of investment banking experience, specializing in M&A. Prior to GCA Savvian, Stephen was a Vice President with Robertson Stephens Technology M&A group. Stephen received a BA from Duke University and a JD from Wake Forest University.
vCardRichard Jasen
(415) 318-3653
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Rich Jasen is a Managing Director in GCA Savvian's Capital Market's Group and has been assisting growth companies raise equity and debt capital for 12 years. Prior to joining GCA Savvian in 2004, he was a Director at SoundView Technology Group, leading the firm's west coast private equity effort. Previously, Rich worked in corporate finance at Lehman Brothers and served as a corporate attorney with a Silicon Valley practice at Cooley Godward, advising startups and working with venture capitalists. Rich graduated Phi Beta Kappa in business and economics from UCLA and received a JD with honors from the University of Chicago Law School.
vCardTerence G. Kawaja
(212) 999-7082
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Terence G. Kawaja is a Managing Director with GCA Savvian in the firm's Digital Media banking business. Terence has more than 19 years of investment banking experience, as well as experience as an operating company CFO. Prior to GCA Savvian, Terence was a partner at Gridley & Company, a boutique focused on the marketing services industry. Prior to Gridley, Terence was Managing Director and Head of Media M&A at both Citigroup (Salomon Smith Barney) and Credit Suisse where he focused on the media, communications and internet sectors. Terence also served as CFO of Raindance Communications (NASDAQ: RNDC). Terence received his BA from the University of Western Ontario and his LLB(JD) and MBA from Osgoode Hall Law School and the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto, Canada.
vCardArthur S. Kirsch
(212) 999-7080
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Arthur Kirsch is a Managing Director with GCA Savvian, focusing on the Healthcare sector. He has 32 years of investment banking / capital markets experience, in a broad range of capacities. Prior to GCA Savvian, Arthur was a Managing Director at Vector Securities and held senior management positions at Natwest Securities, and Drexel Burnham Lambert. He received his BS from the University of Rhode Island and his MBA from Baruch College.
vCardJohn F. Lambros
(212) 999-7083
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John F. Lambros is a Managing Director with GCA Savvian, heading the firm's Digital Media banking business. John has more than 14 years of investment banking experience, as well as 4 years of operating experience in the digital media sector. Prior to GCA Savvian, John was the Senior Vice President, Business Development of Into Networks, a broadband technology company. Prior to Into Networks, John was a Vice President in Morgan Stanley's Global Communications Group. John received his BA from Harvard College and his MBA from the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
vCardNobuhiko Masuto
(212) 551-1447
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For over 20 years, Mr. Masuto has been involved in a wide range of corporate finance activities including investment banking, private equity and structured financing in Japan, the U.S. and Europe. He has extensive experience in advising on M&A, IPO, private placement and LBO financing transactions and also has principal experience in equity and mezzanine investments. He has led the origination and execution of both cross-border M&A transactions as well as Japanese domestic deals.

Prior to joining GCA Savvian, Mr. Masuto worked at Ripplewood Japan where he was responsible for origination and execution of buyout transactions. He was also heavily involved in post-acquisition management through his management roles in Ripplewood portfolio companies. Prior to joining Ripplewood, Mr. Masuto worked as an investment banker for Daiwa Securities and Sumitomo Bank (currently known as Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation) Tokyo. During his career, he had the opportunity to establish Japan Equity Capital Inc., a private equity firm sponsored by Daiwa Securities SMBC, Sumitomo Corporation and GE Capital. Additionally, with Sumitomo, he spent over 8 years in London, focusing upon cross-border M&A transactions between Europe and Japan/U.S. and structured finance transactions for U.K. and Swiss blue-chip companies and municipals. He also spent time in the U.S., having been seconded to Robertson Stephens & Co. in San Francisco where he focused on the technology sector investment banking.

Recently, Mr. Masuto represented All Nippon Airways in its investment in Skynet Asia Airways, the management team of Omron Entertainment Inc. in its MBO, and Matsuzakaya (a major Japanese department store) in its corporate defense actions against a hostile takeover by an activist fund. He has also led many successful large scale cross-border M&A transactions including TDK Co. Ltd.’s acquisition of Silicon Systems (a U.S. semiconductor manufacturer acquired through TOB), Sumitomo Heavy Industries’ acquisition of Lumonics (a Canadian laser technology company acquired through TOB), a Japanese trading company’s acquisition of Argo-Tech (a U.S. aircraft pump manufacturer through a consortium with Vester Capital) and Nippon Paint’s shareholding realignment with its U.S. joint venture partner.

He is a visiting instructor at Kobe University’s business school and often is a speaker at M&A and private equity related seminars. He holds the Authorized Sales Representative and Internal Administrator certification issued by the Japanese Securities Dealers Association (“JSDA”) and the Financial Services Authority (“FSA”) in the U.K.

Mr. Masuto completed his Masters in Finance degree at the London Business School, University of London, and received his undergraduate degree from Keio University, where he majored in Law.
vCardMark J. McInerney
(415) 318-3654
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Mark McInerney is a Managing Director with GCA Savvian, with a primary focus on Capital Markets Advisory. He has more than 21 years of investment banking experience, specializing in institutional equity sales. Prior to GCA Savvian, Mark was a Managing Director with JP Morgan where he worked in fixed income, international and U.S. equities. Mark received his BA from Middlebury College. Mark serves on the Board of Trustees of Town School and is active in alumni affairs for Middlebury College.
vCardJohn G. Murray
(415) 318-3670
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John Murray is a Managing Director with GCA Savvian, focusing on the firm's Financial Sponsor coverage. John is a corporate finance generalist with over 10 years experience serving the venture and private equity community. John has 19 years of securities industry experience, 14 of investment banking with Deutsche Bank, Robertson Stephens and Drexel Burnham Lambert along with four years of asset management experience at Franklin Templeton. He earned a BA from St. Lawrence University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
vCardChristopher J. O'Brien
(415) 318-3710
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Christopher J. O'Brien is Managing Partner of GCA Savvian Capital, the principal investing arm of GCA Savvian. Chris has more than 18 years of principal investing experience involving both private equity and public securities. Prior to joining GCA Savvian, he was a Managing Director at Perseus LLC. Chris was a partner at Rainwater Inc., in Ft. Worth and at Orchid Holdings, LP in San Francisco, and he led Robertson Stephens' merchant banking business. Chris has a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
vCardJohn C. Riddle
(312) 212-8230
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John Riddle is a Managing Director with GCA Savvian, focused in the healthcare sector. He has more than 18 years of investment banking and capital markets experience, advising clients across a broad spectrum of mergers and acquisitions, capital markets activities, and strategic advisory assignments. Prior to Savvian, John was the head of healthcare at Dresner Partners, where he founded the healthcare practice. John received his AB from Wabash College and his MBA from the University of Chicago.
vCardDaniel H. Veatch
(415) 318-3626
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Dan Veatch is a Managing Director with GCA Savvian and serves as the firm's Chief Financial Officer. He has more than 14 years of investment banking experience, specializing in internal finance, operations and compliance. Prior to joining GCA Savvian, Dan was a Principal with Robertson Stephens. Dan received his BA from Princeton University and his MBA from the University of California at Berkeley.
vCardMark Waissar
(415) 318-3650
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Mark Waissar is a Managing Director with GCA Savvian, with a primary focus on Mergers and Acquisitions. Mark has more than 15 years of investment banking experience, specializing in M&A. Prior to GCA Savvian, Mark was an Executive Director with Morgan Stanley. Mark received his BA from Columbia University and his MBA from Harvard Business School.