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Vincent Conrad
Vincent has more than 30 years of experience in capital markets, private placement and investment banking, advising growth-stage and middle-market companies on capital raising, strategic partnerships, and investor engagement. Throughout his career, he has worked closely with entrepreneurs, venture capital firms, credit providers, private equity sponsors, family offices, institutional investors, and corporate strategic partners across North America, Europe, and Asia.
Earlier in his career, Vincent held senior roles at Robertson Stephens, Credit Suisse First Boston, BTIG and Montgomery Securities, where he worked across the Capital Markets, Institutional Sales, and Corporate Access groups. During this time, he developed deep relationships with institutional investors and advised growth-oriented companies across a broad range of technology sectors, building the global network and capital markets expertise that continue to define his advisory practice today.
Vincent received a BA in Economics from Indiana University (Bloomington).
Ali Tabibian
Ali has 30 years of experience in finance. Ali’s clients span private growth companies to large private equity firms and corporations such as Bain Capital (buy-side M&A), Symantec (JV divestiture to Huawei), Qualcomm (e-wallet divestiture), CSAA Insurance (investments), Cerberus and IFM Advisors (private equity firms). While GT’s transactions span many sectors, the convergence of software and hardware in innovative ways, such as the Internet of Things, autonomous vehicles and robotics, are an area of particular expertise.
Earlier in his career, Ali’s employers included Morgan Stanley’s and Merrill Lynch’s investment banking groups in the Bay Area, where he focused on technology and media transactions. Ali started his career with The First Boston Corporation (Credit Suisse) in New York. During those seven years, he was an M&A specialist with broad industry coverage.
Ali has a B.S. and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. He was awarded both degrees in four years and is a member of the Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society.
Jay Turo
Jay Turo is focused on the entrepreneurial marketplace. In his 25 years advising and investing in companies,
Jay has advised dozens of emerging, middle markets, and corporate clients regarding their growth and capital formation strategies. His corporate clients have included Deutsche Bank, McKesson, Infospace, Samsung, Porsche, & Paramount Pictures.
He has worked with a wide host of emerging companies including Accelerant, C8 Medisensors, Dakim, DCIP,
Free Conference, Fresh Games, Green Medical, Integreon, L3D3, Mobeze, MyPublicInfo, Nolatek, Ometric, Pocketsonics, Precision Time, Raise Capital, Recoup IT, Research Scientists, Sandel Medical, Spring Medical, Telverse, Thrombovision, XCOM Wireless, and Xorbent, among others.
Jay is an active angel investor and speaker and writer regarding private equity, entrepreneurship, and technology.
Jay has an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA and earned a bachelor's degree with Distinction and with Departmental Honors from Stanford University.
Farhan Mushariff
Farhan Musharrif focuses on advising growth companies, institutional investors, and corporate clients on capital formation, strategic financings, mergers and acquisitions, and infrastructure investments. With more than 25 years of experience in investment banking and corporate finance, Farhan has advised clients across the energy, infrastructure, technology, and industrial sectors, working with entrepreneurs, private equity sponsors, financial institutions, and Fortune 500 corporations.
Throughout his career, Farhan has held senior leadership positions at leading global financial institutions, including RBC Capital Markets, Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo, where he advised clients on complex capital markets transactions, corporate banking initiatives, project finance, and strategic advisory assignments. His experience spans private and public companies, private equity firms, and infrastructure investors across North America and international markets.
Farhan earned both his MBA and Bachelor of Business Administration from The University of Texas at Austin, where he graduated with academic distinction.