Management

Edward Rubin
Chief Executive Officer
Edward Rubin became our Chief Executive Officer in February 2009. He is also a member of our Board of Directors, and has been our President since 2006. He joined us in June 2002 as a Senior Managing Director of Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, our broker-dealer affiliate. From August 1999 through May 2002, Mr. Rubin was a director, corporate finance with Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. From November 1998 through July 1999, he was the founder and executive vice president of Tandem Venture Partners, Ltd., a specialized financial advisory firm focusing on growth companies in the United States and Asia. From July 1998 to November 1998, he was a vice president in the structured finance group at Jesup & Lamont Securities Corp. From November 1995 through December 1997, Mr. Rubin was assistant general counsel for NCH Capital, an investment fund specializing in investments in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. From September 1993 through November 1995, Mr. Rubin was an associate in two law firms in New York, Friedman & Kaplan and Coudert Brothers. Mr. Rubin received his B.A. in political science from Baruch College, City University of New York in 1989 and his J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1993.

 

 
David J. Horin
Chief Financial Officer
David J. Horin became our Chief Financial Officer in March 2008. From 2003 through March 2008, Mr. Horin was the Managing Director of Accounting Policy and Financial Reporting at Jefferies & Company, Inc., the principal operating subsidiary of Jefferies Group, Inc., (NYSE Symbol: JEF), a full-service global investment bank and institutional securities firm focused on growth and middle-market companies and their investors. Prior to his employment at Jefferies & Company, from 2000 to 2003, Mr. Horin was a Senior Manager in KPMG’s Department of Professional Practice in New York, where he advised firm members and clients on technical accounting and risk management matters for a variety of public, international and early growth stage entities. Mr. Horin has a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Baruch College, City University of New York. Mr. Horin is also a Certified Public Accountant.

 

 
Michael Vasinkevich
Senior Managing Director, Vice Chairman, and Founding Partner
Michael Vasinkevich is our Senior Managing Director, Vice Chairman, Founding Partner and a member of our Board of Directors. He joined us in July 2002 as a Senior Managing Director of Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, our broker-dealer affiliate. From August 1999 through May 2002, Mr. Vasinkevich was a managing director at Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., and for the last 11 months of his tenure there he was president of capital markets. From November 1998 through July 1999 he was the founder and managing director of Tandem Venture Partners, Ltd., a specialized financial advisory firm focusing on growth companies in the United States and Asia. From June 1997 to November 1998, he was the managing director of the structured finance group at Jesup & Lamont Securities Corp.