Executive Team
         
   
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Executive Team
   

 

 
Michael McCrory, Chairman & CEO
Mr. McCrory has worked in the securities industry since 1995, prior to which he spent over 10 years as an executive in the insurance industry. He has lived in Italy since 1994 and worked with institutional investors throughout Europe. In addition to serving in his capacity at I-Bankers Securities he serves on the Board of Directors of various other companies. Mr. McCrory has been securities licensed since 1992 and holds both a Series 7 and Series 24 license. He holds a BSBA from the University of Phoenix and an MBA from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University.
   
Shelley Gluck, President & CFO
Since 1980, Ms. Gluck has served in various capacities for operations, finance, and compliance in the insurance and securities industry, including four years as CFO and Director for Commercial Life & Accident Insurance Co. Her BS degree in International Business is from Regents College and her MBA is from Southern Methodist University. She holds Series 7, 24, 27 and 63 securities licenses and serves as Financial Principal for the firm.

   
Paolo Floriani, Chief European Advisor, Director
After achieving a master's degree in Management and Auditing from Bocconi University in Milan, Mr. Floriani spent six years as Director of Investments of PRIVEST. During 1991 he became a Qualified Swiss Corporate Advisor and Trustee, and acted as partner and director in many international holding and finance corporations. His experience includes banking, corporate finance, and real estate investments. A native Italian, Mr. Floriani brings an extensive European client base.
   
Alessandro Falconi, Head of European Institutional Sales
After working several years in the marketing department of Banca Popolare di Lecco, Mr. Falconi was appointed vice Bank Manager of the branch in Como, Italy. In 1991, he began working with Deutsche Bank, Como, as Branch Manager. He studied investment strategies at Bocconi University in Milan. He joined the I-Bankers team in November 1997.
   
Ed Dulles, Managing Director
Ed has worked in investment banking in Italy since 1997. Before he joined I-Bankers in early 2005, he worked for over six years in Milan for an independent, boutique M&A advisory firm. An American with a BA in economics from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Bocconi University in Milan, he is fluent in Italian. Ed holds a Series 7 securities license.
   
James Bell, Managing Director Head of Global Capital Markets
Mr. Bell was a decorated aviator who served in the Marine Corps for over a decade. After leaving the Marines, he was the senior associate at SEACOR Holdings (NYSE: CKH), an energy services company, where he managed various acquisitions and joint ventures. Mr. Bell then founded Liberty Defense Group LLC, a strategic consulting firm, and worked for Argyle Security and other public companies.
Mr. Bell received a jointly issued TRIUM Global M.B.A. from NYU Stern School of Business, London School of Economics and HEC School of Management, Paris. He is a graduate of  Texas A&M University and holds Series 7, 24 and 63 licenses.  
   
Thomas MastersonManaging Director Institutional Sales
Mr. Masterson has worked in the securities industry since 1990. From 2005 onwards, Mr. Masterson has participated in the placement, underwriting, and syndication of over 40 SPAC™ offerings and is actively involved in the daily institutional trading of all public SPACs™. He was also a co-founder and managing partner of a 1940 ACT investment advisor that managed index options and futures and provided principal protection to individual investors. Mr. Masterson is a graduated of the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst with a degree in finance. He holds series 7, 24, and 63 registrations.
   
Robert Parker,  Vice-President, Equity Syndicate Manager
Mr. Parker joined IBS Group as Syndicate Manager in October 2006. Prior to joining, Mr. Parker served in several roles during six years at Morgan Stanley in the Investment Management Group, primarily in New York. Mr. Parker previously worked for two years in the Investment Management division of CIBC Oppenheimer in Atlanta. He started his career in finance as a Corporate Banking Analyst with SunTrust Robinson Humphrey in Atlanta, where he spent two years. Mr. Parker graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelors Degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering. He holds Series 7, 63, 65 and 31 licenses.
   
Peter R. Serra, Vice President Investment Banking
Mr. Serra joined IBS Group in late 2008 from Legend Merchant Group, Inc., where he served as Vice President and Principal of  Investment Banking. Prior to that, he served as a Senior Analyst at KeySpan Corporation (now National Grid), filling a leadership role in the company's Acquisition & Development Group, and also worked in the company's Capital Markets Group. Mr Serra has a Bachelor's Degree in Management and Finance from St. Francis College, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude, and an MBA from the Lubin School of Business at Pace University. Mr. Serra holds Series 7, 24 and 63 licenses. 
   
David Dobson, Director, Advisor
After graduating from Harvard University and Yale Law School, Mr. Dobson began his illustrious law career specializing in corporate law and M&A work. In 1982, Mr. Dobson came to Italy and has since built an international law firm that ranks among the largest in Italy with 12 offices throughout Europe and the United States.
   
 

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