AGC Partners’ Biographies
Ben is a co-founder and the CEO of AGC Partners In 29 years as an investment banker, Ben has completed more than 300 transactions Prior to AGC, he served as Managing Director, Head of M&A and Ex- ecutive Committee Member at SG Cowen Securities, and prior to that served as Head of Technology Investment Banking for the East Coast and Europe at Montgomery Securities He serves as co-chairman of Excel Academy, which has four charter schools in East Boston, and served on the board of Portsmouth Abbey and the advisory board of Trinity College He holds a B.A. in Economics from Trinity College and an M.S. in Ac- counting from The Stern School of Business at NYUZ Maria is a co-founder of AGC Partners and is a Partner in the Invest- ment Banking Group focused on the IT Security, Data Storage and Communications sectors Prior to co-founding AGC, Maria was a co-founder, general and ven- ture partner of Castile Ventures, a seed and early stage venture capi- tal firm Maria’s early Wall Street career spanned three firms – Smith Barney, Shearson Lehman and Cowen & Co., culminating as global head of Cowen’s Data Networks & Internet investment banking activities Previously, she was named to the Institutional Investor All-American Research Team for 13 consecutive years Maria holds a B.A. in Economics from Rutgers University, an M.B.A. from Wharton School of Business and a Chartered Financial Analyst designation Jon is a founding Partner at AGC with a focus on the Business Ser- vices, Software and Internet / Digital Media sectors Over the span of his 15-year career in investment banking, Jon has completed more than 65 transactions As Chief Operating Officer for AGC, Jon works on developing and im- plementing the firm’s financial, operational, and business development strategies Jon helped found AGC in February 2003, coordinating the infrastruc- ture build, capital raise, and recruiting effort Prior to AGC, Jon worked in SG Cowen’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group Rob is a Partner at AGC Partners and is based out of the firm’s Silicon Valley office, where he focuses on the Software and Communications sectors Before joining AGC, Rob was Managing Director and Co-Head of Technology Investment Banking for CIBC World Markets from 1999- 2008 Rob was most recently Managing Director and Head of Technology, Media, and Telecom at Yorkville Advisors, a $1-billion fund focused on structured finance investments Rob began his career on Wall Street with Dean Witter Reynolds and later moved to Oppenheimer/CIBC; he has more than 20 years of ex- perience, having completed over 200 financing and M&A transactions
Ben Howe Co-Founder, CEO
Maria Lewis Kussmaul Co-Founder, Partner
Jon Guido Partner, COO
Rob Buxton Partner
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