Gregg Thatcher

Mr. Thatcher serves Ascendiant Capital Markets LLC as a Senior Vice President in the firm’s Institutional Sales division. Mr. Thatcher has over twenty years of experience in institutional equities with organizations such as Prudential Securities, Merrill Lynch, and Roth Capital Partners. Mr. Thatcher earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Southern California, […]

John Kurtz

Mr. Kurtz serves Ascendiant Capital Markets LLC as a Senior Vice President in the firm’s Institutional Sales division. Mr. Kurtz has over forty years of experience in institutional equities with organizations such as Stifel, Neidiger Tucker Bruner, Inc., George K. Baum & Co., and BC Christopher. Mr. Kurtz earned a Bachelor of Science degree from […]

Ed Bruksch

Mr. Bruksch serves Ascendiant Capital Markets LLC as a Senior Vice President in the firm’s Institutional Sales division. Mr. Bruksch has over forty years of experience in institutional equities with organizations such as J.P. Morgan, ABM Amro, Lehman Brothers, CS First Boston, and Smith Barney. Mr. Bruksch earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the […]

Ed Bradbury

Mr. Bradbury serves Ascendiant Capital Markets LLC as a Senior Vice President in the firm’s Institutional Sales division. Mr. Bradbury has over forty years of experience in institutional equities and equity research with organizations such as Merrill Lynch, Donald Lufkin & Jenrette, Prudential Bache, Smith Barney, First Union Capital Markets, and BB&T Scott & Stringfellow. […]

Chris Bedowitz

Mr. Bedowitz serves Ascendiant Capital Markets LLC as a Senior Vice President in the firm’s Institutional Sales division. Mr. Bedowitz has over twenty years of experience in mutual funds, portfolio management, and equity research with organizations such as Choice Funds, Invesco Funds Group, and Waddell & Reed. Mr. Bedowitz earned a Master’s degree in Business Administration, […]

Lucas Ward

Mr. Ward is a Senior Research Analyst for Ascendiant Capital Markets LLC. Mr. Ward has over twenty-five years of experience as an equity research analyst, strategic advisor, and entrepreneur. Prior to Ascendiant, Mr. Ward was an equity research analyst at JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs Asia, and Hambrecht & Quist. During that time, he served […]

Edward M. Woo, CFA

Mr. Woo serves as Director of Research and Senior Analyst for Ascendiant Capital Markets, LLC. Mr. Woo has over twenty years of experience – eight of which at Ascendiant – as an equity research analyst, during which time he has been responsible for industry and company analysis, financial modeling, formulating investment recommendations, publishing reports, and […]

William F. (Bill) Peck

Mr. Peck serves Ascendiant Capital Markets as a Managing Director in the firm’s Investment Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Advisory practice. Mr. Peck has over 20 years of experience executing M&A transactions as an investment banker, beginning at Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.  During that time, he has initiated and closed the sale or recapitalization of […]

Scott B. Patten, CPA

Mr. Patten serves Ascendiant Capital Markets as a Managing Director in the firm’s Investment Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Advisory practice, and is responsible for identifying investment opportunities for Ascendiant Capital Fund, L.P. Mr. Patten has twenty years of experience in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, business management and accounting.  As Vice President of the […]

Dr. Christopher Gayde

Dr. Gayde serves Ascendiant Capital Markets as a Managing Director in the firm’s Investment Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Advisory practice, specializing in healthcare and life sciences. Dr. Gayde has ten years of experience as an investment banker in the areas of medical and dental devices, medical and dental laboratories, biotechnology, and life sciences.  He […]