Mr. Kugelman, age 56, is the President of Atlanta Capital Partners, LLC, a private equity and investor relations consulting firm, and the Publisher of the small-cap stock newsletter, OTC Stock Review. Mr. Kugelman has been in the Investment industry since 1986 and has held the National Association of Securities Dealers Series 7, 24, 63, and 66 licenses, as well as the Certified Financial Manager designation. In the past, he has worked for Thomson McKinnon, Bear Stearns, and Merrill Lynch, as well as two regional Investment Banking Firms. In addition to managing investments for both individuals and corporate clients, Mr. Kugelman structured transactions servicing middle market institutional funds by providing corporate clients access to public financial markets including external funding, strategic alliances, restructurings, acquisitions, and business strategy formation.
At Merrill Lynch, Mr. Kugelman was a Financial Advisor and Investment Advisor Representative working mainly with middle market institutional funds, corporations, family offices and Defined Benefit plans. Acting in a financial advisory role, he specialized in retirement and estate planning, tax and asset strategies, philanthropic vehicles, and banking and lending services. A fondness for the pursuit of growth-stocks prompted Mr. Kugelman to leave Merrill Lynch in February, 2003 and formed Atlanta Capital Partners, LLC.
As President of Atlanta Capital Partners, LLC, Mr. Kugelman has provided strategic business planning and public relations services to a diverse number of small and large public and privately held companies. Atlanta Capital Partners, LLC takes a unique approach to investor relations by becoming an investor in a company. Drawing on over 30 years of contacts in the investment industry, Mr. Kugelman has carefully built relationships worldwide with Retail Brokerage Firms, Investment Bankers, Analysts, Fund Managers, and Independent Investors by introducing them to undiscovered opportunities.
