1- LifeTech is not a reputable firm.
Do you have some dirt on them? Lifetech Capital is the research arm of Aurora Capital...
Aurora Capital is both a boutique investment banking firm specializing in the life sciences sector and a full service brokerage firm. Our LifeTech Capital Research Division writes unique and proprietary equity research covering biotechnology and other life science companies. Our Hedge Fund and Direct Participation Program Group raises funds for hedge funds, funds of funds and direct participation programs.
The partners @ Aurora...
DAVID A. ALPERN
Mr. Alpern is a Partner of Aurora Capital Group. Mr. Alpern joined Aurora in 2006, following the completion of a Master's in Business Administration from the Harvard Business School. Previously, Mr. Alpern served as an Associate with GTCR Golder Rauner, a Chicago-based leverage buyout firm, and prior thereto as an investment banking analyst within Credit Suisse First Boston's Global Industrial & Services practice. Most recently, Mr. Alpern served as a Manager in the Corporate Development/Merger & Acquisition Group at Microsoft Corporation. Mr. Alpern currently serves on the Boards of RecoverCare and NuCO2.
Mr. Alpern completed a BA in History from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
WILLIAM J. COUGHLIN
Mr. Coughlin is a Partner of Aurora Capital Group. Prior to joining Aurora, Mr. Coughlin was on fellowship at the Harvard Business School developing a course on international finance. Mr. Coughlin was associated with Merrill Lynch for several years, most recently as a member of their internal private equity fund. Prior to that, he worked in London as a part of the European Corporate Finance team and in Los Angeles in the Industrials Group.
Mr. Coughlin received a master's in business administration from Harvard University and a bachelor of arts degree in political philosophy and economics from Claremont McKenna College in California.
JOSH R. KLINEFELTER
Mr. Klinefelter is a Partner of Aurora Capital Group. He joined Aurora Capital Group in 1999 and then rejoined the firm after earning a master's degree in business administration from Harvard Business School. Previously, Mr. Klinefelter was an investment banking analyst in the New York and Los Angeles offices of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. Mr. Klinefelter currently serves on the Board of Directors of Porex and Mitchell International.
Mr. Klinefelter graduated with a bachelor of arts in Spanish and Latin American studies from Tulane University in 1997.
GERALD L. PARSKY
Mr. Parsky is a Partner of Aurora Capital Group. Previously, Mr. Parsky served as a Treasury Department and Federal Energy Office official from 1971-74, and as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs from 1974-77. For the next 13 years, Mr. Parsky was affiliated with the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he was a Senior Partner and member of the Executive and Management Committees. Present activities include: Regent, University of California; Trustee Emeritus, Princeton University; Trustee, George Bush Presidential Library Foundation; Trustee, Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation; Board of Directors, The Irvine Company. Mr. Parsky serves on the Board of Directors of several of Aurora's investments.
Mr. Parsky is a graduate of Princeton University and the University of Virginia Law School.
MARK D. ROSENBAUM
Mr. Rosenbaum is a Partner of Aurora Capital Group. Previously, Mr. Rosenbaum was an Associate at Summit Partners, where he focused on investments in middle market growth companies. Prior to that he was an analyst at Montgomery Securities.
Mr. Rosenbaum graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He earned a master's in business administration from the John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA where he was a Carter Fellow.
Harvard, Princeton, Wharton, Assistant Sec of the Treasury... Yep... they look like a bunch of pumpers and scam artists.
BTW - I didn't see anything questionable or implausible in their report. If you dispute their analysis why don't you refute their analysis point by point instead of besmirching their reputation.
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