Scott Ryles

Scott has over 19 years of experience working on Wall Street. Most recently Scott was the founder, CEO and president of Epoch Partners, Inc. ("Epoch"), an investment bank formed by three of the largest on-line brokerages (Charles Schwab, TD Waterhouse and Ameritrade) and three leading venture capital firms (Benchmark, Kleiner Perkins, and Trident Capital). Goldman Sachs later acquired Epoch in 2001. Prior to Epoch, Scott was the global head of Merrill Lynch's Technology Investment Banking Group. Scott has originated and executed private placements, IPOs, secondary offerings, convertible securities, and merger and acquisitions for companies in the financial services, utility, natural resources, media, and retailing industries, as well as for private and public technology companies in America, Europe, and Asia. The aggregate value of these transactions exceeds $100 billion. He was a member of the Merrill Lynch Investment Banking Executive Committee for over five years. Scott is a graduate of Northwestern University.