FRED ROYALL
Senior Vice President
Mr. Royall has 10 years of capital markets experience. He has executed over 40 transactions for clients including GECC, Google, Meruelo Maddux Properties, Garmin Ltd., Genworth Financial, and Charles River Laboratories. Before joining the firm he was a senior associate in the equity capital markets group at Credit Suisse First Boston. Mr. Royall began his career at Merrill Lynch & Co. and is a graduate of Columbia Business School.
CARLTON MARTIN, CFA
Equity Consultant
Carlton brings over 30 years experience as both an institutional research analyst and portfolio manager specializing in fundamental research and management. Prior to joining BRV he was a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager at TIAA-CREF from 1980-2004. He pioneered the TIAA-CREF family of Growth and Income Mutual Funds which had combined assets of over $1 Bill. and co-managed the $8.5 Bill. Global Equities Pension Fund. He earned a BA in Accounting from Howard University and an MBA in Finance from American University.
LOUIS DeCARO
Senior Banker
Mr. DeCaro is a Senior Banker with Blaylock Robert Van, LLC and has over 30 years experience in the securities business in a multitude of capital markets functions. Prior to joining Blaylock, Mr. DeCaro managed the U.S. Debt Capital Markets effort for ABN AMRO. In addition, he spent 15 years with JP Morgan/Chase originating funding for banks, insurance, finance, REITS, healthcare and corporate clients. Mr. DeCaro started his securities career at Salomon Brothers in the mortgage division. He holds a B.S. from St. Johns and an MBA from Pace University.
JOHN PASCENTE
Senior Vice President
Mr. Pascente joined Blaylock Robert Van with over 13 years of investment banking, sales, and investment advisory experience with both mid-size and bulge bracket firms. Before joining Blaylock Robert Van, Mr. Pascente was managing director at Cabrera Capital Markets, a Chicago-based investment bank, where he managed debt and equity capital markets activities including origination, due diligence, underwriting, as well as the execution of corporate debt and equity transactions for Fortune 500 clients. He began his career at Morgan Stanley as a financial advisor. Mr. Pascente earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from University of Illinois. He also holds a Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
SEAN MCKENNA
Senior Vice President – Investment Banking
Mr. McKenna has 10 years of experience as a sell-side equity research analyst. Sean began his career in equity research at Wells Fargo Securities as a research associate covering the enterprise software sector. Following his tenure at Wells Fargo, Mr. McKenna founded Interval Capital Research, an independent research firm focused on the healthcare sector. In 2003, he joined Merriman Curhan Ford where he started the firm’s healthcare research practice and was a top-ranked analyst by Starmine. Subsequent to his tenure at MCF, he held senior research analyst positions at Global Crown Capital, LLC and Infinium Securities where he followed medical devices and diagnostics companies and played an integral role in the strategic build-out the firm.
In 2007, Mr. McKenna joined Blaylock Robert Van where he currently serves as a generalist following both large-cap and small-cap stocks and co-manages the firm’s proprietary trading account. Mr. McKenna earned a BA in Economics cum laude from Clark University where he was a member of the Omicron Delta Epsilon Economics Honor Society and an MBA with concentrations in Finance and E-commerce from Vanderbilt University. He is a CFA Level II candidate.
TARRELL GAMBLE
Vice President – Capital Markets
Mr. Gamble has over 10 years of experience specializing in the placement of corporate and municipal securities as well as trading government securities for institutional accounts. Additionally, Mr. Gamble is responsible for relationship management and business development with corporations across all areas of the firm. Tarrell completed the Tuck Executive Education program at Dartmouth and holds Bachelor of Science degrees in both Finance and Banking from San Francisco State University.