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Ben Palleiko joined Penwest in June of 2006 as Senior Vice President Corporate Development and Chief Financial Officer. Previously Ben founded Intrepid Merchant Partners LLC a healthcare strategic advisory and investments firm. In 2003 he founded SunTrust Robinson Humphrey’s Life Sciences Investment Banking practice focused on biotechnology and specialty pharmaceuticals which he built and led until 2006. Before that Ben was a Vice President in Investment Banking at Robertson Stephens Inc. specializing in life sciences and at Volpe Brown Whelan & Co. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy with fourteen years of active duty and reserve service as a Naval Aviator. Ben holds a BA in Quantitative Economics from Tufts University and a MBA and MA in International Relations from the University of Chicago. | 