As Vice President of Corporate Finance, Mr. Patel provides investment-banking services to Shoreline Pacific’s clients, primarily focusing on private placements for public companies. Mr. Patel conducts and manages deal-related due diligence, research and analysis. In addition, he helps manage the deal process, helps structure appropriate deal terms, and writes sales and marketing materials. Mr. Patel works closely with clients and investors to help complete transactions.Prior to joining Shoreline Pacific in February 2003, Mr. Patel worked in the Corporate Finance Department at SalomonSmith Barney. During his tenure at SSB, Mr. Patel worked on lead managed public equity offerings (both IPOs and follow on offerings), lead managed debt offerings (investment grade and high yield offerings), mergers & acquisitions and provided other financial advisory services to the firm’s clients. In addition, Mr. Patel advised private equity groups (specifically buyout funds) on various leveraged buyout opportunities as well as different divestiture opportunities for portfolio investments. Furthermore, Mr. Patel helped close the most deals of any analyst in the firm’s Western Region offices and was ranked in the top 10 percent of the worldwide 1999 Salomon Smith Barney analyst class.Prior to joining SSB, Mr. Patel worked as Analyst, Corporate Finance at Wachovia Securities, Inc. At Wachovia, Mr. Patel worked on public equity offerings, private placements, mergers & acquisitions and provided other financial advisory services to clients in the healthcare sector with a specific focus on the biotechnology and medical device sectors. Mr. Patel received a Bachelor of Science in Biopsychology and Cognitive Sciences from the University of Michigan.