Robert helped found Sunrise in 1991. He returned to the firm in 2005 as Executive Vice President to focus on new business development and institutional sales. Robert has over 18 years of experience in investment banking and asset management. Most recently, Robert was Vice President of Private Equity at Auda Advisor Associates, an institutional asset management firm focused on private equity and hedge funds. Robert helped lead the development and investment of several of the firm's private equity product offerings, which in aggregate raised over $750 million. Robert began his investment banking career in the corporate finance department of Drexel Burnham Lambert. Robert was graduated from Yeshiva University with a BA in Economics in 1987 and from the Columbia Business School with an MBA in Finance in 1991.