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Gerard K. Cappello is a Managing Director of Cappello Group, Inc. (license series 7, 24 63) and is also the founder and Managing Member of Greenside, LLC. He is a LEED – AP BD+C (Accredited Professional – Building Development and Construction), a member of the United States Green Building Council and a Certified Sustainable Building Advisor (National Sustainable Building Advisor Program). He is currently the President/CEO of Rancho Trio Holdings, Inc. in California and Rancho Trio Holdings, LLC in Colorado. He was formerly President of Euro American Capital Corp. (member NASD).

Mr. Cappello's investment banking career started 1985 and he specializes in merchant banking, project finance and venture capital.

In addition to Cappello, his other investment banking experience includes positions as Principal, VP and Analyst at Swiss American Financial and Euro American Financial Corp., two merchant and investment banking firms that operated offices in North America, Europe and Asia. His investment banking expertise has served dozens of companies from sourcing of prospects and deals, financial and marketing analysis, structuring and raising capital, and management at the executive board levels. At Cappello Group, he is a pioneer of financial structures for public companies that resulted in the placement of over one billion U.S. dollars in private placements as well as transactions of highly complex, customized terms to suit the needs of both investors and issuers. Additionally he has personally managed the transactions of numerous financial negotiations involving venture capital start-up companies and mergers and acquisitions of private and public entities.