Mr. Cootey is member of the Prides Capital LLC investment team. Prior to joining Prides Capital, he was a vice president at Credit Suisse First Boston (2001-2004), where he participated in over 25 transactions, raising over $18 billion in capital through the equity and debt markets. His responsibilities included credit analysis, structuring, due diligence, negotiation and the execution of equity, debt and M&A transactions.
Prior to joining CSFB, Mr. Cootey was an associate at Goldman, Sachs and Accenture specializing in strategy and technical implementation of asset management software applications for high net worth clients. In addition, Mr. Cootey founded and ran his own consulting firm (1997-1998).
Mr. Cootey earned a A.B. in Physics from Bowdoin College and an MBA from Columbia Business School. |