Mr. Porcelli leads and manages Vertical Capital, LLC’s modeling and structuring efforts. He joined the firm in 2003 and is responsible for development and implementation of the firm’s proprietary analytical and risk management systems. He was formerly a Vice President with American Capital Access (ACA) in the Structuring and Quantitative Group since its formation in 2001. His duties included responsibility for the development of ACA’s collateral monitoring, surveillance and investor reporting systems. Prior to joining ACA, Chris was a Vice President with Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. within the FAST department where he modeled CDOs and supported the firm’s secondary CDO trading activities. He has extensive experience modeling a wide variety of CDO transactions (emerging market, high yield, ABS) in addition to performing in-depth cash flow and stress analysis used to trade CDOs. He also streamlined the systems utilized by Bear Stearns and enhanced its secondary trading and risk monitoring capabilities. In addition to his expertise in the structured credit securities markets, Mr. Porcelli has an extensive computer programming and systems background. Prior to joining Bear Stearns in 1998, he graduated from Columbia University from the school of Engineering and Applied Sciences with a B.S. in Computer Science.

Thomas M. Pearce - Managing Partner

Brett Graham - Managing Partner

Kem H. Blacker - Partner

Beth Ferraro - Partner

Sarah Rallo - Vice President