M.B.A., Boston College, Finance, Wall Street Journal Scholar
B.S., U.S. Naval Academy, Electrical Engineering

In his role as an investment banker, Mr. Taylor has successfully advised Fortune 500, publicly held, and privately held companies in M&A and divesture activities in transactions ranging from $5M to $150M. He has also raised capital from venture and later stage private equity sources for a variety of purposes, including management buyouts. Mr. Taylor has extensive experience in financing companies in a wide variety of industries.  As Executive Vice President and Senior Commercial Lender for the Bank of New England (now Bank of America), Mr. Taylor developed specialty financing groups in High Technology, Communications, Healthcare, Energy, and Financial Institutions. He also led the Leveraged Buyout and Syndication activities at the bank, and in the course of that responsibility, provided over $2 billion in acquisition financing for manufacturing, technology, service, retail, and communications companies. He was responsible for the development of the investment banking group, BNE Associates, and served for a number of years as the Chairman of New England Capital Corp., the venture capital subsidiary of the bank. In that role, he was involved in providing equity, and mezzanine debt, for start-up and growth stage companies.

Mr. Taylor serves as a Director of Claremont Flock Corporation and Paramount Insurance Company.