Frank T. MarinoPrincipal

Mr. Marino has been licensed with the National FINRA (formerly NASD) since 1987, and has been involved in cross-border transactions with Europe since 1983. He has extensive experience in sourcing capital for both private and public companies, with a focus on relationships with European institutional investors that invest in U.S. companies. He was President and cofounder of Millennium Financial Group, Inc. (NASD/SIPC, also known as IBankers Securities, Inc.), managing over 20 initial public offerings as well as innumerable Regulation D and S private placements, in which over half a billion dollars in capital was raised from investors in over a dozen countries. Mr. Marino has owned and operated multiple businesses and has held board positions in multinational businesses in various sectors.

Mr. Marino began his investment-banking career as a Registered Representative and Financial Planner for IDS American Express. During his early career, he also worked at various nationally known investment banks, and as an independent consultant, and invested or raised equity for many companies worldwide. He is an honors graduate of the Entrepreneur Business School at the University of Southern California, and a graduate of the European Studies and Italian Language program at Franklin University in Switzerland.

Urban SmedebyManaging Director

Mr. Smedeby is a Swedish national specializing in raising capital from European institutional investors. He has over 22 years of corporate finance experience, specializing in private placements and mergers and acquisitions. Over the last decade he has negotiated and completed transactions for over $250 million in various M&A, equity and debt structures. His focus has been primarily on micro to small cap NASDAQ-traded companies in various industry sectors, and he draws on a vast network of market makers, institutional traders and FINRA broker-dealers that are invaluable in the liquidation process. Before co-founding Bridgewater Capital in 1995, he served as head of the capital markets division of Bentley, Richards & Associates, an investment banking firm he helped co-found in 1990 that became one of the premier investment banking firms in California. Mr. Smedeby is frequently invited globally as a speaker to industry professionals and has served on numerous panels dealing with NASDAQ investing. He divides his time between Southern California and Sweden.

Michael HentonManaging Director

Mr. Henton has over 25 years of professional experience in investment banking and financial advisory services. He has financed, advised and/or invested in hundreds of companies since he began his career in corporate finance with Paine Webber in 1980. He then served as Managing Director for Westerly Partners, where he managed the corporate finance division including mergers, acquisitions and private placements. In 1992, he founded North American Capital Partners to serve emerging growth and middle market companies in the western United States. Mr. Henton earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California at Los Angeles, and completed graduate studies in business administration with an emphasis in finance at the University of Southern California. He is a past member of the Board of Directors of several public and private companies, as well as charitable foundations.

Matt SullivanWealth Management

Mr. Sullivan brings over 20 years of financial services industry experience to Marino Capital Partners. He is in charge of identifying, contacting and building a proprietary database of institutional investors for corporate finance activities, while also assisting in the preparation of the accompanying marketing and offering documents.