Alterna Capital Partners LLC
is a private investment firm focusing on Core
Capital Assets that are vital to the transportation,
industrial and energy sectors.
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Alterna's team integrates the unique skill sets and base of experience vital to successful investment in Core Capital Assets.
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James C. Furnivall - Managing Partner
jim.furnivall@alternacapital.com
Jim has spent more than 20 years in investment banking and private equity. Prior to becoming part of the founding team at Alterna he spent 11 years at Canaan Partners a venture capital firm with more than $2 billion under management. As a General Partner at Canaan, he was responsible for leading the firm's technology investment activities on the East Coast. While at Canaan he originated, structured, closed, managed and achieved liquidity on 14 investments. In addition, he played an integral part in managing the firm and its fund raising activities.
Prior to Canaan Partners he was involved in capital raising and merger and acquisition transactions with an aggregate value of more than $4 billion at Bear Stearns and PaineWebber. These transactions were completed for a variety of corporate clients in the technology and industrial sectors. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University and an M.B.A. with Distinction from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Roger P. Miller - Managing Partner
roger.miller@alternacapital.com
Roger has spent nearly 30 years in various facets of commercial banking and finance, with the last 20 years focused on structured financial products and Core Capital Asset investing. He has led and advised on transactions related to alternative energy, commercial aircraft, industrial facilities, portfolio acquisitions and mineral resource development. Prior to co-founding Alterna, Roger was a Managing Director in Citigroup's Core Capital Assets investment business responsible for strategic initiatives. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering from the Montana School of Mines and and M.B.A. from Cornell University.
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Eric M. Press - Managing Partner
eric.press@alternacapital.com
A co-founder of Alterna, Eric has over 25 years of experience investing in Core Capital Assets. Formerly a Managing Director in Citigroup's Core Capital Assets investment business, he was Head of Global Origination for the group. With responsibility for all rail equipment investments for the past seven years and all "big ticket" investment for the past year, he led the effort to grow rail investment to be one of the largest and most profiotable bank owned operating lessors in the United States. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from SUNY Binghampton and an M.B.A. from Tulane University.
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Harry V. Toll - Managing Partner
harry.toll@alternacapital.com
Harry has over 22 years of experience creating and managing investments in a broad range of Core Capital Assets. Prior to co-founding Alterna, he was the co-founder, Managing Director and Business Head of the Core Capital Assets investment business at Citigroup. From inception this business grew to over $2 billion of direct investment in assets with a market value exceeding $7 billion. Harry has a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Engineering from Purdue University and completed Citigroup's Advanced Corporate Finance and Senior Risk Management programs. At Citigroup he also held a Senior Credit Officer designation.
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Richard C. Bertkau - Managing Director
richard.bertkau@alternacapital.com
Prior to joining Alterna, Richard was with Citigroup for 28 years, most recently for 10 years as Director and Risk Manager in Citigroup's Core Capital Assets investment business. In this role he managed a $2 billion portfolio of U.S. and cross border leases in the rail, shipping, airline and power generation industries. In addition to his experience with Citigroup's Core Capital Assets investment business, Richard headed a marketing unit in Citigroup's private bank, managed an internal credit review team, was a corporate relationship manager and headed Citibank's branch in Muscat, Oman.
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Mark S. Satran - Director
mark.satran@alternacapital.com
Mark joined Alterna after spending 5 years as a Director with Pitney Bowes Global Financial Services, where he was responsible for new product development, pricing and structuring of all financial services programs and analytical and reporting support for a buisness with $2.5 billion of assets. Previously, Mark was the Manager of Financial Structuring for GE Capital's Vendor Financial Services business, where he had responsibility for investment analysis for new third party vendor programs. From 1990 to 1997, Mark worked for Citicorp Global Equipment Finance, where he was responsible for originating new vendor programs and was a Product Development and Pricing Analyst.
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Paul C. Schaffer, Managing Director and CFO
paul.schaffer@alternacapital.com
Paul is the CFO for Alterna Capital Partners LLC. Prior to joining Alterna, Paul spent 19 years at Citigroup, most recently as Executive Vice-President/ Controller of Citigroup’s Commercial Business Group. Prior to joining Citigroup, Paul worked at the accounting firm of Arthur Young, where he was a senior auditor. Paul is a C.P.A. and C.M.A., and he holds a Bachelor of Science from the State University of New York- Albany, and an M.B.A. from Fordham University, where he was awarded the Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence.
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Stephen Z. Serepca - Managing Director, Marketing
stephen.serepca@alternacapital.com
Stephen has spent 39 years of his 45 year career directly involved in analysis, financing, managing and investing in transportation Core Capital Assets. Prior to joining Alterna Capital Partners, Stephen spent 20 years at CIT Group where he first built and ran CIT's worldwide ship and intermodal marine container financing businesses, and more recently, ran its rail resources domestic and international intermediary marketing and M&A oriented business development activities. His preceding 19 years were spent in the intermodal marine container leasing industry at Container Transport International, holding key technical, marketing and management positions. Stephen holds a Master of Science Degree majoring in Management Science from Newark College of Engineering and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University.
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