Dana Pasternak
Mr. Pasternak, in addition to his affiliation as a Managing Director with First Lease Advisors, is a Managing Director of Fairfield Capital Partners, LLC (FCP) (www.fairfieldcapital.net), which he founded in 2004. He holds a M.B.A. degree from Harvard Business School, a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University School of Engineering & Applied Science, and a B.S. degree in Physics from Fordham University.
FCP provides capital markets advisory, debt and lease private placement services, and distressed debt and loan workout and placement services. Recent Clients have included:
AmeriQuest Transportation Services, Ft. Lauderdale, FL: A leading provider of vehicle fleet management services
Fifth Third Leasing Company, Cincinnati, OH: A leading US bank.
Northern Leasing Systems, New York, NY: An equipment leasing company specializing in the origination and servicing of micro-ticket leases: NLS has originated over 500,000 leases since its organization in 1991.
Relational Technology Solutions, Rolling Meadow, IL, Technology equipment lessor with almost $1 billion of equipment under management LS Power Equity Advisors, LLC,New York, NY, Hedge fund which has raised over $11 billion in equity and debt for investment in power generation and transmission businesses
U.S. Financial, LLC, Cincinnati, OH: A Privately-held equipment finance company
Vendmore Systems, LLC, Stamford, CT: A Late-stage venture company involved in the design, manufacture and distribution of high-tech, networked vending machines
Mr. Pasternak's areas of expertise include sales and sales management and compensation programs, portfolio acquisition analysis and modeling, new business planning and modeling, and capital markets to include secured debt and lease equity for both investment-grade and high yield issuers, distressed debt and leases, venture leases, and tax-exempt and governmental leases. Mr. Pasternak is widely known in the secured asset finance market and maintains long-term relationships with hundreds of institutional investors as well as senior managers at many of the major institutions. Prior to the formation of FCP, Mr. Pasternak was employed in senior management positions by many leading companies in the commercial banking, equipment leasing & finance, and investment banking industries over the past 35+ years including:
He has been involved in starting up middle-market businesses for NYNEX Credit Company where, as Vice President-Marketing, he built a $250 million portfolio over three years, and later at Banc One Leasing Corporation where, as Senior Vice President, he built an east coast out-of-footprint sales organization team which generated $175-200 million of new business annually.