Chris Shepard is Executive Vice President, Co-Head of Corporate Finance and Head of Capital Markets at Imperial Capital. Based in Los Angeles, Mr. Shepard has over 15 years experience in financings, mergers and acquisitions, and restructurings. He has advised on over $5 billion in transactions in a wide range of industries, including healthcare, telecom, industrial, consumer, media, technology, energy, gaming and transportation. Prior to joining Imperial Capital, Mr. Shepard was an Associate at the Los Angeles office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, a New York-based corporate law firm, where he specialized in public securities and mergers and acquisitions transactions. Mr. Shepard received his B.S. with a concentration in Accounting, an M.B.A. and his J.D. from the University of Michigan.

Eric R. Carlson is Managing Director, Investment Banking, and Manager of Imperial Capital’s San Francisco Investment Banking Group. Prior to joining Imperial Capital, Mr. Carlson held Managing Director positions at Giuliani Capital Advisors LLC and Ernst & Young Corporate Finance. Mr. Carlson has 20 years experience working with boards of directors, management teams and creditors facing financial challenges. He has been involved in restructuring transactions impacting more than $30 billion of debt. He has assisted clients in a wide variety of situations and has directed numerous assignments including: the sale of distressed assets; debt and equity financing transactions; the development of strategic restructuring alternatives; preparation, critique and negotiation of business plans and plans of reorganization; crisis advisory and numerous capitalization issues. Mr. Carlson has also acted as an interim CFO and Chief Restructuring Officer. His experience covers a wide variety of industries including: various manufacturing sectors, construction and engineering, telecommunications, leasing, bio-fuels, building materials and real estate. Mr. Carlson received his B.S. degree in Accounting from Pace University in New York and is a member of the Turnaround Management Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute, and is a frequent speaker and panelist on restructuring issues.

Monte Green is Vice President, Investment Banking Group in the Los Angeles office of Imperial Capital. Prior to joining Imperial Capital, Mr. Green was an Associate in Lehman Brothers’ Global Mergers and Acquisitions Group, where he focused on transactions in the Technology space. Mr. Green’s prior experience also includes commercial banking at Bank of America. Mr. Green received his B.B.A. in Finance and Marketing from Texas Christian University and his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business with concentrations in Accounting, Analytic Finance and Entrepreneurship. Mr. Green is a CFA Charterholder.