Steven Cramer is Managing Director, Investment Banking Group in the Los Angeles office of Imperial Capital. Mr. Cramer has more than fifteen years of investment banking and senior level operating experience, most recently as Chief Financial Officer of LBI Media, a leading owner and operator of Spanish-language radio and television stations. Previously, Mr. Cramer was a senior banker in the Los Angeles office of Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) and its predecessor, Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ), where he originated and executed a broad range of leveraged finance, mergers and acquisitions and restructuring transactions in the media, gaming and leisure, hospitality, and consumer sectors. Prior to CSFB/DLJ, Mr. Cramer was an Associate in the Los Angeles office of Morgan Stanley. Mr. Cramer began his investment banking career in Smith Barney’s Specialized Restructuring Group, where he executed financial restructuring transactions including both debtor and creditor advisory assignments for both in- and out-of-court restructurings. Mr. Cramer received a B.A. with distinction from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

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.

Jason Thomas is Managing Director, Investment Banking, in the San Francisco office of Imperial Capital where he focuses in the telecommunications sector and advises both debtors and creditors in financial restructuring transactions. Mr. Thomas has more than thirteen years of investment banking and financial advisory experience, most recently as a Director in the San Francisco office of Giuliani Capital Advisors LLC. Throughout his career, he has sourced and executed a broad range of restructuring, leveraged finance, and mergers and acquisitions transactions in the telecommunications, technology, transportation, retail, and consumer products industries. Mr. Thomas received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan and a Master in Accountancy from the University of Wisconsin. He is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor.