Climb Coaching

coaching for junior and mid-level investment bankers

About

TLDR: twelve years, one team, most of the products, summer analyst → director

Experience

12 years of investment banking experience in industry coverage at TD Cowen (TD Bank acquired Cowen in 2023)

Progressed from Summer Analyst (2013) to Director (2023–2026) and earned top-bucket ranking every year at the firm

7-month stint (2016–2017) as a financial analyst at a PE-backed growth restaurant company in Los Angeles; returned to the same team at Cowen thereafter

Deals

Experience with most products and deals: M&A (sell-side and buy-side, public company mergers), equity (four lead-left IPOs, multiple other IPOs, follow-ons, convertibles, ATMs) and debt (private credit and LevFin)

Played a significant role in deals where Cowen was an IB market leader in the legal cannabis industry — including four lead-left IPOs, two public company mergers, multiple private and public financings, and buy-side advisory

Team Building

Managed analyst recruiting for the team

Helped build UW–Madison into an IB target school for Cowen

Background

Undergrad BBA from UW–Madison with a double major in finance and accounting

Grew up in Wisconsin; have lived in the Bay Area since 2014