Our Team
Our highly skilled team possesses many years of experience in investment banking in public and private equity, debt financings, and recapitalizations. We perform a variety of investment banking services and provide capital from our relationships with private equity funds as well as direct investments from our merchant banking division, MVPS. In addition, we provide outsourced mergers and acquisitions and corporate development teams for public and private companies. We have advised and invested in many diverse industries including consumer products, food and beverage, broadcasting, chemicals, energy, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media, retail, technology, telecommunications, and waste management. Collectively, the team has executed advisory transactions with over $5 billion in aggregate transaction value and completed financings of more than $1 billion in aggregate. An affiliate of Aspen is a registered broker / dealer with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).
Marc R. Still - mstill@aspenadvisors.com
Mr. Still has been an active participant in private equity and venture capital as both an advisor and investor for over 20 years. In 1983, Mr. Still began his career at Bear Stearns & Co. focused primarily in Risk Arbitrage. Subsequently, he was Vice President at Kidder Peabody, Principal at First Southwest Company, President of Dallas Research, and Senior Managing Director at Imperial Capital before forming Aspen Advisors, LP. Having participated in over one hundred corporate transactions, Mr. Still has earned a reputation for being creative in implementing strategies and structures for companies, management teams, Board of Directors, secured lenders, and entrepreneurs. He has broad industry and investment banking experience including private placements, equity offerings, mergers & acquisitions, restructurings, recapitalizations, and debt offerings. In addition to serving on several Boards of Directors, he has also directed the operational and financial turnarounds of distressed companies and has acted as interim CEO when necessary. Mr. Still holds a BBA from Southern Methodist University.
Paul M. Voorheis - pvoorheis@aspenadvisors.com
Mr. Voorheis has been involved in investment banking and private equity for over 15 years. In 1992, Mr. Voorheis began his career at Salomon Brothers Inc with a concentration in mergers, acquisitions and high yield financings. While at Salomon Brothers, Mr. Voorheis' experience included transactions in industries such as telecommunications, broadcast/media, technology, waste management, manufacturing, plastics, and energy. After Salomon Brothers, Mr. Voorheis spent several years in management consulting and operational roles for both domestic and international companies focusing on corporate development, strategic alliances, accessing the U.S capital markets and implementing emerging technologies. Mr. Voorheis graduated from Southern Methodist University with a degree in Finance and Minor in Economics.
Victor J. Schmerbeck - vschmerbeck@aspenadvisors.com
Mr. Schmerbeck has been involved in investment banking and private equity for over 15 years. Prior to joining Aspen Advisors, Mr. Schmerbeck served as Senior Vice President and Director of the Corporate Finance group at First Southwest Company. His corporate and merchant banking experience includes buy and sell side merger and acquisition advisory, public offerings of equity securities, private placements, valuations and restructurings. This experience includes transactions in industries such as broadcast/media, financial institutions, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, waste management, technology and telecom. Mr. Schmerbeck currently serves on the Board of Directors of Welocalize, Inc., a leading globalization services provider, as well as numerous charitable organizations. He graduated with a BBA in Finance and Real Estate from Southern Methodist University.
Stephen C. Johnson - sjohnson@aspenadvisors.com
Mr. Johnson has been involved in investment banking and private equity for the past five years, both as a principal and as an advisor. Prior to joining Aspen Advisors, Mr. Johnson was a partner with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, a national law firm with more than 750 lawyers worldwide. During Mr. Johnson's tenure with Gibson Dunn he specialized in advising businesses on a wide variety of legal issues including mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, private placements, joint ventures, going private transactions, restructurings and other financings and transactions. Mr. Johnson's experience includes transactions and general counseling in the health-care, financial services, sports and real estate industries. Mr. Johnson was managing partner of the Gibson Dunn Dallas office and served on a number of the firm's committees. Mr. Johnson graduated from the University of Nebraska with a B.A., majoring in economics and a J.D., with distinction. Mr. Johnson was an Editor of the Nebraska Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif.
Todd S. Terry, CFA - tterry@aspenadvisors.com
Prior to joining Aspen Advisors, Mr. Terry served as Equity Analyst at Richmont Investment Management and at David Tice & Associates (The Prudent Bear Fund). His experience includes research of industries such as broadcast/media, financial institutions, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, waste management, technology and telecom. He graduated with a BBA in Management from Texas A&M University and an MBA in Finance from Texas Christian University.
Harish Raman - hraman@aspenadvisors.com
Prior to Aspen Advisors, Mr. Raman was a Financial Analyst with American Airlines responsible for evaluating and structuring financial agreements overseeing approximately $500 million of yearly expenditures. Prior to American Airlines, Mr. Raman was with D. E. Shaw & Co. responsible for designing and developing models related to technical trading rules and strategies. Mr. Raman graduated with Bachelors in Computer Science from National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India and with a M.B.A. in Finance and Investments from Southern Methodist University.
Phillip Mendoza - pmendoza@aspenadvisors.com
Mr.Mendoza is involved in business development activities at Aspen Advisors,LP.