Steven N. Bronson, President
Mr. Bronson, the firm’s president and founder, has over 25 years of Wall Street experience, and securities industry contacts. For the last 19 years, Mr. Bronson has been a founding principal of two brokerage firms. He also sat on the NASD (now known as FINRA) OTC Bulletin Board Committee for two years. Mr. Bronson is a successful value investor who has been personally involved in over $300 million in financings, mergers and acquisition transactions for small and middle market companies. Mr. Bronson currently holds the series 4, 7, 24, 53, 55, 63, 65, 66 licenses.
Paul Appelbaum, Senior Investment Banker
Mr. Appelbaum has over 20 years of industry experience. In addition to his corporate finance expertise, Mr. Appelbaum brings a wealth of both buy and sell-side relationships to the Catalyst team. Prior to joining Catalyst Financial, Mr. Appelbaum worked at I-Bankers Securities and M.H. Meyerson and Company. Mr. Appelbaum holds a B.A. in International Affairs & Economics from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and holds series 7, 55 and 63 licenses.
Joseph “Joey” Smith, Senior Investment Banker
Mr. Smith has a diversified background of nearly 25 years in all aspects of the securities industry. As a tenured investment banker Mr. Smith brings tremendous creativity to the Catalyst team in the structuring and negotiation of transactions, and the organization of the funding components. Mr. Smith has experience working with the large wire houses, including Merrill Lynch and Smith Barney, and spent over eleven years with First Equity Corporation of