Investment Team
Our investment professionals have extensive private equity, investment banking and corporate finance experience.
David E. Thomas, Jr.
Senior Managing Director
Mr. Thomas has over 25 years of investment and merchant banking experience and has advised companies across a broad range of industries with regard to capital formation, acquisition and divestiture strategies. From 2000 through 2001, Mr. Thomas served as interim chairman and CEO at Safety-Kleen Corp. (NYSE), a $1.7 billion environmental and industrial services company, during its restructuring. Prior to that, he served as Head of Investment Banking at Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE) and as Head of Mergers and Acquisitions. Mr. Thomas graduated from Emory University, receiving JD and MBA degrees, with distinction, and from the University of Richmond, summa cum laude. Mr. Thomas is chairman of Albion Medical Holdings, Inc., Event Photography Group, Inc. and Sirchie Acquisition Company, LLC.
Gene J. Ostrow
Senior Managing Director
Mr. Ostrow has over 25 years of experience as a senior corporate executive and director of growth companies. In various capacities, he has assisted in building significant business enterprises through extensive capital formation and acquisition strategies. He was co-founder and former CFO of NationsRent, Inc. (NYSE). Mr. Ostrow was formerly CFO and head of business development of OHM Corp. (NYSE), an industrial and environmental services company, as well as a former Co-Head of Mergers and Acquisitions at Raymond James Financial, Inc. Prior to that, he was a senior manager at KPMG. Mr. Ostrow graduated from the University of Albany and is a certified public accountant. Mr. Ostrow is a director of Albion Medical Holdings, Inc., Event Photography Group, Inc., and Sirchie Acquisition Company, LLC.
R. Scott Hukari
Vice President
Prior to joining Raymond James Capital in 1997, Mr. Hukari spent seven years as an independent consultant focused on the development and implementation of value creation strategies for operating companies, investment firms and venture capital organizations. His activities have included deal sourcing, financial restructurings, business and plant relocations, and financial and operational analysis. Mr. Hukari graduated from the University of Missouri with both an undergraduate degree and an MBA. Mr. Hukari is a director of Albion Medical Holdings, Inc., Event Photography Group, Inc. and Sirchie Acquisition Company, LLC.
T. Phil Guinand
Vice President
Prior to joining Raymond James Capital in 2007, Mr. Guinand was an investment professional with Francisco Partners, a $4.8 billion global private equity firm focused on investments in technology and technology-enabled businesses. While at Francisco Partners, Mr. Guinand spent one year in the firm’s Menlo Park office and one year in the firm’s London office. Prior to that, Mr. Guinand was a consultant with Bain & Company where he worked on private equity portfolio company growth and turnaround strategies. Mr. Guinand holds a BS in industrial and systems engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, with highest honors, where he was awarded a president’s scholarship.
Lexie Smith
Senior Analyst
Prior to joining Raymond James Capital in 2009, Ms. Smith spent three years as a financial analyst with General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE). After graduating from the company’s two-year financial management program, she spent one year as the global technology financial analyst for GE Security, where she forecasted new product introductions, developed product line profitability reporting and managed all controllership-related activities. Ms. Smith holds a BS in finance from the University of Florida, where she graduated summa cum laude.
Cindy Ford
Office Administrator
Prior to joining Raymond James Capital in 2003, Ms. Ford spent eight years as an event/training coordinator in the retail sales area of Raymond James & Associates, Inc. where she was responsible for the design and coordination of financial advisor training and Firm Element Continuing Education.
