GLJ | Capital

Marcos has extensive experience in private equity, portfolio management, and asset management. Prior to GLJ Capital, Marcos founded Tamroc Partners, a small cap Private Equity firm based out of Boston, where he was responsible for sourcing and deploying capital into majority equity positions. Marcos also worked as an investment professional for Coventry Development Corporation, a multi-billion dollar asset manager with headquarters in NYC. Marcos has near ten years of experience investing in small and early-stage companies and serves on seven boards. Marcos earned his MBA from the Harvard Business School, and his BS in Finance from Babson College.

José has over a fifteen years of domestic and international investment experience. Prior to joining the firm, José was a Vice President at Deerpath Capital Management, LP, a lower middle market investment firm with over $600 million of assets under management. At Deerpath, José deployed over $150 million of capital in debt and equity investments throughout the United States in numerous industries. Additionally, José represented Deerpath on the Board of more than 10 companies, one of which was publicly traded. Prior to joining Deerpath, José was a Vice President at Arco Capital, an emerging markets investment firm. At Arco, José worked directly with the Chief Investment Officer to deploy over $350 million throughout Latin America and Eastern Europe. José earned his BS in Finance from Babson College.

John joins GLJ with over twenty years of public and private company experience in various capacities. He started out his career as an actuary with an insurance holding company in Indianapolis, IN doing internal cash flow analysis and valuing the company’s acquisition targets. He then joined Anthem’s (NYSE:ANTM) M&A team where he was instrumental in the demutualization & IPO of the company and also several high-profile acquisitions including the $16.5 billion merger between Anthem & Wellpoint. After leaving Anthem, he took an advisory role to FedEx’s LATAM division in Puerto Rico where he had financial oversight for their Caribbean operations. After completing his tenure at FedEx, he was solicited for a role as director of finance & IT at National Financial Partner’s (NYSE:NFP) Puerto Rico subsidiary where he worked with NFP’s CFO to develop internal reporting standards & procedures. John then took a position at Arco Capital as portfolio manager for a multi-million dollar pool of international derivative securities. John has a BS in mathematics from Purdue University, is a CFA charterholder and a veteran of Operation Desert Shield/Storm.

Alvaro has over 9 years’ professional experience in the finance industry. He began his career working as the deputy advisor for the governor of Puerto Rico on fiscal issues and economic development and later went on to join the private equity and private credit sectors working with Advent Morro Equity Partners and later Acrecent Financial Corporation prior to joining GLJ Capital. He has years of experience in credit and equity investment analysis as well as syndications. Over the years he has syndicated in excess of $50 million in private credit deals as well as raised over $60 million of retail and institutional funds creating various investments vehicles which he actively managed under Acrecent Financial Corporation. Alvaro has a bachelor’s degree in industrial and systems engineering as well as a certificate in finance from Georgia Institute of Technology. He is also a series 65 licensed investment advisor.