Derek is a 20 year industry veteran having worked in leadership roles in both buy side and sell side equity research as well as in institutional equity sales. In addition to his role with Rainmaker Securities, Mr. Johnston co-manages a New York-based equity investment fund (www.perpetualvalue.com). He previously led institutional equity sales efforts for Susquehanna Investment Group (SIG), and prior, worked for Deutsche Bank in Institutional Research Sales. Derek began his career as an Institutional Equity Research Salesperson for First Albany. He received a B.B.A. from Temple University and holds Series 7, 63, 86,, 87 and 24 securities licenses.

Bob has over 35 years of experience in the capital markets, and over the course of his career, has raised over $1.5 billion dollars for various new ventures and funds. He currently arranges specialized equity and debt financing new ventures. Bob joined Lehman Brothers in 1973 and in 1975 became the head of Lehman Brothers CBOE operations in Chicago. In 1979, his responsibilities were increased to include all of Lehman’s commodity floor operations outside of New York. In 1989 he relocated to Tokyo where he led Lehman’s  initiatives in stock index arbitrage, commodity funds and equity hedge funds. In 1992 Bob returned to Chicago where he led proprietary trading for Lehman globally. In 1997, He became COO of International Equity Trading where he ultimately raised $500 million for Hedge Funds.  In 2001 Bob founded Dolan Capital Advisors where he created he managed funds focused on quantitative trading in equity index products and equity fund products. He is Series 3,7, 63 and 79 licensed.

Matt is responsible for managing Rainmaker’s partnership with Electio Investments and leading Rainmaker’s team devoted to marketing and distribution of private placement offerings to High Net Worth investors. In that role, he oversees personnel  management, strategic planning, recruiting and training for all Rainmaker staff devoted to this business function. Matt has a diverse background in financial services and client relationship management. Before joining Rainmaker, he worked at Bridgeview Wealth Management where he was tasked with building a wealth management platform based on alternative investments. Prior to that, Matt served as Vice President of Investments at JPMorgan Chase where he received numerous accolades for client satisfaction, coaching and achievement. Matt earned a bachelor’s degree from Seattle University and holds the Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC) designation.