Michael Mazer
President

Michael Mazer has nearly 20 years of investment banking experience in the telecommunications field. Since 1993, he has personally handled more transactions for owners of minority cellular interests and privately owned local exchange carriers than anyone else in the field.

Before launching Mazer Telecom Advisors, Michael was Senior Vice President of Falkenberg Capital Corporation, where he directed the company's investment banking efforts in the independent telephone company industry.

Prior to that, Mazer held a variety of management posts in media, marketing and financial management, including:

Advertising Finance Manager at TIME Magazine, responsible for managing operating budgets for sales, marketing, promotion and public affairs divisions of TIME.

Finance Manager in Group Advertising Sales, TIME, Inc. Magazine Company, responsible for all financial aspects of company-wide advertising sales discount programs.

Financial Manager at SAMI/Burke, Inc. (a consumer product marketing company), consulting with senior management to develop corporate pricing strategies for new and existing services.

Senior Compensation Analyst at Home Box Office, Inc, supervising and coordinating professional staff of compensation analysts and system support personnel.

Senior Analyst in the Public Finance Department at The First Boston Corporation, providing investment banking services to state and local governments by raising capital through the issuance of tax-exempt securities.

Michael graduated from Yale University in 1978 with a BA degree in Administrative Science.

Mr. Mazer holds his Series 79 license and is affiliated with W. G. Nielsen & Co.

Ray Hernandez
Managing Director

Ray Hernandez recently joined the firm and has nearly 20 years of investment banking experience in the areas of telecommunications, data networking and information technology.

Prior to joining Mazer Telecom, Hernandez was a Managing Director at JANCO Partners Inc. in Denver, CO, and Roth Capital Partners, LLC in Los Angeles, CA.  Before that he founded an IP telephony business focused on the SMB market.

He also has served as a Vice President in the Corporate Development group at Covad Communications, a nationwide broadband access and network services company.  Before he began his investment banking career in 1990 with Falkenberg Capital Corporation, Hernandez was a cable television entrepreneur and also served as Director of Acquisitions for Tele-Communications, Inc., formerly the nation’s largest cable television company.

He began his career as a tax and corporate attorney in Denver, CO.  Hernandez is a graduate of the University of Colorado and Harvard Law School.  He holds the Series 7, 24, 63 and 79 securities licenses and is affiliated with W.G. Nielsen & Co.

Patrick O’Keefe
Vice President

Patrick has more than 15 years of experience in the investment and commercial banking industries, primarily providing services to telecommunications companies.  His completed transactions have included small to medium size customers that provide telephone, cable television and internet access services in many U.S. locations.

Prior to joining Mazer Telecom, Patrick has held a variety of management and senior financial positions including:

President and Managing Partner for Powers Communications LLC, which provides voice, video and high speed internet services to administrative offices and residents on several U. S. military bases in the western U.S.

President of Park Place Associates and Vice President of Clifton Gardiner and Co, both of which provided telecommunications investment banking services.

Investment Banking Associate with Shearson Lehman Brothers (now Morgan Stanley Smith Barney).

Assistant Vice President of Commercial Banking for First Interstate Bank of Denver (now Wells Fargo), serving telecommunications companies’ debt finance needs.

Senior Financial Analyst at American Television and Communications, predecessor to Time Warner Cable.

National Bank Examiner with the U.S. Treasury Department of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) in Chicago.

Patrick graduated from University of Denver Graduate School of Business with an MBA in Finance in 1983, and from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign with a BS in Economics in 1980.

Mr. O’Keefe holds his Series 79 license and is affiliated with W. G. Nielsen & Co.