Gregg Grauer – CEO and Co-founder of Covendium

Mr. Grauer is a 17 year veteran of major structured financial transactions. After serving as a law clerk for a federal judge and as transactional attorney at major NYC law firms, Mr. Grauer rose to the position of Managing Director with Deutsche Bank’s Structured Capital Markets and Global Credit Derivatives business groups operating out of NY, London, Frankfurt and Asia. Following his tenure with Deutsche Bank, Mr. Grauer served major international financial institutions including Rabobank, Netherlands as a retained transaction originator and structuring consultant in New York, NY. In 2005, Mr. Grauer co-founded PinOak Capital LLC with partners Douglas Long and Jeff Vratanina. Messrs. Grauer, Long and Vratanina co-founded Covendium LLC thereafter to help distressed businesses and high net-worth individuals navigate their way through the global credit crisis of 2008. Mr. Grauer holds an LL.M. in Taxation from NYU School of Law, a J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law and a B.S. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Mr. Grauer holds FINRA/NASD Series 7 & 63 licenses, is registered to conduct securities business in NY, NJ and CA and is a member of the bars of NY, Washington, D.C., and CO. Mr. Grauer is an active certified EMS volunteer and the president and a member of the board of the Katonah Bedford Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps which serves several thousand residents in Bedford, New York.

Douglas Long - Co-founder of Covendium

Mr. Long is a 25-plus year veteran of the mortgage, finance and real estate industries. In 1988, Mr. Long co-founded TPC and Pinnacle Financial Corporation (“PFC”) which grew to be one of the largest independently owned mortgage companies in the United States. Mr. Long drove the production growth and geographic expansion of TPC and PFC. Mr. Long co-founded Covendium, LLC and lends his extensive entrepreneurial experience, creativity and his wide network of mortgage and real estate industry contacts to support Covendium’s client service activities and business expansion. Upon the sale of the PFC mortgage origination operations to Impac Funding Corporation in 2007, Mr. Long has committed significant financial and human capital resources to position the remaining Pinnacle entities, along with Covendium and its affiliates to take advantage of the severe dislocation in the mortgage, credit and capital markets. Mr. Long received his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Central Florida. Mr. Long has a strong belief in serving his community and his accomplishments are extensive. Notably, he served as Chairman of the Board for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida. He is a past member of the Mortgage Bankers Associations locally and nationally.

Jeffrey Vratanina - Co-founder of Covendium

Mr. Vratanina is a 25-plus year veteran of the mortgage banking industry. Beginning his career as a Loan Officer, Mr. Vratanina then became a Branch Manager, Regional Manager, and ultimately a founder and owner of the national mortgage banking platform PFC. Having established his “roots” in production, Mr. Vratanina then migrated his focus and attention to technology and operations to support the growth of PFC and TPC, as well as building seamless integration systems across the various business models that complimented the PFC mortgage banking platform. Pinnacle Title, Pinnacle Insurance, Pinnacle Commercial, Pinnacle REO Services and Pinnacle Financial Group were a few of the companies that completed the strategic plan of developing a financial services family of businesses. Mr. Vratanina co-founded and has dedicated significant financial, managerial and business structuring resources to grow and position Covendium and its affiliates to achieve the same levels of service excellence that TPC and PFC enjoyed under his careful guidance. Mr. Vratanina holds a Bachelor’s degree in finance from Ferris State College. Mr. Vratanina has served in the State and Local chapters of the Mortgage Banking Association, as well as sat on several advisory boards for large public financial services companies.

James J. (Jimmy) Roth, Jr.

Mr. Roth is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Roth Development Company. With over twenty years of real estate management and development experience, Mr. Roth brings an acute insight into the commercial real estate development industry. Mr. Roth’s experience includes acquisition, design development, planning, permitting, build-to-suit, leasing, property management and sales. In addition to his extensive real estate experience, Mr. Roth has owned and managed operating companies with aggregate revenues exceeding $500 million and more than 4,500 employees.

For more information, or to find out how to work with Covendium, please call us at 407-284-4000, or email us at info@Covendium.com