Jeffrey A. Gugick has over 20 years experience as a banker, investor and manager specializing in structured and corporate finance, private equity and commercial real estate.
Mr. Gugick is a Managing Director of Reason Capital Group LLC, a private equity investment firm focused on middle market buyouts, turnarounds and opportunistic investment in real estate.
Mr. Gugick previously was Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer for the Utendahl Group ("Utendahl"), which included Utendahl Capital Partners, L.P. (a boutique investment bank, broker/dealer), Utendahl Capital Management, L.P. (a $2.4 billion fixed income asset manager) and private equity funds. In his tenure at Utendahl from 1995 to 2003, Mr. Gugick served as both a senior investment banker and an executive at the firm, providing strategic direction, management and business development. Jeff also created and managed the private equity fund operations at Utendahl. This included, creating and raising of over $300 million of institutional capital for three first-time private investment funds in commercial real estate, private equity and mezzanine debt. He has also managed multiple commercial and residential mortgage asset sales aggregating over $2.5 billion resulting in significant recoveries for clients including the FHA, FDIC and Financial Institutions.
Prior to Utendahl, Mr. Gugick held commercial real estate workout/restructuring positions at Greenthal Harlan Realty Services Company, (an affiliate of Castle Harlan, Inc.), the Dime Savings Bank (now J.P. Morgan Chase) and Citibank N.A. During this time he developed managerial skills in lending, problem asset resolution and corporate finance.
Mr. Gugick has his B.S. in Business Administration with majors in Finance and Marketing Management from Syracuse University, his MBA in Finance from Emory University's Goizueta Graduate School of Business Administration, and has also completed the Citicorp Institute for Global Finance executive credit training program. Mr. Gugick is a board member of the Boy Scouts of America's Greater NY Council/Manhattan Borough Board, a member of The Economic Club of New York and a member of Financial Executives International (FEI).