Blue Sky Capital
Fred Smithson has been involved in the capital markets advisory business for over twenty- five years. He has worked with a diverse group of clients from large multinational companies to small business entrepreneurs helping with creditor negotiations, leasing capital equipment, raising capital, and mitigating financial risks. Most recently he was involved in taking an activist role with small business in helping in the financing and managing of a municipal tax lien portfolio. Previously he was a CFO of a $50 million hedge fund. Fred started his career at JP Morgan spending fourteen years as an investment banker in capital markets specializing in advising on bond issuance and financial risk management utilizing interest and currency swaps. After leaving JP Morgan, he worked for BNP Paribas in a similar capacity. Fred received his MBA in finance from NYU Stern School of Business and a BBA from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan in accounting and computer science. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a Certified Public Accountant.
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Blue Sky Capital
Blue Sky Capital Strategies is an independent capital structure advisor with broad financing expertise, specializing in developing customized financing solutions designed to meet the unique funding needs of each client. They cover companies ranging from the Fortune 500 to startups and service both private companies and municipalities. Senior management has over 80 years of collective leasing experience in both lessor and lessee roles, closing over $20 billion of diverse financing transactions. They have offices located in New York, Michigan, New Jersey, DC, Illinois, North Carolina, and California.