Mr. Patricola joined First Atlantic Capital in April of 2008, after six year as a director in the Citigroup investment banking division. At Citigroup, Mr. Patricola directed financial reporting for major Citigroup subsidiaries engaged in commercial and consumer lending, leasing, structured finance including municipal bond and loan securitizations, retail brokerage, proprietary trading in equities, fixed income securities and related hedging transactions. Prior to joining Citigroup, Mr. Patricola spent twelve years at Prudential Securities Inc., a registered broker-dealer, where he held several senior positions as Director of Accounting, Director of Corporate Tax and Senior Vice President in Regulatory Reporting. Earlier in his career, Mr. Patricola was a controller at several hedge funds, as well as spending four years as a senior auditor with Arthur Young & Company. Mr. Patricola holds an M.B.A. in Accounting from Baruch College , and is a Certified Public Accountant.