Our Team
Our Team
Leveraging the collective strengths of its team, Darrow Associates has developed an exceptional proprietary, relationship-based network of contacts over the past 20+ years. This network spans the buy-side, sell-side, capital markets and investment banking specialists, direct investors, open-market investors, high net worth individuals and brokers who actively participate in select vertical markets. These relationships, which are layered on top of the IR industry’s leading and most extensive investment community CRM database, keep us very well-connected to those we serve. It is the collective experience, knowledge and resources that we leverage with and on behalf of our clients each day that enables our clients to communicate effectively, with the right messages and to the right audiences throughout the investment community.
The Darrow Team
Jordan M. Darrow
Austin
- Darrow Associates founder
- 25 years IR consulting experience
- 5 years of corporate IR in technology sector
- Began career with 2 leading IR firms
Chris Witty
New York
- Almost 25 years in investor relations, capital markets and corp. finance
- 10 years Wall Street & corporate background
- Equity research at Lazard, UBS, Warburg and Goldman Sachs
Matt Kreps
Austin
- Held senior level IR agency positions; founded boutique specializing in micro caps
- Nearly 20 years of experience in IR, PR and Marcomm
- Attained Eagle Scout honors and continues to train and mentor candidates
Drew Mackintosh, CFA
Austin
- 20+ years of experience advising management teams as both an external consultant and senior in-house executive
- 7+ years of capital markets experience as an institutional equity salesman
- MBA, University of Texas; CFA charterholder
Tad Gage
New York
- More than 30 years of IR experience with IR, media relations, and as SRI expert
- Co-founder of Capital Insight Partners
- Managed financial communications internally for small/mid cap public companies
David Allen
Silicon Valley
- More than 20 years of IR experience with NYSE and NASDAQ listed technology companies
- Broad financial management experience as a former CFO, treasurer, and head of FP&A and IR
Alison Ziegler
New York
- 25 years of Wall Street and IR experience
- Extensive buy-side tenures with J&W Seligman as analyst and assistant PM and Train Smith
- Over 15 years agency IR
Michael Wetherington
Austin/Dallas
- 25 years of capital markets experience
- Senior equity research position for Dallas, TX-based Barrow Hanley Global Investors with approximately $100B AUM
- Earned Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation
Jeff Christensen, CPA
Austin
- More than 25 years of IR experience
- Investor relations officer in life sciences and technology companies including Fortune 1000 and small-cap public companies
- Began career helping establish and build the fifth-largest U.S. IR advisory firm
Michael Bacal, JD
South Florida
- Based in South Florida for Darrow Associates, Mr. Bacal joined the firm in 2023.
- He has decades of experience is establishing and growing IR operations on the corporate side.
Tracy Wagner
New York
- Prior to Darrow Associates, Tracy Wagner worked for nearly 15 years in the securities business.
- She started her career at Dean Witter Reynolds (now Morgan Stanley) and elevated in stature until being recruited by the securities division of New York Life Insurance Company.
Advisory Board
Jim Fanucchi
Jim Fanucchi has managed the investor relations programs for micro- to large-cap companies as an investor relations consultant, focusing primarily in the technology area, for more than 20 years. He was a managing director and led the Silicon Valley offices of Darrow Associates from 2013 through 2022. Currently, he is the leader investor relations executive for Calix, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALX) following its acquisition of Oclaro (Nasdaq: OCLR), a company he had serviced while at Darrow Associates.
Brad Gevurtz
Amy Glynn
Bernard Kilkelly
With over 25 years of experience in investor relations and strategic communications, Bernard Kilkelly has led IR programs for three publicly traded small- to mid-cap companies. A former president and director of the NIRI New York Chapter, he is a respected voice in the field and a frequent speaker at industry events.
Michael Lane
George Likourezos
Jeffrey Nisenson
Andrew Shapiro
Derek B. Wittenberg
Derek has over 30 years of investment banking experience advising Technology and Telecom companies. Derek specializes in structuring and executing M&A and capital-raising transactions for growth companies primarily in the Software and Technology sectors. He has over 20 years experience at boutique investment bank Ion Partners LLC, which he co-founded, and Progress Partners, where he was Managing Director. Derek began his career at Lehman Brothers in the TMT group executing IPOs and equity offerings in the U.S. and globally.
Career Opportunities
Darrow Associates is a fast growing investor relations and corporate communications agency looking to add to its professional staff. We seek full and part time consultants to work with our clients which operate in the growth sectors of the economy. We encourage you to contact us if you have over ten years of agency and/or in-house experience in investor relations or other impressive investment community credentials.
Please contact Jordan Darrow at 512-551-9296 for more information.
Career Opportunities
Darrow Associates is a fast growing investor relations and corporate communications agency looking to add to its professional staff.
We seek full and part time consultants to work with our clients which operate in the growth sectors of the economy.
We encourage you to contact us if you have over ten years of agency and/or in-house experience in investor relations or other impressive investment community credentials.
Please contact Jordan Darrow at 512-551-9296 for more information.
Community Involvement
Some of the organizations that we give back to include:
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Darrow Associates is an award-winning investor relations and financial communications consultancy with team members located nationwide.