Our principal financial advisors have worked in the financial arena for collectively 65 years. They have been instrumental in orchestrating over $500 million in capital for clients throughout the United States.

Prior to founding BCP, Mr. Trotter was associated with R D Capital in New York. He originated and completed nine acquisitions with R D Capital management as with an aggregate transaction value of $150MM. He is a specialist in the manufacturing and technology arenas, particularly computer hardware, semiconductors and MEMs. Mr. Trotter received his Master of Management from the Arizona State University, Business (BA) and Psychology (BS) degrees from Benedictine College.

Mr. Miles' past endeavors include work in both the pharmaceutical sales and corporate consulting industries. He graduated from The Thunderbird Graduate School of International Management in 1997, receiving a MBA in International Management with a concentration on Product Management and Finance. Mr. Miles obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona in 1994.

Meris was involved in the structuring and financing of many early-stage growth companies. In addition to acquiring equity positions in a company, Meris often assumes a management role within the company. Prior to Meris Capital, Meris spent over five years with Prudential Securities, Inc. In addition to working in corporate finance and as a retail stockbroker, he also participated in a program in which he became a licensed, registered investment advisor. Meris received his bachelor of science in business administration from Arizona State University.

Meilee Smythe 
Ms. Smythe is a Partner with Brockson Capital and focuses on the firm’s investment strategy and investment banking execution activities. She has been a leading figure in the financial community for the past twenty years through several roles, most recently as Senior Vice President and Treasurer for FINOVA, a $13 billion NYSE financial services company. During her thirteen-year tenure, she raised over $12 billion of debt and $500 million in equity in the public capital markets in the US, Europe and Japan.

Prior to FINOVA, Ms. Smythe spent eight years with Continental Illinois National Bank (now NationsBank) as a Vice President of corporate lending in the Southwest. She was responsible for sourcing, underwriting and negotiating corporate finance transactions involving a multitude of industries with a loan portfolio of over $750 million. Ms. Smythe received her MBA in Finance from the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles in 1981 and her BA in Economics and Biochemistry from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1979.