Company: CERO
Filing Date: 2025-05-07
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001213900-25-040263
Chunk: 63

Company: CERO THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-05-07
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 63
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omedical Ltd. (NASDAQ: PBM) in January 2024, and as an advisor to LWAC, which merged with eFFECTOR Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: EFTR) in August 2021. Mr. Patel was also active in origination, due diligence and execution of SPACs as a member of the Board of FinTech Acquisition Corp. which merged with CardConnect LLC (NASDAQ: CCN) in August 2016 and FinTech Acquisition Corp. II which merged with Intermex Holdings II, Inc. in July 2018, and the merged company was renamed International Money Express, Inc. (NASDAQ: IMXI); Mr. Patel served as a board observer of IMXI following its business combination, until March 2020. He also served as an advisor to FinTech Acquisition Corp. III which merged with Paya Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: PAYA) in October 2020 and FinTech Acquisition Corp. IV which merged with Perella Weinberg Partners (NASDAQ: PWP) in June 2021. Aside from his experience with special purpose acquisition companies, from 2010 to 2015 Mr. Patel served as the Vice Chairman of the board of directors and Chair of the compliance committee of Golden Pacific Bancorp, Inc., which was acquired by SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI). From 2012 to 2014, he served at Clean Pacific Ventures Management, LLC, a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investments, as a venture partner. Mr. Patel was a partner at, and served on the executive committee of, Hexagon Securities, LLC, a credit focused investment bank and securities firm from 2010 to 2012. From 2001 to August 2009, he served as Managing Director and Senior Partner at Cohen & Company, where he helped launch Alesco Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AFN), where he served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Investment Officer from 2006 to 2009. From 1999 to 2000, he served as Chief Financial Officer for TRM Corporation (NASDAQ: TRMM), a consumer and financial services company. In 2000, Mr. Patel co -foundediATMglobal.net, a middleware software business where he served as Chief Executive Officer and which was sold to NCR Corporation in 2001. He served as Vice President of the West Coast Region for Sirrom Capital Corporation, a mezzanine finance fund, from 1998 to 1999