Head of Capital Markets
Managing Director

Mr. Biele is the Head of Cowen and Company’s Capital Markets Group which is responsible for the origination and execution of public and private financial transactions in the equity, equity linked and debt markets. Prior to joining Cowen, Jon was a Managing Director in the Life Science Banking Group at Lazard, where he also served as Head of the Equity Capital Markets Group where he managed the growth of the firm’s equity origination capability. Mr. Biele worked with both the Equity Capital Markets and Equity Syndicate Groups at Lehman Brothers focused primarily on Healthcare and Technology in addition to other sectors including Consumer, Financials, Telecom and Defense. Jon served as vice president and syndicate manager at ABN-AmroRothschild and was a syndicate desk member at UBS.

Mr. Biele holds a B.A. from St. Lawrence University.

Managing Director

Mr. Mertz is responsible for the execution of all public equity offerings. Mr. Mertz has over 14 years of Capital Markets experience, the last 7 of which he concentrated exclusively on growth-oriented companies. In addition, Mr. Mertz is responsible for the Client Care initiative which focuses on aftermarket support for the Firm’s investment banking clients. Prior to joining the firm, he worked at Robertson Stephens in San Francisco and Bear Stearns in New York.

He holds a M.B.A. in Finance from Fordham University and a B.B.A. in Accounting from Pace University

Director

Bill Follis joined Cowen and Company’s Capital Markets Group in 2000 after working in the Debt Capital Markets Group since 1993. Prior to joining Cowen, he worked in the fixed income department at Dean Witter Reynolds. Mr. Follis is responsible the execution of public equity and equity-linked offerings. In addition, he is responsible for trading activity of corporate clients including corporate share repurchase programs and the sale of restricted securities.

Mr. Follis earned his B.B.A. in Marketing from Pace University.