Brian is President and a director of Alliance Partners. From 2008 to 2011, Brian was a partner in Blue Ridge Capital Management, LLC, a global asset manager. From 2005 to 2008, Brian served at CapitalSource, Inc., where he led the transformation of the commercial finance company into a bank, working with Federal and state regulators to structure a solution involving a troubled bank. Previously, Brian held various leadership positions at Fannie Mae and was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated. Brian has also served in government, both as the senior financial services aide to then Congressman Charles E. Schumer during the thrift crisis and as a staff member on the “Brady Commission” which investigated the causes of the 1987 stock market crash. Brian received his undergraduate degree from Harvard College and his MBA from Stanford University.