Marshall Hawks
Author of Venture Debt Deals (to be published), ex-SVB / Wells Fargo / Greater Bay Venture Banking / Comerica and lifter of oddly shaped heavy objects, including my children.
About
Before becoming a fledgling author, I spent 20+ years in venture banking and lending. The bulk of that time was at Silicon Valley Bank where I held nine different roles across three countries over sixteen years. Most recently, I led SVB's Relationship Management organization in Northern California and was also responsible for SVB's in house private credit team, the Strategic Capital Group. Prior to that I spent four years building SVB's Canada Branch as Head of Credit Solutions and the best/only/token American north of the border.Over the years I was fortunate enough to be the primary relationship lead and provide capital directly to Airbnb, Twitch, Fitbit, Planet Labs, Tubemogul, Egnyte, Shape Security and Servicemax amongst others.Prior to joining SVB in 2009, I worked in similar roles at Wells Fargo, Greater Bay Venture Banking (acquired by Wells) and Comerica Bank. I have a degree in economics from Sonoma State University, which really only means I can draw an impressive graph and know that incentives matter. I am an avid skier, soccer player and enjoy lifting oddly shaped heavy objects including two children under five.
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