Bradley Wilhite

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Biography

Mr. Bradley Wilhite is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Ascendiant Capital Markets. Since establishing Ascendiant in 2001, Mr. Wilhite has provided capital and strategic guidance to hundreds of small-cap and micro-cap companies in the U.S. and selected foreign markets, and he has developed relationships with a large number of institutional and accredited investors. Mr. Wilhite has over twenty years of experience providing financing and advice to early-stage, emerging growth, and lower middle-market companies. He is skilled in a variety of equity and debt financing structures and has led a significant number of mergers and acquisitions. Prior to founding Ascendiant, Mr. Wilhite had a decade of management experience with two of the nation's leading commercial banking organizations, First Union Corporation (now part of Wells Fargo & Company; NYSE: WFC) and Fourth Financial Corporation (now part of Bank of America; NYSE: BAC). Mr. Wilhite served as a commercial banker providing financing to early-stage, emerging growth, and lower middle-market companies, and he directed several lines of business, managed successful product launches, and led merger and acquisition teams. Additionally, Mr. Wilhite previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of a publicly-traded golf equipment manufacturing company.