Mr. Tato joined us in 2005, and is a Managing Director in the Credit group. Prior to joining, Mr. Tato was an associate at J.W. Childs Associates, L.P. where he was responsible for evaluating and executing private equity investments in a variety of sectors. Prior to J.W. Childs, Mr. Tato was an investment banker at Merrill Lynch & Co. in the Leveraged Finance Department. Mr. Tato earned his M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business. He earned his B.S., summa cum laude, from Miami University of Ohio where he graduated first in the school of finance.