Mr. Patel joined us in 1997, and is a Partner of the firm in the Credit group. Prior to joining, Mr. Patel worked at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette as an investment banker in the project finance department. Mr. Patel received an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business and graduated from Cornell University as a Merrill Presidential Scholar with a B.S. in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering.