Joseph H. Marren is the President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of KStone Partners LLC. He is a member of its Investment Committee and leads the firm's marketing efforts. Joe spent the twenty-three years prior to starting KStone in investment banking primarily as head of the business development function in the merger and acquisition departments at a number of leading Wall Street firms including Sagent Advisors, Citigroup, Credit-Suisse, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, The Bridgeford Group, Prudential Securities and Kidder Peabody & Co. He specialized in identifying attractive investment opportunities for corporations, financial sponsors and entrepreneurs as