Joe F. Martinez
Founder and Managing Partner
Mr. Martinez has held senior positions as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer of several publicly traded companies. He has served as a board member for public and private companies, including on the board of Paramount Bank. He has an extensive background as an investment banker and venture capital partner.
Mr. Martinez was a Silicon Valley-based investment bank’s co-founder, chief executive officer, and venture partner with Osprey Ventures, a Palo Alto VC firm. Before his move to Palo Alto, Mr. Martinez co-founded and served as the President and head of the investment banking division of a full-service investment banking firm sold to online brokerage firm E*TRADE, now owned by Morgan Stanley. Before the formation of the investment bank, he started the technology investment banking group for the middle market division of Citigroup.
His investment banking experience has given Mr. Martinez a global perspective on capital formation, funding, and investments. He has traveled and engaged clients in Asia, Latin America, Australia, and Europe. Before his investment banking career, Mr. Martinez was an executive with Xerox, IBM, and a variety of high-technology start-up and early-stage companies in Silicon Valley that he was instrumental in helping take public.
Mr. Martinez is from a military family that dates to the Civil War. He is a disabled Veteran who served honorably as an infantry platoon leader in the US Army and graduated from the US infantry school at Fort Benning, Georgia.
He participates in various charities and is a proud Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation’s Professional Advisory Council member. Mr. Martinez has degrees from Adams State and the University of Denver – in organizational behavior and business, MSW, MA, and MBA.