Board of Directors

Bruce Nollenberger — President and CEO
Mr. Nollenberger founded Nollenberger Capital Partners in July, 2001, with the intent of building an investment bank and advisory services firm with some of the best and most experienced talent in the industry. With more than 30 years of experience in the securities industry, including over 20 years of management leadership experience, he has built a team that prides itself on its clients’ success.

Prior to founding Nollenberger Capital Partners, Mr. Nollenberger was an Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Private Brokerage at Wells Fargo Van Kasper. He served on the Commitment Committee and the Management Committee, which consisted of the firm’s top five executive officers. Prior to the sale of First Security Van Kasper to Wells Fargo, Mr. Nollenberger was a member of the Board of Directors of the securities division of First Security and Chairman of Van Kasper’s Executive Committee.

Mr. Nollenberger holds a B.S. in Finance from the University of Colorado and is a member of the Securities Industry Financial Markets Association (SIFMA). He is on FINRA’s Nominating Committee for District 1 and serves on SIFMA’s Group (F) CEO Committee and Private Client Services Committee.


Douglas Heske — Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Heske joined Nollenberger Capital Partners in April 2004 as an Executive Vice President and Partner. He brings to the firm over 22 years of experience in the securities business and over 14 years of management leadership. He currently leads the firm’s public finance and retail brokerage groups. Mr. Heske joined NCPI from Piper Jaffray where he was its Regional Director and San Francisco Branch Manager. During his 13 years at Piper Jaffray, he launched the Piper Jaffray’s wealth management business in San Francisco and led its significant growth across California.

Mr. Heske has served on the Executive Committee of the SIFMA-Western District since 1996 and was acting Chairman during 2002-2004. He was the Board President of the San Francisco-based charitable organization “The Edgewood Center for Children and Families,” and still serves as a board member.

Mr. Heske has a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island, and did his postgraduate work at the Daniels School of Business at the University of Denver.

David Hoover — Founding Partner
Mr. Hoover is a Founding Partner at Nollenberger Capital Partners and serves on the firm’s Board of Directors. Mr. Hoover brings to the Private Client Services division over twenty one years of experience managing portfolios for high-net-worth individuals, institutions, and non-profit organizations.

Prior to joining Nollenberger Capital Partners, Mr. Hoover was a Vice President at Wells Fargo Van Kasper in the High Net Worth Division. Wells Fargo Van Kasper appointed Mr. Hoover to the Chairman’s Council and Corporate Services Group-the elite private brokerage units. He is a Registered Investment Advisor, and is versed in all facets of equity and fixed income portfolio management.

Mr. Hoover holds an M.B.A. and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. Mr. Hoover also holds a CIMA (Certified Investment Management Analyst) designation.


Mark Michael — Former Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of 3Com until September, 2003
Mr. Michael joined 3Com in June 1984 as Counsel and was promoted to General Counsel in 1986 and named Senior Vice President in 1997.

From 1977 to 1984, Mr. Michael practiced law in Honolulu, Hawaii, and San Francisco, California. He is admitted to practice in California and Hawaii, as well as in the Federal District Court for the District of Hawaii, the Northern District of California, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Mr. Michael is a member of the Corporate Practices Committee of the American Society of Corporate Secretaries. He also served as co-chair of the Peninsula Association of General Counsels from 1991 through 1993 and has recently been a speaker at legal conferences on topics ranging from mergers and acquisitions to patent litigation and antitrust.

Mr. Michael received a bachelor's degree in history from Stanford University in 1972 and a J.D. degree from University of California at Los Angeles School of Law in 1977.


Harry Kellogg, Jr. — Vice Chairman of the Board Group and President of the Merchant Banking Group of Silicon Valley Bank
Harry W. Kellogg is vice chairman of the board of Silicon Valley Bank, chairman of SVB Capital and president of Private Client Services. He is responsible for SVB Financial Group’s venture capital, private equity and private banking activities.

After serving as a banking professional for more than 20 years, Mr. Kellogg joined Silicon Valley Bank in 1986 as senior vice president of the Technology Division. In 1990 he was promoted to executive vice president and has, over the years, served the company in various capacities. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Kellogg was the group manager of Corporate Banking at Bank of the West for five years. He was also with Wells Fargo Bank for 13 years, including four years in the Wells Fargo Special Industries Group, a high-tech lending unit within Wells Fargo Bank.

Mr. Kellogg is a member of and on the Boards and Advisory Boards of many civic and industry organizations, including TechNet, Heller Ehrman LLP, The Enterprise Network, Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network, Financial Executives International, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford Project on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, California/Israel Chamber of Commerce, the Tuck Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship, the Asia America MultiTechnology Association, Pacific Community Ventures, the World Economic Forum’s Private Equity Group on “Nurturing the Early Stage Investment in China,” and an emeritus board member of the Technology Museum of Innovation. Mr. Kellogg is also an International Council member of INSEAD. He was also named to Upside Magazine’s “100 People Who Changed Our World.”

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