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Mike Gietl

Mike Geitl, Managing Director and Industry Executive with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Mike is a Managing Director and Industry Executive with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, based in Minneapolis, MN. Mike leads the Life Sciences commercial banking team across the Midwest, Intermountain, and Canada regions.  The focus of the team is to provide innovative financial products and networking to start-up through small cap companies in the space. Mike’s team specifically focuses on companies in the medical device, pharmaceutical, biotech, tools and diagnostic, specialty contract manufacturing and contract research spaces.

With over 20 years of experience, Mike’s career at J.P. Morgan includes structuring and implementing wide-ranging credit transactions and managing relationships with a range of life science, healthcare, manufacturing and industrial corporations, large research universities and private colleges. He has worked with taxable and tax-exempt financing structures, syndications and participations for these entities. He also brings expertise in treasury management for companies looking for efficient ways to manage their operations.

Mike received a B.B.A. in Finance, Investments, and Banking from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Mike is currently on the Board of Directors of University Enterprise Labs in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is an advisor to the University of Minnesota’s Discovery Capital group, a member of the University of Minnesota’s Business Advisory Group, and a mentor for Creative Destruction Lab at the University of Wisconsin – Madison