Our Financial Professionals
Experience at the Forefront

Thomas S. Ablum

Tom Ablum has more than 30 years of experience in corporate and strategic finance, including in private placements, leveraged buyouts, securitizations, workouts, turnarounds, strategic planning, financial structuring and troubled debt restructuring. Before co-founding Ablum Brown in 1988, Tom was co-head of corporate finance at New York-based securities and broker/dealer firm Rodman & Renshaw, and held positions with Prudential Bache Securities, Borg-Warner Acceptance Corp., Household International and the Walgreen Co. Mr. Ablum earned his BS in Finance at the University of Illinois, and received his MBA from DePaul University.

Steve F. Rosen

Steve Rosen has 25 years of experience in the real estate industry. Prior to joining Ablum Brown, Steve was a consultant providing construction lending and real estate advisory services to clients including the FDIC, as well as institutional and individual investors. Before that, he spent 20 years in commercial and residential lending, most recently with IndyMac Bank, where he was initially recruited to join a team to open the bank’s Midwest regional office. At IndyMac for 13 years, Steve was responsible for over $1 billion of loans on acquisitions, development and construction projects. He also held positions as a lender with Long Term Credit Bank of Japan and with Continental Illinois Bank. Mr. Rosen earned his BBA in Accounting & Finance at the University of Wisconsin, and received his MBA from DePaul University.

Nayan Patel

Nayan Patel has more than 10 years of experience in commercial and investment banking. Prior to joining Ablum Brown, he was a consultant providing investment banking advisory services to small and middle-market companies in commercial real estate and corporate finance. Before that, he worked as an investment banker at BB&T, advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, and debt and equity financing. Nayan was also responsible for a portfolio of commercial and industrial loans in excess of $100 million. Prior to that, he worked for 10 years as a project engineer for various large scale manufacturing companies including Siemens and Central Electric. He earned his MBA in finance from Mercer University and his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Central Florida.