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Areeb Haq is an AVP-Analyst on the TMT team within US CFG where he covers leveraged finance issuers in the software, diversified tech and tech-enabled services sectors. Areeb has been with Moody’s for over 5 years. Prior to joining the TMT team in early 2023, Areeb covered issuers throughout the consumer products, services, manufacturing, and healthcare industries as a Ratings Associate.
Areeb holds a BBA from Baruch College and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
José Healy is an AVP-Analyst in the Technology team of Moody’s Ratings’ Corporate Finance Group.
He covers a portfolio of high yield companies in the software, payments, and fintech sectors. He joined Moody’s in 2019 and covered companies in the Transportation & Logistics space, before transferring to the Technology sector coverage in early 2023.
Prior to Moody’s, José was a program director at the South Bronx Educational Foundation as well as an Editions Coordinator at The Wall Street Journal.
While at The Wall Street Journal, José performed financial research on companies, industries, and markets.
José has an MBA with a specialization in finance from Baruch College Zicklin School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Dallas.
Bart Walas is a Vice President – Senior Analyst on the TMT team within US CFG where he covers leveraged finance issuers in the software, diversified tech and tech-enabled services sectors. Bart has been with Moody’s for over 5 years. Prior to joining the TMT team, Bart covered issuers throughout the consumer products, services, and healthcare industries as a Ratings Associate.
Bart holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of Connecticut.
Sam Rupff is a Senior Ratings Associate in Moody’s Ratings, Corporate Finance Group (CFG), where he is part of the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT) team. He joined Moody’s in July 2023 after previously interning with the firm and currently focuses on a portfolio of private‑equity‑backed and investment‑grade software companies. In his role, Sam conducts credit analysis and financial modeling, engages with senior management teams and investors, and contributes to issuer‑specific and sector research. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance with a minor in Analytics from the University of Connecticut School of Business.
Emile El Nems is a Vice President - Senior Credit Officer on the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Team covering a portfolio of investment grade and high yield issuers in a number of verticals, including social media, diversified telecommunication service providers, media, entertainment and interactive media services.
Prior to his work on the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Team, Emile covered issuers on the Homebuilding, Building Materials and Packaging Team. Prior to joining Moody’s in 2019 as a VP-Lead Analyst, Emile was a portfolio manager at a large US hedge fund for five years and a managing director responsible for a Technology, Media and Telecommunications portfolio at a European hedge fund for seven years.
Before his asset management experience, Emile was a principal in the Investment Banking Group at Thomas Weisel Partners and a team leader in the Investment Banking Group at Banc of America Securities covering global wireline and wireless telecommunications, cable, and media companies. Emile received his MBA in finance from Columbia University and BS in Chemical Engineering from Stevens.
Matthew Jones is a Vice President - Senior Credit Officer within the Corporate Finance Group at Moody’s. Matthew currently specializes in the Software, Connectivity and Communications Equipment industries. Prior to joining Moody’s in 2006, Matthew spent 16 years in the banking industry including positions as Managing Director in the Leveraged Finance Group at CIBC World Markets and as Senior Vice President in the Technology Media and telecommunications group at Royal Bank of Scotland. Matthew also has an extensive background restructuring troubled credits. Matthew is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Tufts University with a Bachelors's degree in Mechanical Engineering. He also holds an M.B.A. degree from Columbia University.
Kevin McNeil is a Vice President- Senior Analyst in the Corporate Finance Group, Technology, Media and Telco team in New York. Kevin is responsible for the ratings of a portfolio of technology and technology-enabled services companies. Prior to joining Moody's in 2022, Kevin worked for five years at Fitch Ratings as a director and analytical lead for technology, information services and business services companies. Prior to Fitch, Kevin was a Vice President at NatWest, a Senior Associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and a Consultant for Accenture. Kevin has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA specializing in Finance & Economics from Columbia University.
Mr. West has served as President of Moody’s Ratings since November 2019. Mike served as Managing Director—Head of MIS Ratings and Research from June 2016 to October 2019. Previously, Mike served as Managing Director—Head of Global Structured Finance from February 2014 to May 2016 and Managing Director—Head of Global Corporate Finance from January 2010 to January 2014. Earlier in his career, Mike was also responsible for the research strategy for the ratings businesses and before that led Corporate Finance for the EMEA Region, European Corporates and the EMEA leveraged finance business. Prior to joining Moody’s in 1998, Mike worked at Bank of America and HSBC in various credit roles.
Paloma San Valentin is Head of the Corporate Finance Group (CFG) in North America for Moody’s Ratings, based in New York, overseeing the development of rating opinions and research on corporates in the region. Paloma previously served as Co-Head for US and Americas CFG. From 2010 to 2014, she was a Managing Director in CFG in London, where she was in charge of the analytical teams covering a diverse portfolio of mostly consumer-facing industries including telecom, media, airlines, food processors, real estate, packaged goods, or business services. Paloma joined Moody’s in the summer of 2008, bringing 15 years of international corporate credit and banking experience. Prior to joining Moody’s, Paloma was Country Credit Risk Officer for Bank of America in Spain and responsible for the bank’s Iberian corporate credit portfolio and French general industrial clients. During her career, Paloma also spent three years at Credit Suisse, in different credit risk and investment banking capacities. Ms. San Valentin holds an MBA from Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa (IESE), Barcelona, Spain, and a BA in Business and Economics from the Free University of Brussels, Belgium.
Marisa DiNatale is a Senior Director and Head of Global Forecasting at Moody’s. Marisa oversees all forecasting and publication operations in the Economics group within Predictive Analytics at Moody’s. Her areas of specialization and research are U.S. labor markets, household balance sheets and credit, and international economics. She is a cohost of the Moody’s weekly podcast “Inside Economics”. Marisa started her career as a labor economist at the Bureau of Labor Statistics in Washington, DC. She holds a master’s degree in Applied Economics from Johns Hopkins University and a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Boston University.
Sean Cray is a Vice President - Senior Analyst on the Technology, Media & Technology team within the US Corporate Finance Group. Sean covers a diverse portfolio of issuers across the software, digital infrastructure, and telecom sectors. He is also part of Moody’s North America data centers working group. Prior to joining the TMT team in 2024, Sean covered investment grade and speculative grade issuers throughout the business and consumer services, gaming, and consumer products industries. Prior to joining Moody’s in 2008, Sean worked as a financial analyst at AIG.
Sean holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Rutgers University.
José Healy is an AVP-Analyst in the Technology team of Moody’s Ratings’ Corporate Finance Group.
He covers a portfolio of high yield companies in the software, payments, and fintech sectors. He joined Moody’s in 2019 and covered companies in the Transportation & Logistics space, before transferring to the Technology sector coverage in early 2023.
Prior to Moody’s, José was a program director at the South Bronx Educational Foundation as well as an Editions Coordinator at The Wall Street Journal.
While at The Wall Street Journal, José performed financial research on companies, industries, and markets.
José has an MBA with a specialization in finance from Baruch College Zicklin School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Dallas.
Justin Remsen is a VP - Senior Analyst on the Technology team covering a portfolio of investment grade and high yield technology issuers in several verticals including software, diversified technology and semiconductors. Justin has been at Moody’s for over 10 years, including roles as an analyst covering homebuilding related issuers and a team manager, leading a team of associates.
Prior to joining Moody’s in September 2013, Justin was a consultant at Accenture Consulting. Justin holds an MBA from NYU Stern school of Business, a B.S. in finance from Lehigh University, and is a CFA charterholder.
Kevin McNeil is a Vice President- Senior Analyst in the Corporate Finance Group, Technology, Media and Telco team in New York. Kevin is responsible for the ratings of a portfolio of technology and technology-enabled services companies. Prior to joining Moody's in 2022, Kevin worked for five years at Fitch Ratings as a director and analytical lead for technology, information services and business services companies. Prior to Fitch, Kevin was a Vice President at NatWest, a Senior Associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and a Consultant for Accenture. Kevin has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA specializing in Finance & Economics from Columbia University.
Areeb Haq is an AVP-Analyst on the TMT team within US CFG where he covers leveraged finance issuers in the software, diversified tech and tech-enabled services sectors. Areeb has been with Moody’s for over 5 years. Prior to joining the TMT team in early 2023, Areeb covered issuers throughout the consumer products, services, manufacturing, and healthcare industries as a Ratings Associate.
Areeb holds a BBA from Baruch College and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
John Stalder joined Vista Equity Partners in 2011 and is a member of the private equity Flagship team and sits on the Vista Flagship Funds’ Investment Committee.
John has been actively involved in numerous Vista transactions, such as Apptio, Cloud Software Group, Datto (formerly NYSE: MSP), Infoblox and Marketo.
Prior to Vista, John worked at Pagemill Partners, where he focused on investment banking.
Bart Walas is a Vice President – Senior Analyst on the TMT team within US CFG where he covers leveraged finance issuers in the software, diversified tech and tech-enabled services sectors. Bart has been with Moody’s for over 5 years. Prior to joining the TMT team, Bart covered issuers throughout the consumer products, services, and healthcare industries as a Ratings Associate.
Bart holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of Connecticut.
Raj Joshi is a Senior Vice President on the Corporate Finance Team. He is the lead analyst responsible for a portfolio of enterprise software, hardware and technology-enabled services companies. Raj has covered a portfolio of technology and business services companies since 2010. From 2005 to 2010, he was part of the Telecommunications and Media team. Before joining Moody’s in 2005, Raj was an International Banker at Union Bank of California (now part of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group).
Raj has an MBA from Syracuse University and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Mumbai. Raj is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Institute and the New York Society of Security Analysts, Inc.
Matthew Jones is a Vice President - Senior Credit Officer within the Corporate Finance Group at Moody’s. Matthew currently specializes in the Software, Connectivity and Communications Equipment industries. Prior to joining Moody’s in 2006, Matthew spent 16 years in the banking industry including positions as Managing Director in the Leveraged Finance Group at CIBC World Markets and as Senior Vice President in the Technology Media and telecommunications group at Royal Bank of Scotland. Matthew also has an extensive background restructuring troubled credits. Matthew is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Tufts University with a Bachelors's degree in Mechanical Engineering. He also holds an M.B.A. degree from Columbia University.
Lenny Ajzenman is an Associate Managing Director with Moody’s Ratings, and co-heads the Technology, Media and Telecom Team within U.S. Corporate Finance. Prior to his current position, Lenny chaired rating committees for companies across a variety of industry sectors and covered a portfolio of investment and speculative grade business and consumer services companies. Lenny was instrumental in the development and rollout of Moody’s Probability of Default Ratings and Loss Given Default Assessments for speculative grade issuers and has published frequently on leveraged finance topics.
Prior to joining Moody’s in June 2004, Lenny was Vice President and Controller at MacAndrews & Forbes Group Inc. In addition, Lenny was a manager in the mergers and acquisitions and audit departments of Deloitte & Touche. Lenny holds a BBA from Baruch College and an M.B.A. from NYU Stern School of Business.
Nitin Agrawal is the Chief Financial Officer of CoreWeave, the AI hyperscaler that delivers a cloud platform of cutting-edge software powering the next wave of AI.
Nitin is an accomplished finance executive with more than 15 years of experience in the technology industry, and a proven track record in scaling new businesses and developing high-performing teams in high-growth environments.
Prior to CoreWeave, Nitin served as Vice President of Finance for Google Cloud where he was instrumental in driving Google Cloud to profitability and developing the company's AI/ML investment strategy. Before Google Cloud, Nitin was CFO of Mapbox, where he led the company's finance and accounting organizations, including finance, accounting, tax, and treasury. He also held leadership roles at Amazon Web Services, where he served as CFO of the Compute Services division, and at Microsoft, where he held several leadership positions within the enterprise sales and corporate finance teams.
He is based in San Francisco and holds a master's in business administration (MBA finance) from Duke University.
Emile El Nems is a Vice President - Senior Credit Officer on the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Team covering a portfolio of investment grade and high yield issuers in a number of verticals, including social media, diversified telecommunication service providers, media, entertainment and interactive media services.
Prior to his work on the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Team, Emile covered issuers on the Homebuilding, Building Materials and Packaging Team. Prior to joining Moody’s in 2019 as a VP-Lead Analyst, Emile was a portfolio manager at a large US hedge fund for five years and a managing director responsible for a Technology, Media and Telecommunications portfolio at a European hedge fund for seven years.
Before his asset management experience, Emile was a principal in the Investment Banking Group at Thomas Weisel Partners and a team leader in the Investment Banking Group at Banc of America Securities covering global wireline and wireless telecommunications, cable, and media companies. Emile received his MBA in finance from Columbia University and BS in Chemical Engineering from Stevens.
Matthew Jones is a Vice President - Senior Credit Officer within the Corporate Finance Group at Moody’s. Matthew currently specializes in the Software, Connectivity and Communications Equipment industries. Prior to joining Moody’s in 2006, Matthew spent 16 years in the banking industry including positions as Managing Director in the Leveraged Finance Group at CIBC World Markets and as Senior Vice President in the Technology Media and telecommunications group at Royal Bank of Scotland. Matthew also has an extensive background restructuring troubled credits. Matthew is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Tufts University with a Bachelors's degree in Mechanical Engineering. He also holds an M.B.A. degree from Columbia University.
Raj Joshi is a Senior Vice President on the Corporate Finance Team. He is the lead analyst responsible for a portfolio of enterprise software, hardware and technology-enabled services companies. Raj has covered a portfolio of technology and business services companies since 2010. From 2005 to 2010, he was part of the Telecommunications and Media team. Before joining Moody’s in 2005, Raj was an International Banker at Union Bank of California (now part of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group).
Raj has an MBA from Syracuse University and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Mumbai. Raj is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Institute and the New York Society of Security Analysts, Inc.
Ignacio Rasero is a Managing Director within the US Corporate Finance Group. Ignacio heads the US coverage for the TMT, Services, Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Retail sectors. Prior to his current role Ignacio led the Business and Consumer Services coverage team in the US. Ignacio joined Moody’s in October 2018 as a lead analyst in the Corporate Finance Group. Ignacio joined Moody’s from Citi, were he was a banker in the corporate and investment banking division in New York. As a coverage banker, Ignacio was responsible for executing an originating investment-grade and leveraged debt financing mandates for a range of companies in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications sector.
Prior to his work at Citi, Ignacio was a manager at Accenture, where he worked with clients across Europe, North America and Asia, focusing on transformational systems integration projects and strategic supply chain optimization. Ignacio holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Madrid, Spain) and an MBA from New York University.