Joseph’s primary responsibilities include credit analysis of portfolio and non-portfolio companies, idea generation, and investment recommendations. Prior to joining Silverback in 2017, Joe was a Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst at Southpaw Asset Management where he invested primarily in stressed and distressed credit with additional experience in equity and equity-linked securities including post-reorg equity, convertible debt/preferred stock, and options.
Before joining Southpaw, Joe was an Associate Director in the High Yield Research Group at UBS where he covered autos and industrials. He also held positions in the Risk Management divisions of Deutsche Bank and UBS Securities and worked as an analyst at Group G Capital, a market-neutral long/short credit fund.
Joe graduated from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College with a BS in Economics in 1999 and an MBA from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University in 2005. He also studied for one year at the London School of Economics. Joe has been a Chartered Financial Analyst since 2008.