About Us

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Gene Cordiano is adept at achieving business success by defining problems, providing creative solutions, and optimizing internal operations. As a Managing Partner of Global Venture Partners, Mr. Cordiano was responsible for formulating successful strategies for clients, and providing the key resources for execution that results in more efficient operations and the maximization of profits.

As former Executive Vice President of GMAC Finance (formerly Bank of New York asset-based lending group), Mr. Cordiano was responsible with five other executive team members to collectively manage multi-$ Billion/year operations in the U.S. and abroad. Mr. Cordiano’s responsibilities (1990 – 2002) included lending, marketing, credit management, and international administration.

With Bank of New York, Mr. Cordiano signed and managed numerous relationships, most notably Giorgio Armani and Hugo Boss. As their banker, Mr. Cordiano developed long-term relationships with a significant number of top executives in both the retail and wholesale industries.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Cordiano was a Vice President and senior administrator of the asset-based lending group for Bankers Trust, 1974 – 1990.

Mr. Cordiano is a guest speaker at various bank industry events.

Education: B.S., Finance, Davidson College. 

Graduate studies in Economics, New York University.

Marc-André  S.  Buenger is a Trilingual European Institutional Equities professional with a demonstrated record of success marketing financial products in the U.S. and internationally.

Mr. Buenger has spent his career working for American ( Merrill Lynch ) , British ( ICAP) , French (Natixis Bleichroeder) , German (Westdeutsche Landesbank) and Swiss (UBS) investment banks specializing in equity sales and trading serving U.S. based mutual funds, pension funds and hedge funds.

While residing primarily in New York , Paris , Boston and , briefly London, Mr. Buenger has created and built businesses on 4 different platforms in both finance and media. 

Earlier in his career , Mr. Buenger worked for the Permanent German Mission to the United Nations as an Aide to the Assistant Attaché and also served as an International Currency Trader and Analyst in New York for a Seoul , South Korea based investment corporation.

Mr. Buenger has his Master's Degree in International Relations from The Pennsylvania State University , specializing in Pan-European Economics and he obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Religion (Philosophical focus) from Denison University. 

  Senator Richard J. LaRossa had a long and successful political career as a New Jersey State Senator. 

Senator LaRossa is a member of the Quintet Partners advisory board. 

In the area of education, Senator LaRossa worked for an international educational development company where he operated in 49 states, 4 Canadian provinces and in parts of central and south America and western Europe.

Additionally, Senator LaRossa developed a vocational performing arts program for Middlesex County, NJ and also served as a teacher at Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Flemington , NJ. 

As a true renaissance man, Senator LaRossa was also the MC and lead singer of an 18 piece swing band and appeared in the lead stage roles of El Gallo in the Fantastiks, Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha and Emile De Becque in South Pacific. 

Senator LaRossa was a member of  Actor's Equity and the American Federation of Radio and Television artists and also regularly hosted the NJ Lottery drawing. 

Senator LaRossa received his BA in Speech Arts with a minor in English from The College of New Jersey.