David Caruso focuses on providing strategic and financial advisory services to public and private middle market companies. Mr. Caruso has over twenty-five years of experience in investment banking, sales and trading, and asset management. Prior to joining Tigress, Mr. Caruso served as the CEO for Strong City Advisors LLC, an SEC Registered Investment Advisor providing advisory services to asset management and capital market firms including Christian Brothers Investment Services, Ping An Securities and Ustocktrade Securities. Mr. Caruso founded Strong City Securities LLC., served as Head of Investment Banking and provided leadership for the strategic M&A Advisory and Capital formation to the Financial Services, Technology, Commercial Real Estate and Socially Responsible sectors. Mr. Caruso negotiated the sale of Strong City Securities to the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, which became the first Chinese-owned US Broker-Dealer rebranded ICBC. Mr. Caruso was the President and CEO at Fortis Securities, the US broker-dealer for Fortis Bank and Nikko Securities International Americas as Group Executive Vice President, where he managed a variety of business development, proprietary trading, prime brokerage, and institutional sales activities. Mr. Caruso is currently a Senior Managing Director for Four Wood Capital Markets LLC. Mr. Caruso received a BS in Business Administration and Executive MBA from New York University. Mr. Caruso holds FINRA Series 6, 24, 27, 55, 63, 79 and 87 licenses.
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