About Visium Partners Advisory Group
Visium Partners was created because we saw an opportunity to bring to small and middle market companies a level of expertise typically reserved for large companies. We believe that businesses of all sizes should have access to expert advice from experienced professionals. Providing our clients with affordable, quality advice tailored to help them achieve their goals is our mission. To facilitate successful outcomes, we draw on our experience and our network of expertise to bring together the right minds and skillsets to help you make your vision a reality.
Principal Partners
Jonathan Cramer
Jonathan is the founding partner of Visium Partners Advisory Group. He has advised clients on liquidity issues, improving cash flow generation, strategic and operational structures, valuation opinions and the fairness of potential transactions. Jonathan’s ability to navigate and deconstruct challenging situations while motivating disparate groups of people to work together towards a unified set of objectives has been a hallmark of his work for Visium Partners’ clients. His advice and leadership has neutralized difficult environments and given clients a more stable foundation from which to make decisions.
Prior to launching Visium Partners, Jonathan was a senior research analyst with firms Bear Stearns and Cowen & Company, covering retail and consumer-products companies. Jonathan’s research was focused on identifying key drivers of value creation via strategic options, operational improvements, or restructuring. He also led due diligence and presented valuation opinions on companies in connection with IPOs and potential acquisitions.
Before his career in investment banking, Jonathan represented domestic and international clients in connection with complex contract transactions as an attorney with the law firm of McManus, Schor, Asmar & Darden, L.L.P. Prior to McManus Schor, Jonathan was Assistant General Counsel, United States Department of Justice. He represented the US Government in multi-million dollar contract transactions and litigation.
Jonathan holds an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business, a JD from American University Washington College of Law and a BS, cum laude, Dual Degree in Biology and the Natural Sciences from Muhlenberg College.
Rebekah Wentzel
Rebekah joined Visium Partners Advisory Group in its inaugural year as its operating partner. She created and maintains the analytical framework through which the firm’s projects are run. Rebekah’s ability to quickly digest and create informative analyses from our clients’ financial and operational data is a key driver in project success. Her approach ensures that clients understand how to achieve leadership in their core business in a sustainable way.
Prior to joining Visium Partners, Rebekah was an equity research associate with firms Lehman Brothers and Prudential Equity Group in New York. She covered entertainment, broadcasting, cable and satellite companies. She conducted fundamental industry research, created valuation opinions, and offered institutional clients investment advice based on her conclusions. Her work product at Lehman Brothers contributed to top rankings for her team in two sectors on the Institutional Investor All-America Equity Research Team.
Before her career in equity research, Rebekah honed her strategic and analytical skills doing advisory work at Gotham Consulting Partners, which specialized in operational consulting to private equity portfolio companies. She also worked with the Risk Consulting practice of Arthur Andersen, advising partners and managers on ways to improve project profitability and management of working capital. Additionally, Rebekah obtained valuable operating expertise in financial management roles at both Time Warner and the Thomson Corp.
Rebekah holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Georgia State University.
Team Members
Visium Partners Advisory Group has a strong bench of professionals with a wide range of expertise and experience on which we draw to customize teams specific to a client’s goals.
Our professionals have had successful careers focused on the capital markets, consumer products and retail, consumer and medical technology, and global risk assessment.
Their comprehensive skillset includes:
- Deal structuring
- Asset valuation
- Industry, market and competitive analysis
- Cash flow management
- Working capital management
- Strategic planning
- Risk analysis
- Investment analysis
- Business planning
- Business development