Steven B. Jaffee

Mr. Jaffee is a serial entrepreneur who has successfully managed, grown and exited early-stage companies in several sectors.
Prior to Reservoir, most recently, he was President and Managing Director of the Capital Markets Group of Textron Financial Corporation.
While at Textron, he also co-founded and served as Managing Director for Textron Financial Mezzanine Partners L.P.
and served as Executive Vice President of Mergers & Acquisitions.
Textron Financial purchased RFC Capital Corporation, where he served as CEO of this venture-backed start-up until its purchase by Textron.
RFC specialized in lending to telecommunications and information technology service providers.
This transaction provided RFC’s venture investors with a 30% plus internal rate of return.
Prior to that, Mr. Jaffee served as a senior executive at Access Energy Corporation until its sale to Enron Gas Services Corp.
During his tenure, Access grew from four employees and a handful of customers to a company with $225 million in sales, 125 employees and 30,000 customers in 30 states.
Mr. Jaffee earned his CPA while working for Price Waterhouse & Co., Inc. He holds an MBA from Northeastern University and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from McGill University.