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Ben Palleiko joined Penwest in June of 2006 as Senior Vice President Corporate Development and Chief Financial Officer. Previously Ben founded Intrepid Merchant Partners LLC a healthcare strategic advisory and investments firm. In 2003 he founded SunTrust Robinson Humphrey�s Life Sciences Investment Banking practice focused on biotechnology and specialty pharmaceuticals which he built and led until 2006. Before that Ben was a Vice President in Investment Banking at Robertson Stephens Inc. specializing in life sciences and at Volpe Brown Whelan & Co. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy with fourteen years of active duty and reserve service as a Naval Aviator. Ben holds a BA in Quantitative Economics from Tufts University and a MBA and MA in International Relations from the University of Chicago. | 