David Weild, widely referred to as "The Father of the JOBS Act" and considered by many to be the world’s foremost expert on market structure and its impact on equity capital formation, is the founder and CEO of Weild & Co., the first capital markets investment bank to focus on public equity offerings and aftermarket support exclusively from the point of view of the corporate client.  See his wikipedia page.

He is former vice chairman of NASDAQ, head of corporate finance (investment banking) and the equity transactions group (public stock offerings) at Prudential Securities.  Weild & Co. professionals have long histories on Wall Street in areas including: Equity capital markets, Investment banking, Equity research, Institutional sales and Equity trading.