Prior to joining Cohesive in 2014, Mr. Franken was an Associate at Robert W. Baird where he was involved in a variety of transactions focused primarily on the industrial sector. Previously, Mr. Franken was an Analyst in the Foreign Exchange Macro Sales group at Goldman Sachs, and a Vice President at Faros Trading, a trading firm founded by several of his Goldman Sachs colleagues.

Mr. Franken received a B.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Princeton University and completed the Leaders in Global Operations program at MIT, receiving a M.B.A. from the Sloan School of Management, and a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from School of Engineering. While at MIT, Mr. Franken was selected to complete a six-month fellowship program focused on global purchasing and supply chain for General Motors in São Paulo, Brazil.