Mr. O'Connor has spent over 30 years in the financial services industry.
Mr. O’Connor has been a principal of High Rise Capital Partners, LLC, a private real estate investment firm, since 2010. He is also the sole owner of Pokka, LLC an e-commerce company specializing in writing instruments.
He previously served as the Managing Partner of Cedar Creek Management, LLC, a private investment partnership, and as Partner at HPB Associates, also a private investment firm.
Between 1980 and 1992, Mr. O’Connor served 2 years as an analyst with Feshbach Brothers, and 10 years at Kidder Peabody as a principal in equity sales and investment banking.
Mr. O'Connor serves on the Board of Sturm, Ruger, Inc. He is Chairman of the Company’s Capital Policy Committee, and a member of the Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance and Risk Oversight Committees.
He previously served as a Director of SRV Bancorp and was on the Compliance, Audit and Special Committees.
Mr. O’Connor also served as a Board Member of Covenant House New Jersey and on the Finance and Investment Committees of Covenant House International.
He earned a BA degree in Economics at Bucknell University, and an MBA from the Wharton School.