Mark A. Costanzo
Senior Associate

Mark Costanzo’s 11 year career in public accounting and private equity includes deep experience with high tech emerging enterprises, in addition to work within financial services and manufacturing. Mr. Costanzo’s behind-the-scenes contributions have included his work on Metrocall’s secondary public offering and UUNet’s sale to Williams Communications and, its subsequent sale to MFS. Mark transitioned to private equity as a controller for MCTR, a venture firm that launched a joint venture to develop cellular systems in Russia and Central Asia. While at MCTR, Mark oversaw the development of a western style reporting structure for the joint venture’s three systems that were introduced in Russia and Uzbekistan. The weekly reporting that resulted, formed the basis for operational management of the joint venture while providing investors in-depth quarterly assessments of their investments. Mark joined Blue Water Capital in 1999 as the Controller and two years later became an associate. Today, Mark plays an active role in supporting Blue Water’s portfolio investments, in finding and evaluating new investments and framing due-diligence issues for the more promising opportunities. Mark graduated from Montclair State University with a BS in accounting.