Ralph is founder and Managing Director of GH Venture Partners LLC, (GHVP), a New York private merchant bank formed in 1998. Before joining GHVP, Ralph worked as a consultant to corporate management with The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and with Strategic Planning Associates (Mercer Consulting acquiree). Ralph was formerly a Fellow with the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee during the SALT II treaty hearings. He also served on the staff of Congressman James W. Symington of St. Louis, Missouri and Senator Edward Brooke of Massachusetts.