6. Quincy Smith — Code Advisors
Smith is a founding partner of the San Francisco-based boutique Code Advisors.
He was previously the CEO of CBS' interactive division. Before that, he was an investment banker with Allen & Co., according to his LinkedIn profile.
Smith launched Code Advisors along with dealmaker Fred Davis and former CBS colleague Michael Marquez.
He has also worked for Netscape and Morgan Stanley.
5. Paul Kwan — Morgan Stanley
Kwan is a managing director at Morgan Stanley and head of the firm's West Coast technology banking team.
He helped lead initial public offerings for Atlassian, Square, Twitter, and Facebook and private financings for Airbnb and Domo. He also focuses on strategic M&A in the internet and software-as-a-service, or SaaS, industries.
Kwan is a Stanford University grad and joined Morgan Stanley from UBS.
4. Noah Wintroub — JPMorgan
Wintroub is a San Francisco-based investment-banking vice chairman at JPMorgan, responsible for the firm's internet and digital media coverage.
He started his career with the San Francisco bank Hambrecht & Quist, which was later acquired by JPMorgan. His clients include Alibaba, Facebook, LinkedIn, Etsy, GoPro, and Dropbox.
Wintroub is JPMorgan's youngest vice chairman in history. He was recently named on Fortune's 40 Under 40 list.
3. Marshall Roslyn — Goldman Sachs
Roslyn is a San Francisco-based vice president in Goldman Sachs' tech, media, and telecom banking division.
He helps lead the firm's Global Education Technology and Services team and also focuses on US-China opportunities.
Previously, Roslyn worked for the education-focused venture-capital firm Learn Capital, in both Beijing and Silicon Valley.
He was an analyst in Goldman Sachs' Executive Office from 2003 to 2005.
2. Steve McLaughlin — FT Partners
McLaughlin is the founder, CEO, and managing partner of the San Francisco-based investment bank Financial Tech Partners.
Before launching his fintech-focused boutique in 2002, McLaughlin worked for Goldman Sachs as head of the global financial technology group.
Last year he ranked fourth on Institutional Investor's Fintech Finance 35 list and was named Investment Banker of the Year by M&A Advisor.
1. Ian Smith — Allen & Company
Smith is a San Francisco-based managing director at the super-secretive boutique bank Allen & Co.
He has worked with tech companies including Facebook, Amazon, Airbnb, and Dropbox, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Smith discussed his outlook on the tech deal space in an interview with The Information, and he pointed to market volatility as a potential challenge for the industry.
"There are a lot of great companies that are going to have to do down rounds, and it's all situation dependent," he said.