Since the recapitalization of Silvergate Bank in 1996, Mr. Eisele has served as a Managing Director of the Bank and its parent company Silvergate Capital Corp. Mr. Eisele holds the position of Vice Chairman of both organizations and is Executive Vice President of the Bank.

Mr. Eisele was also an active partner in DSF Management Corporation, a real estate investment and management company, from 1994-2000. Mr. Eisele and his partner, Dennis Frank, invested $94MM in various real estate transactions and controlled approximately $250MM in assets during a six year period. They generated an internal rate of return in excess of 27% on their investments.

From November 1989 to April 1994, Mr. Eisele was a Vice President of Coastal Realty Partners, Houston, Texas, a wholly owned subsidiary of Coastal Banc ssb. In the course of his duties, Mr. Eisele performed financial analysis, market evaluations, forecasts, pricing studies and supervised the installation of data processing facilities.

Mr. Eisele has a Master of Business Administration from the University of Houston and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Delaware. Mr. Eisele is a member of the Urban Land Institute and the Mortgage Bankers Association.