NEW YORK, July 8 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase ( JPM ) is

hiring Guggenheim Securities executive Mike Amez, as the

country's biggest bank continues to expand its technology

investment banking team and to provide specific expertise to

medium-sized companies, according to a staff memo.

Amez will join as Head of Mid-Cap Technology Services in

September and be based in Chicago, Global Co-Heads of Technology

Investment Banking Chris Grose and Greg Mendelson wrote in the

memo which was seen by Reuters.

At Guggenheim, Amez was a senior managing director in the

technology investment banking group, specializing in supporting

IT services, cybersecurity services and hyperscale cloud

infrastructure clients.

During his career, Amez "bolstered his expertise in

navigating the intricate and rapidly evolving technology sector,

while cultivating lasting relationships with clients," Grose and

Mendelson wrote.

The hire was announced less than six weeks after the

bank said it was

bringing on four executives

from rivals Goldman Sachs ( GS ), Bank of America ( BAC )

and Lazard ( LAZ ) to work with the technology team in the

investment bank on the West Coast.

JPMorgan ( JPM ) is already a powerful player in tech banking,

according to Dealogic data, and is working to deepen its

sub-sector expertise, industry analysts said.

Recently it landed major deals in the tech sector,

including advising Global Payments on its $24.25 billion

acquisition of payment processor Worldpay.

It also advised Turn/River on its

$4.4 billion take-private

deal of IT management software maker SolarWinds, as well as

DoorDash ( DASH ) on its

$3.9 billion acquisition

of the restaurant delivery platform Deliveroo ( DROOF ). It

additionally helped

CoreWeave ( CRWV )

with its $23 billion stock debut in March.