MARK H. ELENOWITZ, CEO

Mr. Elenowitz is responsible for the overall corporate development of the firm and assisting our clients with high-level financial services and general business development including structuring, developing, sourcing and negotiating acquisitions and financings for our clients and related companies. In this role, he provides high-level advice regarding corporate finance, corporate structure, SOX 404 compliance, employee option programs, and capital market navigation including advice as a member of the board of directors. Mr. Elenowitz integrates a strong, successful entrepreneurial background with extensive financial services and capital markets experience. Mr. Elenowitz has assisted numerous companies in a "soup-to-nuts" process, where companies are prepared for the public markets bringing them public and advising them on an ongoing basis via board seats and executive positions to oversee further rounds of financing, strategic acquisitions, and a broader investor market via a listing on "higher" securities exchange or market. He was also the senior managing director of Investor Communications Company, LLC (ICC), a national investor relations firm he founded in 1996. Through ICC, Mr. Elenowitz has developed ongoing relationships with other investment banking firms, market makers, and analysts. Mr. Elenowitz has worked with over 50 publicly traded companies providing the above mentioned financial consulting and strategic planning services. Mr. Elenowitz holds the Series 24, 82 and 63 licenses and is also Managing Director of TriPoint Capital Advisors, LLC, a merchant banking and financial consulting affiliate of TriPoint Global. He is the recipient of several entrepreneurial awards and has been profiled in BusinessWeek as well as several other publications. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Business and Management, with a Bachelor of Science in Finance.