EGS - Key Persons
Alana has studied Graphic Design at The New School in Paris. Alana graduated from Connecticut College with a degree in American Studies/Civilization & Studio Art with a concentration in Design. Since then she has worked for several prominent agencies in North America including Bruce Mau Design in Toronto. Alana has also done contract design work for The Chicago Sun-Times.
Job Titles:
- Partner at Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP
- Partner, Morritt Hock
Dennis is a Partner at Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP in its Corporate & Securities Practice Group and has over 20 years of experience in handling all facets of complex mergers, acquisitions, securities offerings, corporate transactions, and general counsel matters. Mr. O' Rourke provides corporate advice to business owners, public and private companies, including the structuring and negotiating of sophisticated sales and purchases of businesses, as well as capital raising transactions and joint ventures. His experience includes work with both domestic and foreign-based clients in a wide range of industries, including technology, fintech, ad tech, logistics, e-commerce, card processing, medical devices, nutraceuticals, food and beverage, manufacturing, construction, real estate, biotechnology, alternative energy, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, financial services, professional services, insurance, gaming, and cannabis.
In mergers and acquisitions transactions, Mr. O'Rourke represents both buyers and sellers of businesses. He has successfully closed numerous deals with business owners selling their businesses to strategic buyers, private equity funds, and private equity backed strategic buyers both domestically and internationally. He also represents institutional and industry buyers of businesses. Mr. O'Rourke is an experienced negotiator and takes an innovative and creative approach to advising clients on their business objectives, and providing practical solutions. He successfully collaborates with client's accountants and investment bankers to achieve the best results.
In connection with securities offerings and financing transactions, Mr. O'Rourke has extensive experience representing both issuers and founders on the one hand and investors and placement agents on the other hand and as a result understands deals from the perspective of each party, making him skilled and effective counsel for clients. He represents issuers and investors in a wide range of corporate transactions including securities offerings, seed capital offerings, venture capital financings and other forms of private equity investment. He has represented broker-dealer firms for over twenty years, including formation, FINRA and SEC regulatory issues, and as placement agent in private placement offerings under Regulation D, and as underwriters in underwritten offerings. Mr. O'Rourke has substantial experience with investment funds and private equity funds, and regularly advises hedge funds and venture capital funds on matters ranging from fund formation, organizational structuring, and regulatory compliance.
His approach is to serve as general counsel and trusted advisor to his clients, assisting them in numerous legal and business matters and situations, and believes that his clients benefit from his multi-practice-area experience. Mr. O'Rourke provides advice to clients on matters such as privacy issues, employment and equity incentive arrangements, and other general corporate matters.
Job Titles:
- Managing Partner, CAVA Capital
Geoff founded Cava Capital based on the idea that entrepreneurial experience is essential to being a great investor in startups. Geoff has more than 20 years of operational and leadership experience with a range of companies in consumer marketing and media, technology products and services, information services and Internet marketing. Geoff has helped build over 20 venture funded businesses into viable high growth enterprises, been instrumental in the raising of millions of dollars of venture capital, worked with many companies as advisor and investor and sat on several boards of directors at various stages of company growth. Geoff has participated in several angel investments and has been a strategic investor in two venture capital funds. Geoff has led the Cava investments in etouches, Zadspace, Precision Health Media, Neuehouse, and EveryScreen Media and manages the firm's strategy and execution. He currently holds board positions at several of these companies.
Prior to forming Cava, Geoff was part of the team at Iconoculture, Inc., one of the leading consumer trend research and advisory services firms. Iconoculture was sold to Corporate Executive Board (EXBD) in 2010. Prior to his work at Iconoculture, Geoff completed the second of two stints (1993-1996 and 2001-2003) at Gartner Group where he ran worldwide demand management for the rapidly growing consulting division. From 1998-2001, Geoff participated in the early formation and growth of Scient Inc., the leading Internet Services Consultant. As head of the East Coast business development organization, he helped with strategic guidance for startup businesses and large multinational spinoffs. Additionally, Geoff served as liaison to the Venture Capital community, providing capital and deal flow for Scient's growing startup client base.
Geoff is also the lead guitarist in Fairfield County-based Grateful Dead Tribute Band, Red Matter.
Job Titles:
- Executive Director of ClearTrust
- Executive Director, Clear Trust Transfer
Kara Kennedy is the Executive Director of ClearTrust, an award-winning stock transfer agent representing public and private companies and community banks. Kara specializes in the design and execution of investor-sensitive projects such as virtual shareholder meetings, mergers & acquisitions, and other critical shareholder-related events. She applies over 17 years of experience in the financial markets to serve businesses and shareholders, and also consults for transfer agents and community banks in matters related to industry best practices, development of policies and procedures, and employee training. She frequently acts as expert witness in cases involving complex securities litigation. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Securities Transfer Association and is chair of the Small Agents Committee of the STA.
Kara graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of South Florida with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Finance and International Business and is a member of business honor society Beta Gamma Sigma. She completed the Business Programme of the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics in 2014 and is currently completing her Masters Degree at Harvard University Extension School.
Martin founded EGS Creative in Dec 2018 after 5 years with public company website agency category leader, Equisolve. Prior to South Florida he was in Agency IR with Cameron Associates for three years in New York. Prior to Cameron Martin covered the major west coast markets for 4 years as part of Nasdaq's Global Corporate Services San Francisco Team. Earlier in his career, Martin earned the NASD Series 52 while working as a Municipal Bond Broker, and the Series 7 while working in the Blue Room on the NYSE floor. Martin also worked for Bank of America in San Francisco, he was Head of the China Basin Retirement Products Operations Team. Martin graduated from The University of Rochester where he earned 4 varsity letters and an NCAA National Championship Ring.
Matthew has been a true Twin Cities technology innovator since the late 1990's. He has been on the front lines of SEO since the term emerged in February of 1997, he also owned a brick-and-mortar store for 10 years where he built custom computers and repaired computers. Matthew is a talented designer, and an expert in all things Security, WordPress, Elementor, E-commerce, SEO, and SEM. He is also a very talented video producer. Matt literally understands technology, and the internet from the inside out.
Job Titles:
- Leader
- CEO, Smarti Solutions
Michele is a dynamic leader with 25 years of experience developing revenue-rich marketing programs for F500, early-stage companies, and marketing agencies. Michele helps executives fine-tune presentation messaging and delivery.
Michele was Vice President of Marketing & Business Development at agency Lowe Lintas, where she managed channel alliances and spearheaded new business development initiatives including HSBC, BlueStreak and various Unilever brands. Earlier, as Director of Business Development at Blue Marble ACG, Michele co-formed the agency's marketing consulting group and landed multi-million-dollar clients like Cadillac, Medscape & Nabisco, in addition to leading all business development initiatives with sister agencies N.W. Ayer and D'Arcy. Other agencies where Michele has managed client services include K2 Design, Dentsu Advertising, and K&L Partners. Michele has developed national advertising, online and field marketing programs for major brands ranging from: Procter & Gamble, Cadillac/GM, Hewlett Packard, Bayer, CIBC Oppenheimer, TD Waterhouse, Audio Book Club, Standard and Poor's, Canon USA, Japan Airlines, Hill's Pet Nutrition/Colgate Palmolive, Castrol, and Perrier.
Michele has been covered by Media Post; PR Week; Crain's BtoB Magazine, CNN Money Magazine, The New York Times, U.S. News & World Report, The New York Post and Inc. Magazine and received a Small Business Award from Mayor Bloomberg. ​She received her B.A. in Communications from George Washington University.
Bill's work first became recognized on the global stage when he was put in charge of all creative components, including the set, of Jeff Bezos's 2016 MARS Conference. It was held at The Parker, Palm Springs CA, MARS is an acronym for Machine Learning, Home Automation, Robotics, and Space. Bill has also worked with Wal-Mart, Target, and other top global brands. We are thrilled to bring his level of expertise to our client projects.