About The DAK GroupInvestment Bankers to the Middle MarketBased in the Northeast, The DAK Group is a leading investment bank for middle-market, privately held businesses. Our exclusive focus is on helping entrepreneurs, family business owners and other middle-market stakeholders navigate financial options for growth and expansion, as well as to pursue successful exit strategies.We support client needs in:• Full or Partial Business Sale• Acquisitions• Recapitalizations/Financial Restructuring• Valuations and Fairness OpinionsThe DAK Group was founded in 1984, and has successfully completed over 650 transactions worldwide across the full range of major industries. The DAK team includes senior level investment bankers who understand the intricacies of working with business owners making, what could be, the largest financial decision of their lives. DAK's proprietary process ensures that each transaction meets the goal of maximizing the value of a lifetime’s work.

Duff & Phelps is a leading global financial advisory and investment banking firm. The firm advises clients in the areas of valuation, M&A and transactions, restructuring, alternative assets, disputes and taxation – with more than 1,000 employees serving clients from offices in North America, Europe and Asia. Duff & Phelps's Investment Banking practice delivers insightful advice and service of exceptional quality, integrity and objectivity to middle market companies, their boards of directors and their investors. The team has deep experience advising clientele on a broad range of transactions, including:* Mergers and Acquisition Advisory* Private Placement of Debt and Equity * Fairness Opinions* Solvency Opinions* Valuation Advisory* Financial Sponsors GroupMy Role:• Advise and execute sell-side M&A transactions, leveraged buyouts, and debt and equity financings; develop comprehensive pitch material for use during prospective client meetings; prepare comprehensive valuation analyses, LBO and DCF models, client presentations and information memoranda.• Provide valuation advisory and transaction opinion services to boards of directors, special committees and C-level management in connection with fairness and solvency opinions and general business valuation assignments.• Lead the transaction marketing process by actively managing prospective buyer interaction and information follow-up.• Play an active role in leveraging professional network to generate new business opportunities.

Midtown Partners & Co. is a leading independent investment bank focused on facilitating growth by providing creative and unique financial solutions to high growth companies within the lower middle market.The firm provides the full-spectrum of equity capital, debt capital and strategic advisory services to clients across a broad range of industries and sectors including healthcare, technology, energy and alternative energy, natural resources, aerospace and defense, consumer/retail and emerging markets.My Role:• Execute public and private financings, including, registered direct offerings, PIPEs, private equity placements and alternative public offerings; provide merger and acquisition advisory services, as well as general financial advisory services; originated, executed and closed 11 transactions in 2009 and 2010, including 4 PIPEs 5 registered directs and 1 M&A deal, raising in excess of $50 million.• Lead due diligence process for both prospective and engaged clients within specific industry sectors, including oil & gas, alternative energy, healthcare/life science and technology; relevant areas of review include financial, operational, legal, insurance and capital structure review; execute channel checks on clients, engaged with customers, vendors and other third party references.• Build, review and maintain financial models for engaged clients; develop valuation models using a variety of established techniques including comparable company, comparable transaction and DCF analyses.• Advise clients on identifying and overcoming operational and financial challenges as well as identifying areas for strategic business growth.• Collaborate directly with client management teams to craft roadshow presentations and investment memorandums; determine optimal way to present business highlights to investors and build operational and valuation models to support negotiations.

H. C. Wainwright & Co., LLC is an investment bank dedicated to providing corporate finance, strategic advisory and related services to public and private growth companies across multiple sectors and regions.The H. C. Wainwright team has been the leader in the PIPE (private investment in public equity) and RD (registered direct offering) transaction markets. The team has been ranked the #1 Placement Agent in terms of the aggregate number of PIPE and RD transactions cumulatively since 1998.H. C. Wainwright was established in 1868 and is headquartered in New York City.My Role:• Execute public and private financings, including IPOs, PIPEs and private placements; as well as provide merger & acquisition advisory services for companies primarily in the healthcare and technology sectors with market capitalizations between $25 million and $300 million; executed in excess of $300 million in equity and debt financings.• Executed over 30 transactions, including a $70 million aviation-related SPAC as well as 5 oil & gas-related transactions raising over $35 million.• Manage the ongoing transaction process; responsibilities included origination, executing due diligence mandates, performing comprehensive financial analysis and modeling, drafting internal and external memoranda and offering documents, drafting term sheets and creating investor presentations.• Served as primary point of contact for clients throughout planning, structuring and execution phases of transactions including due diligence, valuation, negotiations, placement of securities and closing.

Yofi Textile Printing is a regional provider of custom textile printing solutions to a wide array of apparel manufacturers.My Role:• Active member of senior management team with oversight responsibilities for all financial systems and procedures, including inventory, purchasing, billing, accounts payable, and accounts receivable.• Review and evaluate current accounting and financial controls to mitigate risk and safeguard value of the company; identify areas for improvement and implemented changes to strengthen the financial and accounting controls.• Conduct strategic, market, competitive and financial analyses of business development opportunities, including potential acquisitions, divestitures, alliances and strategic investments.