Meet the Team

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  Gower Idrees CM&AA®, CFP™, CEPA™ CEO, M&A and Growth Expert

  Nationally recognized growth and merger & acquisition expert, Gower is the author of the acclaimed book Exit Bomb®. He has diverse experience in operating, growing, and selling high growth companies.

  Highlights:

  • Started, built and sold multiple businesses personally. Hired over one thousand personnel.
  • Served as CEO of private equity firm focused on broad spectrum of undervalued companies.
  • Took underperforming industrial operation with a loss of $300,000 to $14M+ in EBITDA in 52 months. Sold Company for in excess $150M.
  • Took hospitality company from $15M to $48M in revenues in 36 months.
  • Involved in a myriad of client transactions worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
  • Past president and board member of the Houston Chapter of the Entrepreneurs Organization (EO).
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  Jeff Jani M&A and Operations Expert

  Jeff has diverse experience in operating, growing, and divesting high growth companies with significant M&A and capital markets experience across a variety of sectors and industries.

  Highlights:

  • Built and sold a technology company with nearly $100 million in revenues to Microsoft.
  • Helped Companies such as Daimler-Chrysler, Microsoft, Starbucks, and Well Point accelerate their busines strategies.
  • Created a leadership program that was accredited by Pepperdine University.
  • Helped launch a new operating division for Well Point.
  • Turned around a green technology company.
  • Developed a $100 miIIion family camp in Central California.
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  J. Roe Hitchcock M&A and Operations Expert

  Dynamic CEO/CFO with a Harvard Business School MBA and 27 years diverse experience in operating, growing, and divesting high growth companies up to $1.5 billion in revenue.

  Highlights:

  • Completed 28 acquisitions with values of $25-$400 million.
  • Restructured a $250 million wholesaler.
  • Consolidated four manufacturers creating a $30 million company and subsequently divested to private equity.
  • Served as CFOto a $275 million regional wholesaler/retailer increasing EBITDA 79% year over year.
  • Negotiated and closed a $150 million equity capital round.
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  Harry R. Rozakis M&A and Operations Expert

  Extensive background as CEO, President, and Board Member of both publicly and privately held technology companies.

  Highlights:

  • CEO of $200 million NASDAQ listed semiconductor company with operations in Hong Kong and Dongguan, China, with over 2,000 employees.
  • Led a 100% sales increase in 24 months with a 10x increase in share price.
  • Took Hyundai Electronics subsidiary Chip PAC from $60MM per year into a $300MM per year business in less than 18 months.
  • Significant experience working with the capital markets (debt & equity) including a $150 million capital raise.

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  Maurice Murphy M&A and Operations Expert

  CEO with deep international expertise and strong M&A and operational experience across a variety of sectors and industries.

  Highlights:

  • Took an underperforming regional manufacturer, with $80 million in sales and grew it into a global $250 million business and subsequently divested the business for nearly 10x EBITDA.
  • Led a consolidation, with combined sales of $200 million and 13 factories in the US, UK, Europe and China, into a single cohesive business unit.
  • Took control of a loss-making business, which focused on the military and telecom markets, and transformed the business into a highly profitable growth business. Later sold the business to Tyco Electronics for 2.5 times revenues.
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  Jessica Abel Operations Expert

  Respected operations executive with 25 year track record of delivering results in the high growth technology sector.

  Highlights:

  • Led high growth e-commerce company through a recapitalization and a subsequent sale over an 8 year period while driving exponential growth and high margins through new revenue streams and operational streamlining.
  • Brokered distribution deals with Fortune 500 internet media companies contributing to 8 figures in new revenues and channels.
  • Co-created one of the first entertainment virtual currency models in 1999, still in use today.
  • Created a performance infrastructure that sustained 40% EBITDA during market downturn.
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  CoralSage Walker-Dale Marketing Director

  CoralSage brings international experience in marketing, communications and social media to her role as marketing director at RareBrain.

  Highlights:

  • Focused on continually increasing brand awareness and undertake strategic business development initiatives to help drive business results.
  • Daily oversight of social media, videos, blogs, company website and thought leadership content.
  • Monitors industry challenges and trends and provides business intelligence to the RareBrain team and clients.
  • Experience in biotech, policy, hospitality, consumer goods and development.
  • Astute researcher with a Master's in Public Policy from King's College London.