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Curtis M. Rocca serves as Managing Partner of DCA Partners, responsible for all aspects of the organization, and also functions as a General Partner to the Firm’s affiliated private equity fund, DCA Capital Partners. Mr. Rocca is a seasoned chief executive with a background in leading high growth organizations from inception to exit. In his career, he has held a number of top executive management positions including CEO of several companies, both public and private.
Prior to DCA, Mr. Rocca was Chief Executive Officer of Dental Partners, Inc., a healthcare services roll up based in Sacramento, CA, but with operations across the U.S. During his stint at Dental Partners, Mr. Rocca led the growth and operations of this multi state healthcare consolidation from a standing start to over $30 million in revenues in 18 months, before driving negotiations for the Company’s sale in late 2000.
Prior to Dental Partners, Mr. Rocca was President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board of Bio Dental Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ: BDTC), a global dental technology and products company. Under his leadership, Bio Dental quickly became one of the nation’s fastest growing companies, as recognized by Business Week magazine. Mr. Rocca led the Company through several rounds of financings in both the private and public markets, a number of strategic acquisitions (and related integration thereof), and managed all investor relations activities and company operations. In 1997, Bio Dental was purchased by Zila, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZILA), a global diversified biotechnology and dental pharmaceutical company focused on the development and marketing of preventive healthcare technologies and other biomedical products. Bio Dental’s share value increased over 50x during Mr. Rocca’s term as CEO. Following the successful close of the merger, Mr. Rocca remained a Director of Zila Inc.
Prior to Bio Dental, Mr. Rocca served as Executive Vice President and Director of Celebrity Inc., a leading automotive aftermarket specialty business which pioneered the original development of gold plated automobile hood ornaments and manufacturer emblems in the automotive industry. Under his leadership, Celebrity earned the distinction of being named to the Inc. 500 list of America’s fastest growing private companies. In his role at Celebrity, Mr. Rocca oversaw all business operations.
Early in his career, Mr. Rocca worked in various management functions with Marriott International, Inc. and Pacific Bell (Pacific Telesis Group), which was later acquired by SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE: SBC) in 1997. | 