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Mr. Rock has over 25 years of investment experience in capital-raising, complex restructuring and advisory services for a broad range of companies, both in size and industry. Before joining G.C. Andersen Partners in 2004, Mr. Rock was a Managing Director at Ryan Beck & Co. for five years where he co-founded the Middle-Market Investment Banking Group. He also served as a member of the firm's Commitment, Fairness Opinion, and Private Placement Committees. Prior to joining Ryan Beck, Mr. Rock was a Managing Director at Josephthal & Co. Inc. and from 1990 to 1996 was a Managing Director at Prudential Securities. At Prudential, he served as head of the Restructuring Group and was a key advisor in major bankruptcies such as Integrated Resources, Lomas Financial Services, TransWorld Airlines, Eastern Airlines and PanAm. He also served as a member of Prudential's Fairness Opinion Committee. Mr. Rock began his career practicing venture capital and securities law at Reavis & McGrath. After five years as an attorney, Mr. Rock moved to Drexel Burnham Lambert, specializing in highly structured leveraged financings and recapitalizations for many of the firm's leverage buyout clients. Mr. Rock received a BA, cum laude, from Columbia College and a JD from the Columbia University School of Law. | 