Our Team

Our consultants and investment bankers have a depth of experience in a variety of fields and from an impressive list of brand-name companies. Their specialized skills result in an immediate impact. Current areas of specialization include:

Consulting

  • Market Research
  • Business Plan Development
  • Strategic and Tactical Planning
  • Investment Assessment
  • Product or Venture Launch
  • Sales/Channel Management
  • Business Process Improvement/Re-engineering
  • Licensing / Technology Transfer

Investment Banking

  • Financial Analysis and Capital Formation
  • Spinouts and Buyouts
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Restructuring/Recapitalization

Our highly experienced and proven consultants and investment bankers each have track records of success, leading businesses or business units of companies such as:

AT&T, Bell Labs, Bosch, Contel/GTE, Daimler-Benz, DuPont, Eastman Kodak, Ernst & Young, General Electric, Hughes Aircraft, Human Genome Sciences, IBM, Lucent, Martin Marietta, Mellon Bank, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Proctor & Gamble, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Saint-Gobain, and Siemens.

Management Team

David C. Gates - President and Managing Director
- BS EE, BS CS, MS EE, MBA Wharton

Tracy E. Rusch - Practice Leader, Consulting Services
- BS ChemE, MBA Harvard

 

Principals - Consulting

Kelly L. Gates - marketing, strategic planning, product/venture launch, ...
- BS Mktg. Mgt., MBA Widener

Daniel J. Wasser - technology, licensing, telecom, finance, ...
- BS ME, MS ME, MBA Wharton

 

Principals - Investment Banking

Brian K. Brady - valuation, recapitalization, M&A, spinouts, ...
- BS CS, MBA Wharton

 

Associates

Carl Cappabianca, marketing, strategic planning, acquisition integration ...
- BS Chemistry, MBA Fairleigh Dickinson

Debbie Hobbs - research, strategic planning, venture creation, ...
- BS ME, MBAc Delaware

Kane Nakahara - operations, market research, new market entry ...
- BS ME, MBA Columbia

Tilo Stahl - transatlantic business expansion, routes to market, ops...
- MS ME, PhD AE

Barry Zias - research, strategic planning, product/venture launch, ...
- BS EE, MS EE

 

Alliance Partners

SCI Consulting - business entry and expansion into China and AP