About the Authors
Kenneth H. Marks, CM&AA, is founder and managing partner of High Rock Partners and also the lead author of the Handbook of Financing Growth: Strategy, Capital Structure, and M&A Transactions. His firm creates value by working with the leaders of emerging-growth and middle market companies through transitions of ownership and transitions to the next level, to reposition the company using a unique and proven blend of experiences and tools in strategic management, mergers and acquisitions, finance and deals, organizational alignment, technology launches, globalization, and lean operating systems—coupled with a been-there-done-that confidence.
Kenneth's past positions include president of JPS Communications, Inc., a fast-growth technology subsidiary of the Raytheon Company, and president/CEO of an electronics manufacturer that he founded and grew to $22 million. He was a director for a Research Triangle–area investment bank focused on raising capital during the late 1990s.
He was a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and is the founding YPO Sponsor of the Entrepreneurs Organization (EO, formerly YEO) in the Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, chapter; a member of ACG; a member of the board of the North Carolina Technology Association; and the founding president of the Research Triangle chapter of the National Funding Association.
Kenneth teaches MBA electives in financing and M&A at North Carolina State University. He lectures at DePaul University, ...
