projectGROWTH
LLC
Accelerating
Growth Through Strategic Transactions
Mergers
• Acquisitions • Divestitures • Strategic Alliances • Joint
Ventures
Originating
Proprietary Private Equity Transactions
www.projectgrowth.com
website
in development!
Douglas
S. Rose
Managing
Director
projectGROWTH
LLC
The
Starrett-Lehigh Building
212-807-0191
• 603-368-8551 fax
drose@projectgrowth.com
Douglas S.
Rose, founder and Managing Director, has
worked with middle-market and emerging growth companies since 1987 in various
senior executive capacities related to corporate development, mergers and
acquisitions, and raising equity capital.
Doug has led over 30 closed transactions representing aggregate value of
nearly $1 billion. More than 80% of
these transactions Doug led as a principal, providing a keen understanding of
how companies think about strategic transactions from a buyer’s
perspective.
Prior to forming projectGROWTH LLC
in 2001, Doug was Vice
President of Corporate Development of CMGI,
Inc., the “epicenter” of the Internet, where he was responsible for corporate
development activities of CMGI’s Internet infrastructure companies, NaviSite,
Inc. and NaviPath, Inc., as well as equity-related strategic transactions at
CMGI corporate. Prior to joining
CMGI, he was Vice President of Corporate Development of Genesis Direct, Inc., a
catalog and e-commerce company that grew from start-up when he joined to $400
million revenues, principally through the 18 catalog company acquisitions he
completed in 24 months. One of
Genesis Direct’s notable accomplishments was becoming the largest direct
marketer of licensed sports merchandise in the world. Genesis produced and operated official
merchandise catalogs and e-commerce websites for the NBA, NHL, MLB, NASCAR,
among others. Genesis Direct raised
over $350 million in private and public capital and had one of 1998’s largest
IPOs, led by Bear Stearns, Goldman Sachs, and Salomon Smith
Barney.
Prior to Genesis Direct, Doug was
Vice President of Niederhoffer and Niederhoffer, Inc., an investment banking
firm specializing in middle-market mergers and acquisitions. At Niederhoffer, Doug executed exclusive
sale assignments and raised equity capital for closely held companies in over 20
different industries throughout
Prior to beginning a professional
career, Doug was a commercial salmon fisherman in southeastern
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