Our Team

Marshall Geller

Mr. Geller is a Senior Managing Director of St. Cloud. He has extensive experience initiating, arranging and making investments in public and private companies. Mr. Geller spent over twenty years as Senior Managing Director for Bear, Stearns & Company, with oversight of all operations in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Hong Kong and the Far East. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of California Pizza Kitchen (NASDAQ:CPKI), GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE:GPX), Guidance Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:GUID), National Holdings Corporation (NHLD.OB), and Johnson Products Company, Inc. Mr. Geller also serves as a member of the Board of Governors of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles. He was previously the Interim Co-Chairman of Hexcel Corporation (NYSE:HXL) and Interim President and COO of Players International, Inc. Mr. Geller graduated from California State University, Los Angeles, with a BS in Business Administration, where he currently serves on the Dean’s Advisory Council for the College of Business & Economics. Mr. Geller has also been appointed as a Commissioner of the Little Hoover Commission, an independent California state oversight agency.

Kacy Rozelle

Mr. Rozelle is a Managing Director of St. Cloud. Mr. Rozelle's middle market and growth company corporate finance and investment banking experience includes ten years at Jefferies & Company, Inc., where he served as a member of the firm's Taxable Fixed Income Executive Committee, and where he participated in the structuring and placement of more than $40 billion of securities, including more than $10 billion of public and private equity. Mr. Rozelle began his career as an Associate with the Los Angeles based Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, where he assisted on a wide range of services for middle market companies including mergers and acquisitions; financial opinions; and valuation and advisory assignments. Mr. Rozelle serves on the Board of Directors of San Francisco AutoReturn, LLC, Front Line Sales, Inc., Johnson Products Company, Inc., Earl Scheib, Inc., SAFE Security, Inc., and the UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation. Mr. Rozelle earned an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and a BS in Finance from Virginia Tech.

Robert Lautz

Mr. Lautz is a Managing Director of St. Cloud. Mr. Lautz was formerly the Chairman of REO.com, the nations leading Internet-based sales mechanism for bank foreclosed properties. Prior to that he served as the CEO of ListingLink, the original Internet-based residential property multiple listing service. Mr. Lautz formed and was Chairman and CEO of Indenet, Inc., a Nasdaq listed private satellite-based network that delivered digital advertisements and programming to the 3000+ national broadcast and cable television networks. From 1994 to 1997, he built Indenet from a public shell with $4 million in cash to a company with over $50 million in revenue, $120 million in market value and 650 employees in 19 facilities around the world. Mr. Lautz also owned and operated Peerless Capital, a venture capital business which invested in various management led leveraged buyouts and private equity transactions. Mr. Lautz began his career within Citibank's Operating Group where he rose to become the Senior Financial Officer, responsible for all financial functions and strategic planning for his division. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Mertz Manufacturing, LLC, Security Contractor Services, Inc., SecureOne Data Solutions, LLC, National Holdings Corporation (NHLD.OB), and Compact Power Equipment Center, LLC. Mr. Lautz earned a Master's degree from the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird), and a BS in Business Administration from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Benjamin Hom

Mr. Hom is a Managing Director of St. Cloud. Previously, Mr. Hom worked in the Investment Banking Group at Bear, Stearns & Company, where his experience included mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, public and private equity offerings, and debt financings. Mr. Hom focused on middle market clients in a variety of industries including business services, restaurants, communications, technology, and health care services. His prior experience also includes working at KPMG and Parnassus Investments. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of CinnaWorkS, LLC and Tuff Shed, Inc. Mr. Hom received a Bachelor of Arts in Business & Economics with a minor in Accounting, from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Brian Chow

Mr. Chow is a Senior Associate of St. Cloud. Previously, Mr. Chow worked in the Business & Information Services Investment Banking Group at Banc of America Securities LLC, where his experience included mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, public and private equity offerings, and debt financings. His prior experience also includes working as an Associate in the Assurance and Business Advisory practice of Deloitte & Touche LLP in the Financial Services and Real Estate Group. Mr. Chow is a CPA. Mr. Chow received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Business Administration, with a concentration in Corporate Finance, from the University of Southern California.

James Hays

Mr. Hays is a Controller of St. Cloud. Previously, Mr. Hays worked in the Audit and Assurance practice as a Supervising Senior Associate at Rothstein Kass & Co., where his experience included audits for financial and commercial service entities. His prior experience also includes working as a Senior Associate in the Audit and Assurance and Tax practice at Meloni Hribal Tratner LLP and as a Financial Analyst at Flint Hills Resources, LP. Mr. Hays is a CPA. Mr. Hays received a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Oklahoma State University.