Our Team

Marshall Geller

Mr. Geller is a Senior Managing Director of St. Cloud. He was formerly the Chairman and CEO of Geller & Friend Capital Partners, a Los Angeles based private merchant bank. 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 is currently a director of public companies including 1st Century Bank, NA (Nasdaq:FCNA), ValueVision Media, Inc. (Nasdaq:VVTV), GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE:GPX), National Holdings Corporation (NHLD.OB), and SCPIE Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:SKP). 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.

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, Kalologie Skincare, Inc. and the UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation. He also holds an observer seat on the Board of Directors of Pacific Groservice, Inc. 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 Compact Power, Inc., Security Contractor Services, Inc., MEDirect Latino, Inc. (MLTO.PK), SecureOne Data Solutions, LLC,and National Holdings Corporation (NHLD.OB), and as a Board observer for XLNT Veterinary Care, Inc. 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. Mr. Hom currently serves on the Board of Directors of Meritage Retail Network, Inc and CinnaWorks, LLC. Mr. Hom received a Bachelor of Arts in Business & Economics, with a minor in Accounting, from the University of California, Los Angeles.

John Anderson III

Mr. Anderson is an Associate of St. Cloud.  He formerly worked as an Associate in the Assurance and Business Advisory practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (“PwC”).  At PwC, Mr. Anderson worked with middle market clients in a variety of industries including retail, telecommunications and manufacturing.  Mr. Anderson is a CPA.  His prior experience includes working at Smith Barney and Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management.  Mr. Anderson earned a BA in Business Administration, Magna Cum Laude, from The Master’s College, located in Los Angeles, CA.

Brian Chow

Mr. Chow is an 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.

Casey Tennyson

Mr. Tennyson is a Controller of St. Cloud. He was formerly a Senior Auditor at Deloitte & Touche LLP in the Financial Services Group. At Deloitte, his experience included planning and executing audit engagements, drafting financial statements, and supervising audit teams. Within the financial services industry, Mr. Tennyson focused on private equity funds, public mutual funds, hedge funds, along with clients in other industries including real estate, non-profit, and manufacturing. Mr. Tennyson is a CPA and graduated from Weber State University with a BS in Accounting.