Kenneth H. Marks

Kenneth is the Founder and Managing Partner of High Rock Partners (www.HighRockPartners.com), a boutique firm of strategic and M&A advisors. He is an entrepreneur and subject matter expert in mergers, acquisitions and financing of emerging growth and middle market companies. He combines his first-hand experiences in financing, building and selling multiple businesses for himself with more than fifteen years of developing growth strategies and doing deals ...all to partner with CEO's to make key strategic decisions; navigate and execute on transitions of ownership; accelerate growth to the next level; or to reposition their company. His firm uses a unique and proven blend of experiences and tools in strategy, mergers & acquisitions, financing and deals coupled with leadership and creative solutions to achieve clients’ desired outcomes. Kenneth is the lead author of Middle Market M&A: Handbook for Investment Banking and Business Consulting and the Handbook of Financing Growth: Strategies, Capital Structure and M&A Transactions, both published by John Wiley & Sons in their Finance Series. He has an electrical engineering background and obtained an MBA from Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Kenneth is a Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor (CM&AA) and holds a Corporate Finance Qualification (CFq).