Bio

Gerald Mars is a Managing Director, Investment Banking at Roth Capital Partners. Gerald rejoined ROTH in July of 2014, having previously worked for the firm between 1999 to 2007. Mr. Mars has also worked for Barrington Associates, a division of Wells Fargo Securities and Euro Pacific Capital, Inc. He has participated in private and public placements of equity and debt securities, but specializes in providing advisory services such as buy and sell-side mergers and acquisitions, fairness opinions and business valuations. Mr. Mars has experience with both publicly traded and privately held companies in numerous industries including Consumer Products, Retail, e-Commerce, Food & Beverage, Restaurants, Oil & Gas Exploration, Building Products, Healthcare Services and Equipment, Software and Technology.

Prior to investment banking, Mr. Mars worked in public accounting and continues to maintain an active license with the state of California as a Certified Public Accountant. Gerald also holds the Certified Valuation Analyst designation with the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts. Mr. Mars attended San Diego State University where he graduated with a BS in Business Administration with an emphasis in accounting.