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DCA's Advisory Board

Together with the Fund’s general partners, our advisory board of industry-leading professionals and top business executives offers additional value-added counsel to our portfolio companies.
Drawn entirely from our regional community, the DCA Capital Advisory Board has deep expertise in each of the major industry sectors where the Fund looks to invest, including:

Business and Financial Services
Healthcare
Manufacturing and Distribution
Technology and Telecommunications
Media and Entertainment
Retail and Consumer Products
Other

Business and Financial Services

Mark Cooper: Over 25 years in the electrical contracting and construction services sectors; Owner/President of H&D Electric, the largest residential electrical contracting firm in the Sacramento region (having completed over 65,000 residential units), founded in 1958 and purchased in 1990; prior experience with Moore Electrical Contracting, Kiewit Pacific Company, Southern Electrical Contractors, and Marv Cooper Electric; BS Civil Engineering from CSU Sacramento.

Roopal Shah: Over 20 years experience in providing data and automation solutions to the insurance industry; Founder and Former President of American Driving Records, a leading provider of data solutions to the automotive insurance industry and second largest provider of Motor Vehicle Reports in CA; Founder of ZapApp India Private Limited, an offshore developer of software technology for the insurance industry; both businesses were sold in 2002 to First American Corporation; currently in the process of forming a California–based Property and Casualty insurance company.

Russ Nash: Over 20 years experience starting and leading financial and business services companies; Founder and current Managing Partner of Professional Education Services, a leader in continuing education services for the accounting industry (founded in 1992); Founder of Professional Mailing Lists LLP (sold in 1998); Founding Member of Granite Community Bank – current roles include board and loan committee member, and also former chairman of the audit committee; BS in Business Administration from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Healthcare and IT

Dan Brunner: Over 30 years experience in healthcare law, policy and corporate management in both the public and private sectors; member of Board of Directors of First Health Group (NASD: FHCC), a national provider of managed care services with a market capitalization of over $1.5 billion; served as EVP, Government Affairs for FHCC from 1994–2001, and COO, Policy and Government Affairs for FHCC from 1992–1994; former founder and executive of Affordable Health Care Concepts (started in 1983), a Sacramento–based firm providing highly customized PPO networks on the west coast, which was acquired by First Health in 1987; former General Counsel for California Governor’s Office of Special Healthcare Negotiations and Chief of Staff for California Assemblyman Howard Berman; currently on UC Davis Board of Visitors; Law Degree from California Western University, BS from UCLA.

Ray Pingle: Over 30 years in the healthcare services industry; former SVP/CIO of National Imaging Associates; former CIO of Sutter Health, Northern California’s largest hospital organization with over 3 million patients, 40,000 employees, and 27 hospitals, with direct responsibility over 375–person IT staff and $160mm budget; former CIO of Magellan Health Services, the nation’s largest Managed Behavioral Healthcare Organization, serving nearly 70 million members; over 20 years at FHP International, a publicly–traded, managed healthcare organization with $4 billion+ in revenues that was acquired by PacifiCare; Cert of Mgmt from UCLA Graduate School of Business, D.D.S. from UCLA.

Light Manufacturing and Distribution

Bryon Axt: Over 20 years executive management experience in manufacturing, operations, sales and marketing; former Director of Marketing and Sales for North America operations of Varian, Inc. (NASD: VARI), which was sold in early 2005 for $195 million to Jabil Circuit, Inc.; founder and former President/CEO of Imagine Manufacturing Solutions, a leading outsourced electronic components manufacturer, purchased by Varian in 2000 (driving 40x return to investors); prior executive experience: VP/COO, Jones Futurex, a developer and manufacturer of software and hardware security products for financial institutions; various management roles at General Circuits, Tel–America, and Tempress (a division of General Signal); BS from San Jose State University.

Steve Kircher: Chairman and CEO of Solar Power, Inc., a publicly-traded provider of systems, components and services in the solar power market; prior executive roles include: CEO and Chairman of International DisplayWorks, a publicly-traded manufacturer of LCD displays and modules that was sold to Flextronics for $300 million; Chairman of Capitol Bay Securities, Inc. (securities and investment banking) and Capitol Bay Management, Inc. (Investment Company); founding Director of Burlingame Bancorp and Board Member from 1984 to 1991; Founder of Spinner Corporation, which engaged in leveraged buyouts of troubled companies; began his career with Dean Witter in 1975 before joining Bateman, Eichler, Hill & Richards, a regional investment banking firm in 1978. BA from University of California, San Diego.

Technology

Todd Johnson: Over 20 years as an executive in the technology sector (software, services, hardware); currently Executive Vice President at Verisign, a $6 billion market cap security services company; former CEO of Kontiki, which was sold to Verisign in 2006; former President and VP Marketing for Jamcracker, an infrastructure solutions provider backed by Mohr Davidow; former Executive at Backweb Technologies and Silicon Graphics, Inc (SGI); BS from University of Santa Clara.

Jim Yasso: Over 20 years at Intel Corporation, retired 2002; former VP Intel Architecture Group/GM Reseller Products Group, and Member of Intel Executive Staff (Folsom–based RPG drove Intel’s channel business and emerging markets expansion for microprocessors, board–level products, and server building blocks); previously held position as VP Microprocessor Products Group/GM End–User Components Division which developed and marketed math coprocessors and Overdrive™ Processors; Member of Sacramento Angels; BS Systems and Information Science from Syracuse University.

Media and Publishing

Mike Teel: Over 20 years as an executive in the media/publishing and retail sectors; current managing partner of Prosper Media Groups; former President/CEO of Raley’s, Inc. from 1998–2002; during CEO tenure, grew business from 116 to 149 stores, doubled revenues from $1.2 billion to $3 billion, executed two major corporate acquisitions, and expanded to over 17,000 employees (becoming 18th largest supermarket chain in the nation); President from 1996–1998, COO from 1995–1996, joined Raley’s in 1988; son of Joyce Raley–Teel, co–chair of Raley’s; BA from Whittier College.

Frank Washington: Over 25 years in the media and publishing industry; current CEO of Moonshot Communications, focused on consolidation opportunities in broadcast television market; former Deputy Chief of the Federal Communications Commission’s Broadcast Bureau; prior executive–level positions include: former Chairman/CEO of Systems Integrators Inc., a provider of publishing solutions to one–third of the world’s leading newspapers (sold in 2000), co–founder and former executive of Robin Cable Systems (now part of AT&T Broadband and once valued at over $1 billion), co–founder and former executive of Aurora Communications (sold in 2002 for $300 million); former Head of Electronic Communications and Board Member at McClatchy Newspapers; Yale Law School, BS from Cornell University.

Retail/Consumer

Gary Cino: Founder and Senior Partner of Granite Bay Ventures, a regional real-estate development and syndication company; prior to starting Granite Bay Ventures, was the founder of Step Ahead Investments, Inc., a wholesale distributor of closeout and promotion merchandise which grew to over $100 million in annual sales, 66 retail locations, and over 1,300 employees; acted as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Step Ahead from its incorporation in 1987 until December 1998, when it merged with Dollar Tree Stores, Inc., the largest publicly traded dollar store chain.

Tom Weborg: Founder and former CEO of Java City, a Sacramento–based manufacturer and retailer of specialty coffee sold through a combination of company–owned retail outlets and other wholesale and retail distribution channels that grew to over $50 million in revenues and was acquired in 2000 by Campbell–Bewley Group, an international retailer of coffee and tea; currently Vice Chairman, Campbell–Bewley Group; prior to founding Java City, was the founder and former CEO of Coffee Break Services, which started in 1969 and became the Sacramento–area’s largest independent coffee distributor; President/Board Member of Crocker Art Museum, Board Member of Umpqua Bank; BS from California State University (and past Cal State Business School Advisory Board member).

Regional Business Executives*

Larry Kelley: Over 30 years in the real estate industry; President of McClellan Park LLC, the development group responsible for converting McClellan Air Force Base into a 3,778–acre business park; President/CEO of Stanford Ranch I, LLC, a 3,500–acre master planned community in Rocklin; prior experience includes 10 years at US Home Corporation, as President of Community Development, President of US Home’s manufactured housing operations, and Vice President, Operations; 4 years in real estate development at Cook Investment Properties, responsible for joint ventures on land, apartment, office and residential development; MBA from Harvard Business School, BS Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M.

Craig Nagler: Founder/CEO of Granite Bay Capital Group LLC, formed in 1987 to focus on residential property development and which partnered with Dunmore Homes in the mid–1990s to co–develop projects and build homes in the Sacramento and Central Valley area; together with Dunmore Homes, Granite Bay Capital developed over 3,000 lots and homes and currently controls over 1700 acres of potential development land, in addition to investments in shopping centers, mobile home parks, and other land ventures; prior experience: Marcus & Millichap Commercial Brokerage from 1985–1988; Nevis Industries from 1979–1985.

* The Fund will not invest in real estate/development, but will evaluate construction/building-related services businesses.