ODEGARD Group is a private investment firm which specializes in placing equity capital, or subordinated debt, for the recapitalization, growth or acquisition of privately held or family owned businesses.

Our mission is to partner with proven management teams to build successful companies and create exceptional shareholder value. Ideal investment candidates are companies that have identified a vision to grow their businesses but lack the capital and strategic guidance to realize their full potential.

While open to opportunities wherever they can be found, ODEGARD Group focuses on sectors in which it has demonstrated expertise: aerospace & defense, consumer & retail, technology & business services and telecommunications & media.

ODEGARD Group utilizes leading-edge, proprietary computer-based systems as well as fundamental research for capital market forecasting, portfolio construction, risk management, overlay management, manager selection, portfolio re-balancing, and consolidated performance reporting.

ODEGARD Group welcomes proposals and promises a prompt and confidential response.

Philip R. Odegard (Co-Executor) | e-Business Management Professional and a Strategic Marketing & Advertising Consultant focused on producing Effective Deliverables towards New Prospects and Fortune 500 Companies. His Expertise is focused on; Social Media, Marketing Trends, Brand Awareness, SEO/SEM, eBusiness Development and Retaining a Positive ROI. Mr. Odegard is an entrepreneur, a trusted advisor to high-tech corporations, and heavily focused on business management, corporate identity, and brand awareness. Odegard implements a strategic approach to meet challenges in industries such as Technology, Medical, Retail and Media Communications.

Kevin McNellis | Prior to joining ODEGARD Group in 2007, Mr. McNellis was an independent consultant to several leading energy firms. From 2002 to 2005, he served as Senior Vice President of AmodisGas Inc, with responsibility for the firm’s supply,  wholesale, transportation, storage, and risk management activities. Before joining AmodisGas, Mr. McNellis was employed for seven years by Dynatek Midstream Services where he was Vice President of the Louisiana Gulf Coast Region and was also responsible for the company’s businesses development activities. Mr. McNellis began his career with Exxon Corporation in 1980, where held positions of increasing responsibility in marketing, trading and commercial development through 1997.

Markus Eismann | Prior to joining ODEGARD Group in 2005, Mr. Eismann was a director in the high-tech investment banking group at UBS Securities LLC. At UBS, he focused on securities underwriting and mergers and acquisitions in the MLP industry. Prior to joining UBS in 2001, Mr. Eismann was an associate in the new-venture investment banking group at JP Morgan-Chase Incorporated.

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