GROWTH TO EXIT EVENT - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Attorney Snyderman Law Group & Founder Apolline Group, LLC
Antonella provides legal counsel to entrepreneurs, investors, and both growing and established companies throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She provides legal services in the areas of business and real estate law that help make you and your business run smoothly. She also provides outside general counsel services to businesses in a variety of sectors.
Prior to joining the firm, Antonella served as Assistant General Counsel at Universal Technical Resource Services, Inc. (UTRS), an engineering services firm focused on government contracting. Here, she became an expert in balancing legal and corporate needs to produce focused solutions that drive business growth.
Prior to her position at UTRS, Antonella was an associate with GluckWalrath, LLP in Trenton, NJ where she served as outside general counsel for various municipalities and governmental entities in New Jersey. She also performed all phases of litigation in defense of her municipal clients.
Antonella also holds a Pennsylvania Real Estate Broker's license. Her legal expertise coupled with her experience as a real estate investor provide unique insight and knowledge to her clients' transactions.
Antonella received her Bachelor's degree in Finance from American University in Washington, DC and her Juris Doctor degree from Rutgers University School of Law - Camden. She has been admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey since 2008.
Professional Activities
Attorney Snyderman Law Group (October 2017 to present)
Deputy General Counsel UTRS, Inc. (2012 - 2017)
Attorney GluckWalrath, LLP (2008 - 2012)
Community Activities
Board member Filitalia International
Legal Counsel - San Giorgio Society
Courtney B. Spaeth is a recognized expert in business development and corporate growth. She has widespread experience in both the public and private sectors and is a sought after speaker on a broad range of business and leadership issues. Spaeth founded growth[period] in 2007, and as CEO she has successfully guided the company through the acquisition of Potomac Recruiting, the raising of growth capital from Morgan Stanley, as well as the development of growth[period]'s mergers and acquisition support vertical, and a rebranding initiative. As a result of her leadership, growth[period] has a proven track record of helping companies in both the commercial and federal sectors achieve smart growth through business development and also through acquisitions. growth[period]'s broad range of clients include: Lockheed Martin, Verizon, Magnetar Capital, Stanley Black and Decker, Clairvest, Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, Leadiant Biosciences, General Dynamics, SAB Capital, LLR Capital, and many other Fortune 500, middle market, and private equity firms in the U.S. and internationally.
Prior to founding growth[period], Spaeth served as Corporate Vice President of Homeland Security for Raytheon Company. While at Raytheon she was responsible for developing the company's homeland security business in North America, the Middle East, Eastern and Western Europe, and Asia, and in less than two years her efforts resulted in new revenue of over $1 billion USD. She also was one of the leaders of all related mergers and acquisitions screening for the Company in that area. Before Raytheon, Spaeth served as Director of Homeland Systems Solutions for Lockheed Martin, where she won over $3 billion USD in new business. She served on the acquisitions targeting and diligence group for Lockheed Martin Systems Management in which capacity she oversaw multiple multi-million dollar acquisitions successfully close and integrate.
In 2000, President Clinton appointed Spaeth to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations / Low Intensity Conflict, where she was the Assistant in Charge of Global Terrorism Issues. Previously, Spaeth served as the Director of Force Health Protection for the Gulf War Illness Task Force in the Department of Defense, where she was a subject matter expert on combat stress management. Additionally, Spaeth has also worked at the Department of Justice in the Criminal Antitrust Division, and in the Office of Chief Counsel to the President in the White House.
Spaeth has extensive experience as a corporate board member and serves on the Board of Directors for a number of private companies, non-profits, and professional associations, including: Momentum Aerospace Group (MAG), (the company change control successfully as of June 2018 so Mrs. Spaeth resigned from the board), Boodle ai, Marymount University, The Stimson Center, the Greater Washington Board of Trade, and Hope for the Warriors. She has recently been appointed to the Trustees Council for Women at the University of Pennsylvania. Spaeth is also on the Dean's Advisory Council for George Mason University School of Business and is a venture partner in the NextGen Venture Capital Partners fund.
Spaeth appears regularly in national and trade media, including: Business Week, CBS News, the Washington Business Journal, Women of Influence magazine, DC Modern Luxury magazine and SmartCEO magazine. She holds a Master's Degree from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Art Degree, with honors, from the University of Pennsylvania. She also recently completed her Governance Fellowship through the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). For the past three years growth[period] has been voted in the top ten places to work by the Washington Business Journal, in 2017 growth[period] was ranked #2 in the region. Currently, Spaeth resides in the Washington, DC area with her husband and children.
Evan Scott, President was one of the founding partners of ESGI. Established in 2000, Mr. Scott brought many years of retained search experience to the company. Prior to helping establish ESGI, Mr. Scott was the Senior Partner and second employee with a retainer-based executive search firm where he spent 21 years. When Mr. Scott sold his shares in that firm, the company was listed as the 23rd largest search firm in the country with four offices and 125 employees.
His mission upon opening ESGI's doors has been to bring personalized attention and sophisticated executive search experience to the firm's clients. He believes ESGI should approach each engagement as a strategic partnership with its client. Searches are handled only by seasoned search professionals, who drive all assignments from beginning to end. His goal is to help companies work effectively with federal agencies and the systems integrators that serve government. ESGI also is committed to filling key positions fast. ESGI closes searches in far less time than average for the industry. This differentiates the firm.
With nearly three decades of experience, Mr. Scott has helped numerous systems integrators, high-tech software and services companies, and small government contractors hire top-level executive talent. His clients have included blue-chip companies such as Lockheed Martin, Oracle, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Adobe, Unisys and SRA International. He has helped them fill positions ranging from the Board of Directors and corporate officers such as the CEO, COO, and CFO to directors of federal operations, business development, sales, and a host of other executive positions. Mr. Scott brought the first diversity nominees to such clients as SRA International and CNT (now Brocade Communications Systems). Mr. Scott's expertise and a network of connections in the government market-built through years of experience-have made him a trusted counselor who can ensure that executive searches strengthen his clients' strategic positioning and goals within this market.
Mr. Scott has been quoted in such publications as Business Week, Government Security News, The New York Times, WSJ Technology Daily, DC Examiner, Financial Times and Electronic Design. He has appeared on the Bloomsburg News Network discussing issues related to security and executive leadership. Mr. Scott is the Chairman for The Homeland Security and Defense Council's Membership Committee and serves on the board of directors for the Washington chapter of the USO. He is also an active member of the Tourette Syndrome Association and has been recognized in Who's Who in American Business. ESGI is a member of NDIA, InfraGard, and ASIS.
A graduate of Philadelphia University with a bachelor's degree in Management and Marketing, Mr. Scott resides in the Philadelphia area with his wife and son.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Managing Partner, Mid - Atlantic Region SolomonEdwards
John Moerman serves as a Partner with SolomonEdwards, where he leads the Mid-Atlantic Regional Practice. He brings over 25 years of experience in accounting, finance, operations and business process improvement. While with SolomonEdwards, John has led numerous engagements which have ranged from IPOs and accounting function relocation, to re-engineering, optimization, and strategic evaluation of a worldwide accounting function which included industry benchmarking and best practices recommendations. He has served over 50 clients during his tenure with SolomonEdwards. Additionally, John is heavily involved in the firm's Banking & Financial Services Industry Practice. John has performed complex accounting and operational business process improvement for large commercial and mortgage banks and has also led onsite teams for several bank closures during 2009 and 2010.
Prior to joining SolomonEdwards, John served in a number of accounting, finance, operations and general management roles for publicly traded enterprises including Comcast, GSI Commerce and SunCom Wireless. He began his career in the Audit Practice of Deloitte.
Job Titles:
- Founder and CEO of Snyderman Law Group
Marc is the founder and CEO of Snyderman Law Group as well as a Co-Founder of Apolline Group, LLC. He serves as an advisor and investor on start-ups ranging from Hangtime Media, a drone video content destination company to MAPay, LLC, a blockchain healthcare payment technology company.
Marc brings significant experience as a General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Chief Operating Officer assisting companies with myriad legal and business issues. He specializes in government contracting, technology, engineering and software development, risk management, employment law and strategic consulting as well as general corporate matters.
He served as Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel for Universal Technical Resource Services, Inc. (UTRS), a mid-tier international technology firm specializing in services to the US Government, where he shepherded significant growth and infrastructure development while mitigating risk across a diverse business model. Prior to joining UTRS, Marc was Director of Legal Administration for Insight Communications where he was involved in the IPO, multiple bond deals as well as large-scale acquisitions and litigation management. Before that Marc was a Corporate and Securities Associate at Ballon Stoll Bader & Nadler in NYC.
Marc received his Bachelor's degree cum laude in Political Science and Policy and Management Studies from Dickinson College and his Juris Doctor degree from Rutgers University School of Law. He has been admitted to practice law in New York and New Jersey since 1997.
Michael, with Clairvest since 2002, handles domain research and investment origination, structuring and execution. Prior to joining Clairvest, he worked as a management consultant at Monitor Company and as a marketing manager for the National Hockey League Players' Association. Michael earned his M.B.A. from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and a B.Comm. with honours from Queen's University at Kingston.