Management Team
Thomas P. Harrison
Managing Director
Before co-founding Diamond Creek, Mr. Harrison was a Managing Director with Roth Capital Partners where he co-managed RCP's Debt Capital Markets / Private Placements Group. Prior to joining Roth Capital Mr. Harrison was a Senior Vice President / Business Development Officer with Wells Fargo Foothill, a leading commercial finance company with over $20 billion in loan commitments. During his twenty-year career in the senior debt and asset-based lending industries, Mr. Harrison has personally negotiated and closed over two hundred leveraged transactions aggregating in excess of $2.8 billion in medium-high risk loans and investments. He has worked in virtually every facet of secured lending including senior management, marketing, underwriting, account management and credit administration.
Mr. Harrison has been a frequent guest speaker and panel member at a number of industry conferences including the Association for Corporate Growth's Annual Middle Market Conference - Mergers, Acquisitions, and Finance; the Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA) Annual Investment Capital Conference; as well as the American Electronics Association (AEA) Regional Conference. Mr. Harrison received his B.S degree in Economics from Allegheny College in Pennsylvania and his M.B.A. degree from Pepperdine University.
Rosemary H. Nguyen
Managing Director
Ms. Nguyen is an active investor with portfolio companies include The Inventure Group, Café Valley, Help-U-Sell, Eplan LLC, Diamond Creek Capital, Orchid Management LLC. Investments are in excess of $1 million per company.
From 1995 to 2006, Ms. Nguyen worked as founder and Managing Partner of iCapital Finance, an investment banking firm with focus in equity and debt placement for small to mid market companies. Prior to founding iCapital Finance, Ms.Nguyen was CFO then CEO of the US operation of ACAL Electronics LTD, London Stock Exchange (LSE:ACL) during her tenure from 1984 to 1992.
Ms.Nguyen holds a B.A. in Business Administration with concentration in Accounting from California State University, Fullerton.