
Adam J. Epstein is a director of OCZ Technology Group, and acts as a special advisor to numerous small-cap boards and investment funds through his firm, Third Creek Advisors, LLC (“TCA”).
Prior to founding TCA, Epstein co-founded and was a principal of Enable Capital Management, LLC (“ECM”), an investment firm which provides financing to publicly-traded growth companies. During his lengthy tenure, ECM’s funds invested in more than 500 equity, convertible, and debt financings in the United States, the European Union, and Australasia. Epstein was primarily responsible for deal origination, and operational and legal due diligence, and assisted with structuring and managing investments. Epstein was a member of ECM’s investment committee, and often represented ECM on panel discussions at both capital markets and venture capital industry conferences.
Before ECM, Epstein held senior operating roles with Enable Capital, LLC, a merchant bank, Surge Components, a vendor of discrete capacitors and semiconductors, MailEncrypt, a provider of encrypted email services, Tickets.com, an entertainment ticketing company, and Achilles' Wheels, an operator of skate and snowboard retail locations.
Epstein started his career as an attorney at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, after having been a law clerk at Willkie Farr & Gallagher.
Epstein has appeared on CNN and ABC News, was featured in the The Wall Street Journal, and has lectured and written extensively about law, entrepreneurship, corporate finance, and technology.
Epstein earned a Juris Doctor from Boston University, and a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Vassar College.
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