Mr. Davis leads Acorn Growth Companies' (Acorn) operations and investor development activities. He directs the early stage initiatives of the Firm, oversees portfolio company activities and provides direction for the execution of Acorn's investment strategy.

Mr. Davis brings to Acorn more than twenty-five years of experience as a business executive. He assisted with the formation, fundraising and placement of Acorn's initial investment funds.

He is the immediate Past Chairman of the Oklahoma Venture Forum, the primary  association of private equity and venture investors in Oklahoma.  Mr. Davis is a founder and former member of the Executive Committee of the Oklahoma Aerospace Alliance. He served as the Chairman of the Public Policy Committee and worked hard to help make the landmark Oklahoma aerospace engineering recruitment legislation a reality. He has been appointed to serve on the Oklahoma Governor's Task Force on Aerospace to consider and recommend an economic development strategy for the State. Previously, he served on the Commander's Executive Advisory Committee for Tinker Air Force Base.

He is a graduate of the University of Arkansas with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marketing from the Walton School of Business.  He is also a graduate of the Institute for Organization Management at Southern Methodist University, and he attended The Academy for Organization Management at the University of Notre Dame.

Mr. Nagel directs the latter-stage initiatives of Acorn Growth Companies, concentrating on the firm's acquisition, merger, and portfolio operating activities.  He serves in direct executive and oversight capacities for several firms held by Acorn, which include manufacturing, engineering services, applied sciences, maintenance, repair, and overhaul services, intelligence and surveillance operations, and specialty government leasing and financing.

Mr. Nagel holds a B.S. degree from the University of Oklahoma's College of Engineering in Environmental Science.  Before joining Acorn, he worked for Los Angeles, CA based Platinum Equity.

Mr. Nagel is a three-time "Metro 50" winner, awarded to the CEO's of the fastest growing companies in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area.  He is a member of the International Who's Who of Professionals, the Downtown Oklahoma City Rotary Club, and the Air Force Association.    

Mr. Nagel has served on numerous local, state, and national boards and commissions.  He is a current member of the Oklahoma Aerospace Association,  and is heavily involved with Boys & Girls Clubs of America - locally and nationally.

Mr. Thomas has more than thirty years of experience in business, including banking, where he owned interests in four commercial banks, including, with one investor, a majority interest in one downtown Oklahoma City bank, where he served as CEO, Chairman of the Board, and member of Executive Committees.

Mr. Thomas excels at creatively engineering complex financial opportunities with an emphasis on enhancing shareholder's value and mitigating risks. He has started and/or acquired more than 18 companies and led them to successful growth and development.

He is an accomplished commercial and industrial real estate developer and is an expert in sector-specific real estate development. The Tinker Business and Industrial Park ("TBIP"), adjacent to Tinker Air Force Base, conceived and developed by Thomas, serves as a working model of cluster development within a given targeted industry.

Jeff Morton serves as a Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer of Acorn Growth Companies serving their portfolio firms since 2005. Morton’s responsibilities include financial, tax, treasury, insurance and administrative support and oversight related to the identification, negotiation, due diligence, acquisition, operation and reporting of Acorn, its portfolio companies and the financial management of Acorn Funds.

Morton has over 30 years of financial management experience, as a senior manager with international public accounting firms for over nine years and as the chief financial officer of numerous public and private, small to medium size, companies, in various industries including energy, multiple unit restaurant operations, publishing, government contracting and banking. Morton has also been an entrepreneur who developed a multi-unit restaurant company in 1995 that was sold to his partners in 2003.

Most recently Morton served as the chief financial and administrative officer from 1999 thru 2005 for a defense contractor that has been in the aerospace and defense sector since 1982 and among other duties, was responsible for the management of all Federal and state contract negotiations, including the necessary approvals and compliance with procurement regulations. Additionally, in 2005, Morton served as the corporate controller for a $3 billion publicly-held bank.

Morton holds a top secret clearance with the Department of Defense and was appointed as an investor Board Member of the Oklahoma Life Science Fund I in 2004. During the 2006-2007 session, Morton serves in the position as President of the Oklahoma Venture Forum and has served on the OVF Board since 2002.

Darryl Wilkerson is president of AGC's Integrated Defense Group which includes AGC aerospace companies with synergies in maintenance, repair, overhaul (MRO), new and used aircraft sales, proprietary FAA certified aftermarket products, system integrations with emphasis on Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR), Fixed Base Operations (FBO), and turn-key government special mission air operations. He serves concurrently as President and CEO of Commuter Air Technology, Inc., President of Valair Aviation, and Vice President of Corporate Strategy at Acorn where he served as an Advisory Board Member from 2001 - 2005. He joined AGC in 2006, with 28 years of defense industry experience, and has full profit and loss (P&L) responsibility for the companies in his group.

Prior to his current position he served in advanced programs, program management, and business development roles at Teledyne Brown Engineering and L-3 Communications. He has extensive experience managing systems engineering and integration, modeling and simulation, LRIP manufacturing, contractor logistics, and field service operations in support of U.S. and foreign government and commercial customers.

Mr. Wilkerson began his aerospace career in 1978 with honorable service in the U.S. Air Force. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, and is a 2002 graduate of the University of Tennessee's Center for Executive Education.

He currently serves as a member of the National Defense Industrial Association, Air Force Association, USAF Logistics Officer Association, Army Aviation Association of America, Association of the US Army, National Contract Management Association, and the University of Oklahoma Chapter of the Gamma Beta Phi Society.

Mr. Hinaman joined Acorn in 2007 and is based in Washington, DC. Bob is a senior investment banker with over 25 years experience in global mergers and acquisitions and international capital markets. His primary industry focus is aerospace and defense and government IT, and he has been involved in over $10 billion of transactions over his banking career. Prior to joining Acorn Growth Companies, Bob was a partner at WWC Capital where he was responsible of origination and execution of aerospace and defense M&A and capital raising transactions. Prior to WWC, he headed a strategic/financial advisory firm advising private equity, hedge funds and family offices on developing business platforms in the commercial aerospace segment where he provided merger and acquisition deal strategy, deal execution and capital structuring advice.
 
At Jefferies Quarterdeck, Bob was responsible for origination and execution of M&A mandates for aerospace and defense clients including major systems integrators, middle market companies and private equity investors. He also originated equity, convertible and high yield debt transactions for middle market companies, and developed and expanded the firm’s European platform including management responsibilities for the firm’s London office.
 
Bob worked for over 20 years in Europe for both Chase Manhattan and Chemical Bank, and was Managing Director for Global Mergers and Acquisitions for Chase based in London and Frankfurt. He advised a number of European aerospace and defense companies as well as developed Chase’s M&A presence in Germany. He was non-executive Chairman from 1996-2000 of Huntsworth PLC , London Stock Exchange listed company providing market research, brand consulting and media services to healthcare, airline, retailing and information technology companies. Bob guided the company’s expansion into Europe and was instrumental in the sale of the company in 2000 to a new management team that had previously built the Shandwick business.
 
Bob holds an AB degree in mathematics and economics from Lafayette College and is a graduate of the London Business School.

Al Haase has more than 20 years of leadership experience in international business.  An executive with extensive technology management experience, expertise in general management, turn-arounds, start-ups, manufacturing, multinational sales / marketing, acquisitions/divestitures, and operations in both domestic and international settings.   

His background includes aerospace, wireless, systems, electronics, DoD, opto-electronics, satellite systems, microwave, and consulting, with industry leaders including TMC Aerospace, EMS Technologies, Ericsson, Texas Instruments, Andrew Corporation and SkyCross. 

Mr. Haase has led the successful growth and turnarounds of over 10 multi-nationals and Fortune 500 businesses.

Most recently, Mr. Haase is the President and CEO of AGC Composites Group, represents an international aerospace firm which owns and operates a portfolio of companies focused on the composites/structural sector of the commercial and defense aerospace industry. 

Previously, Mr. Haase was the President and CEO of TMC Aerospace.  A leader in the aerospace industry which provides state of the art insulation, acoustic, advanced composites, plastics, textiles as well as repair services for the interior of aircrafts for both OEM and aftermarket customers.  Mr. Haase led the company through a period of high growth and improved margins that eventually led to a successful sale of the enterprise.

Mr. Haase sits on several boards, and has held advisory roles at the Canadian Space Agency as well as advanced technology companies.

Mr. Haase actively consults with many Wall Street firms on industry trends, company valuations and performance in the high tech sector.

Mr. Haase, a sought after lecturer in electrical engineering and wireless communications, led a team to create the Centre for Wireless Communications at the University of Waterloo, in Ontario Canada.  This was a first of its kind comprehensive graduate program in wireless communication.  Mr. Haase was also part of the leadership team to create the Center for Advanced Telecommunications Systems and Services (CATSS) at the University of Texas at Dallas - a program that performs forward looking research and development in wireless and optical networking. 

Mr. Haase earned an MBA from the University of Texas at Dallas, a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University and a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Lawrence Technological University.

Mr. Barnett joined Acorn Growth Companies (AGC) in December 2008 and is based in Acorn's Salt Lake City, Utah office.  AGC's Business Development organization serves its portfolio of aerospace and defense companies, by training and supporting their diverse business development, sales, and marketing requirements. 

Prior to joining Acorn Growth Companies, Todd was Vice President of Shipley Associates' Business Development Consulting business.  He oversaw the business development campaigns of several tier one, two, and three aerospace, defense, IT, and professional services firms.  He also worked extensively with small businesses, training and coaching them on how to initiate and capture DoD and OEM programs.

During the past ten years of his career, Todd has held a number of business development, sales, management, and leadership positions.  He is a certified facilitator for FranklinCovey’s Sales Performance Group, and has served on several business and community boards.

Todd has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Information Systems from the University of Utah and an MBA from Oklahoma Christian University.

As the Director of Finance & Business Services, Carlisle assists with numerous items including: operational accounting and finance for a few of Acorn Growth Companies' portfolio companies, accounting systems management, financial modeling, organizational activities, due diligence, HR process improvement and data analysis.

While earning her degree, Carlisle was contracted by several organizations as a database analyst and accounting support personnel, including Acorn.  In the spring of 2008, Carlisle graduated from Oklahoma State University with honors in International Business and a minor in Economics.  During her time at OSU, she was in the top four percent of her junior class, became a lifetime member of the International Business Honors Society of Beta Gamma Sigma, and on the President's and Dean's Honor roll multiple times. Upon completion, she became a fulltime contributor and employee of Acorn Growth Companies.

Prior to earning her degree, Carlisle had 20 years experience in the technology field as Manager of Sales and Customer Support at a regional telecommunications firm, Operations and Production at a food manufacturing company and Database Manager for an office products firm.  She currently is a board member of two companies whose annual revenues have increased over 30% over the last five years.

Jennyfer Guebert joined Acorn Growth Companies as the Director of Strategic Marketing and Communications to support the growing portfolio of companies under the AGC Aerospace & Defense brand.  She is responsible for the marketing strategy – including branding, advertising and media relations – for AGC Aerospace & Defense.

Guebert came to AGC Aerospace & Defense from L-3 Integrated Systems where she worked in the Business Development organization leading competitive intelligence and market research activities.  Guebert’s professional experience also includes seven years as a communications consultant for a global consulting company.  

Guebert has a Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Richmond.