Mr. Rogers is a Principal of Ewing Capital Partners, LLC, an investment banking firm founded in 2003 and a partner in Peter Browning Partners, LLC, a provider of advisory services to public-company boards.  He previously served as Senior Vice President of Intrepid Capital Corporation, an investment banking and asset management firm, from 2002 to 2003; President of Rogers & Company, Inc., a private investment banking boutique, from 1998 to 2002; Managing Director of KPMG BayMark Capital LLC, and the investment banking practice of KPMG, from 1995 to 1997; and Senior Vice President - Investment Banking of Interstate/Johnson Lane Corporation, an investment banking firm, from 1986 to 1995 where he also served as a director from 1990 to 1995. Mr. Rogers also serves as a director of two private companies: Ewing Capital Partners, LLC and Forest Commercial Bank.