David A. Roth, M.Div., BA, CMI, CCS, CFS 

Joined CSC Capital Group in 2001. Currently, Principal Broker of a cash flow and commercial finance company, Freedom Funding. Graduate of Eastern Washington University, 1968, and Fuller Theological Seminary, Graduate School of Divinity. Certified as capital specialist, mortgage investor, and factoring specialist. Served in U.S. Army during Vietnam, honorably discharged. Responsible for the Firm's alternative funding strategies, specializing in Private Equity, Venture Capital, Merchant Banking and Asset Based credit facilities. David can be reached at

David A. Brown, MBA, BA 

Joined CSC Capital Group in 1996. Currently, Chief Financial Officer with Woodcrafters Lumber and Hardware Co. Previously, Staff Accountant at Siltec Silicon and Oberson Oil. Graduate of Portland State University, 2002, and Western Baptist College, 1997. Member of the Institute of Managment Accountants. Responsible for overseeing the Management Information Systems of the Firm as well as conducting advanced financial modeling for both clients and private holdings. Also, performs acquisition evaluations and options and warrants modeling. David can be reached at

Patricia A. Stanford 

Joined CSC Capital Group in 1995. Previously with leading Silicon Valley REIT. Attended San Jose State University, 1980, Graduate Healds Business College, 1982. Responsible for the management of the Firm's group members,  overseeing all business origination data-bases, as well as all administrative and accounting matters of the Firm. Patricia can be reached at

John E. Karpac, CPA, BA 

Joined CSC Capital Group in 2001. Currently, Principal of McCarter, Hamilton & Karpac, a national business debt restructuring firm specializing in the European Approach to Debt Mediation. Graduate of Rider College, 1970 and Member of the International Association of Business Mediation Consultants. Also, a Principal of US Business Capital (USBC). USBC works with CSC Capital Group as a Direct Lender to provide the "Entrepreneurial Line of Credit Program" to clients needing working capital. USBC specializes in Accounts Receivable Financing for business. USBC also advises CSC Capital Group in identifying lenders or arranging for a consortium of lenders to finance the Firm's restructuring clients and acquisition targets. John can be reached at

Robert W. Ruck, MBA, BA, CPA 

Joined CSC Capital Group in 2001. Currently, Principal of Robert W. Ruck, CPA, LLC. Previously, Senior Manager for Deloitte & Touche (San Francisco office) where he specialized in tax planning and structuring for M&A clients. Graduate of Oregon State University, 1975, and Lincoln University, 1997. He oversees the tax planning and tax structuring aspects of the Firm, as well as restructuring clients and acquisition targets. Robert can be reached at

Richard B. Potter, AAMS, BA

Joined CSC Capital Group in 2005. Currently a Financial Consultant with A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. A graduate of Washington State University, School of Business and Economics, 1984. He holds both a Series 7 & 66. He holds the Accredited Asset Management Specialist designation from the College for Financial Planning. He assists the Firm in providing Comprehensive Financial Planning and Wealth Management services to clients including Estate Planning, Business Succession Planning, Business & Individual Life, Special Needs, Individual Retirement Planning and Business Retirement Plans. Richard can be reached at

Rod Austin BS, MA, CPhil

Joined CSC Capital Group in 2008. Previously, Rod was the Vice President for Business Development and Operations at Platinum Equity, a $10B private equity firm, where he was responsible for identifying acquisition candidates, performing due diligence and developing valuation. Post acquisition, he served in various interim management roles including VP Sales and Marketing.

Previous business experience includes the CEO at Foresight Software and at ProfitKey International, the VP for Latin American Operations at D & B Software, and the VP of Sales at National Data Corporation.
Prior to his business career, he was a research economist at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica, and an Assistant Professor of economics at California State University.

Rod is a graduate of Santa Clara University, and received his Masters and C.Phil degrees in economics from UCLA where he was a Fulbright Scholar. Rod can be reached at

Stephanie Donaldson

Joined CSC Capital Group in 2007. She has extensive experience in the Building Materials Industry. Previously, executive administrator for D.C. Builders LLC. Prior to her administrative work she managed one of Home Depot's shipping and receiving operations. Graduate of Washington Business School, 1998. Responsible for managing the firms business development. Overall responsible for the public relations aspect of the firm which includes market research, initiating prospective client contacts, following up leads, submitting firms industry news to magazines, and managing the firms seminars. She can be reached at