JD Morris

Current

• Vice Chairman at Catalina Capital Partners Inc.
• Special Partner at Red Hook Capital

Past

• Board of Advisors at Ideal4Investors
• Managing Director at Pierce Financial Corp
• Analyst at Jupiter Communications

• Vice President at HSBC
• Director at Lockheed Martin
• Senior Manager at MCI Communications
• Staff at US Congress
• Owner at Morris Enterprises
• Staff at Bell Atlantic
• Staff at J.J.M.A.
• Manager at Daily Press

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Education

• The George Washington University
• Hampden-Sydney College

Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

Websites

• My Company
• My Company

JD Morris’s Summary

CONTACT:

E-mail: jdm.private@RedHookCapital.com
Phone: (202) 744-1503

J David Morris (JD) focuses on buyouts starting at $5 million EBITA and S.E.A. Program (See Slide Show on FULL PROFILE). He also serves on the board of advisors and board of directors of several private and publicly traded companies.

He is a General Partner of Red Hook Capital. He also has served in leadership roles in strategy, corporate and business development for Lockheed Martin, MCI Corp., and other companies where he played key roles in the creation and development of several new ventures.

JD's investment banking background has resulted in many successful deals. JD advises clients ranging on business strategy, mergers and acquisitions, revenue models and future growth opportunities.

He has been a speaker at various industry forums, has been quoted in numerous leading publications, such as the Wall Street Journal, and has made several appearances on CNET and CNBC.

He received a B.A. in economics with mathematics from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia and Omega Rho student with focus in operations research (#4 country) from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

JD Morris’s Specialties:

Buyouts ($5 million plus EBITDA),
LBO ( Leverage Buy Out ),
MBO ( Management Buy Out ),
Hedge Fund,
M&A,
Deal Source,
Board of Advisors,
Board of Directors,

JD Morris’s Experience

• Vice Chairman

  Catalina Capital Partners Inc.

  (Financial Services industry)

  March 2006 — Present (3 years 9 months)

  Catalina Capital Partners is a spin-off that will become a holding company for acquisitions. Catalina focuses on identifying complex and under-valued situations where Catalina can execute a clear strategy to unlock hidden value.

• Special Partner

  Red Hook Capital

  (Privately Held; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  January 1998 — Present (11 years 11 months)

  Company provides Board of Directors to growth companies. We work with early to Fortune 500 companies. We invest in select companies. Current investment focus on companies with $5 million plus in EBITDA.

• Board of Advisors

  Ideal4Investors

  (Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

  January 2006 — June 2009 (3 years 6 months)

  An investment network with 140,000 online members, including 2,000 accredited investors.

• Managing Director

  Pierce Financial Corp

  (Investment Banking industry)

  October 2000 — May 2004 (3 years 8 months)

  Managing Director
  
  SAMPLE CLIENTS:
  • Bell Atlantic International (Mobile carrier)
  • Bermuda Digital Communication Ltd. (Mobile carrier)
  • Bulwark Technologies (Software)
  • Counterpart, Inc. (Consulting & Publications)
  • Digicon (Government Contractor)
  • Enfotec (Softswitch)
  • Esetel Inc. (Government Contractor)
  • Ferro.NET (Railroad cabling company)
  • IDS, Inc. (Healthcare)
  • International Telephone Corporation (Telecom holding)
  • J.J. McMullen Inc. (Government Contractor)
  • MCI Corp. (Telecom holding company)
  • Platinum Equity (Private Equity)
  • PRC (Government Contractor)
  • Satphone Telecommunications Service Ltd. (Mobile Carrier)
  • Teligent (CLEC)
  • Texas Pacific Group (Venture Capital and Private Equity)
  • Thoma Cressey Equity Partners (Private Equity)
  • Triton Systems Inc. (Government Contractor)
  • Vitech America (PC manufacturer)
  • Washington Capital Partners (Venture Capital)
  • WinStar (CLEC)

• Analyst

  Jupiter Communications

  (Market Research industry)

  October 1999 — October 2000 (1 year 1 month)

  Provided strategy to company executives and met with Fortune 100 and startup CEOs daily. Published more than 20 articles and reports on Broadband, Wireless and other Internet related industry research.
  
  Jupiter Communications was acquired by MediaMetrix and is a leading strategy company. During my employment the company IPOed on NASDAQ at $21 a share with Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette, Deutsche Banc Alex Brown, Thomas Weisel Partners, and DLJdirect as underwriters.

• Vice President

  HSBC

  (Public Company; HBC; Banking industry)

  October 1998 — October 1999 (1 year 1 month)

  Investment Banking

• Director

  Lockheed Martin

  (Public Company; LMT; Defense & Space industry)

  September 1997 — October 1998 (1 year 2 months)

  As Director of New Ventures, my goal was to acquired or invested in companies. During my tenure, more than $750 million in acquisitions and investments occurred with a market value of more than $2 billion.

• Senior Manager

  MCI Communications

  (Public Company; MCIP; Telecommunications industry)

  August 1991 — September 1997 (6 years 2 months)

  In 1991, MCI was a growth company with growth/post merger problems that I helped solve. The Telecommunications Bill of 1996 ended its tracking stock strategy for a local phone company that I helped develop. In 1997, MCI had $21 billion in revenue with British Telecom investing $5 billion in the company and planned merger. I served a strategy role after the Telecom Bill and MCImetro was rolled back into the company.

• Staff

  US Congress

  (Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

  June 1991 — December 1991 (7 months)

  Created internship program to expose me to workings of U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate and Committees. Worked in offices of Rep. Frank Wolf (VA), Sen. John Warner (VA) and Senate Small Business Committee.

• Owner

  Morris Enterprises

  (Financial Services industry)

  October 1987 — May 1991 (3 years 8 months)

  This is a company I founded to support my way through college and graduate school. We specialized in accounting and business development to 20 clients in the Washington, DC area.

• Staff

  Bell Atlantic

  (Public Company; VZ; Telecommunications industry)

  May 1990 — September 1990 (5 months)

  Bell Atlantic International invested in international telecommunications companies.

• Staff

  J.J.M.A.

  (Privately Held; Defense & Space industry)

  May 1987 — September 1987 (5 months)

  J.J.M.A. was a marine architect firm acquired by Alion Science.

• Manager

  Daily Press

  (Privately Held; Printing industry)

  October 1982 — May 1987 (4 years 8 months)

  Started as paper boy and worked my way up to area to manager responsible for 52 paper boys with top P&L results for managers.

JD Morris’s Education

• The George Washington University

  Engineering and Financial Re-Engineering 1992 — 1997

  Activities and Societies:

  Omega Rho

• Hampden-Sydney College

  BA , Economics , 1987 — 1991

Additional Information

JD Morris’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Company

JD Morris’s Interests:

Conferences, Entrepreneurship, Investing, Politics, Public Speaking, Sailing, Tech Toys,

JD Morris’s Groups:

Former Member of past grous such as:
Association for Corp. Growth (ACG)
Mid-Atlantic Venture Association (MAVA)
Los Angles Venture Association (LAVA)
and others upon request.

•    StreetTech
•    Blue: The DallasBlue Business Network (25,000+ members)
•    Earlystage.com Entrepreneurs
•    The George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science
•    OpenNetworker.com
•    Private Equity and Venture Capital Group
•    Consultants Network
•    Hedge Fund Group (HFG)
•    Hedge Fund Network
•    Private Equity Investment Group
•    CXO (CEO, COO, CKO, CFO, CMO, CAO, CVO, CDO, CRO, CLO, CSO & CTO) Community
•    Investor Network by Ideal4Investors
•    Accredited Investor Report
•    Southern California Venture Capital Community
•    Foreign eXchange TRADER Network
•    Open Networking using XING, Facebook, and other tools to Link
•    Hedge Fund Ratings
•    COMPANIES FOR SALE (Buy or sell a business worldwide)
•    Exit Strategy ( Building wealth through strong company )

JD Morris’s Honors:

Omega Rho Honor Society

Over 15 publication: Mobile IQ Test 01/10/2000; Jupiter’s Trends and Outlook: Bandwidth & Access Strategies, 12/1999; Broadband Needs Application Development, 11/22/1999; Open Access Broadband, 12/13/1999; Jupiter’s On-Line Music Industry, 11/1999; Jupiter’s Wireless Broadband Access: Await Rural Focus Before Partnering, 11/1999 ; Others upon request such as "International Business Practices" in 1993
.

JD Morris’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch