Who We Are

Who We Are

Emerging Growth Research, LLC is like no other financial services or financial communications firm in the industry today. We combine elements of independent stock analysis, merchant banking, investor relations, public relations and management consulting into a unique offering that serves both investors and corporate issuers. The principles at Emerging Growth Research are senior securities industry and corporate executives — all of whom have at least 20 years of experience. We are highly-selective in the companies we choose to represent and recommend to the investing public. When we do find a company that meets our rigorous criteria, we move aggressively to provide it with the capital, managerial expertise and access to investors so that we — and the general investing public — can realize significant non-economic gain on invested capital.

The Team

Joseph Noel
President

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Joseph Noel is a 29-year veteran of the investment and technology industries and the intrepid leader of Emerging Growth Research. Mr. Noel was recently a senior analyst at Pacific Growth Equities, LLC, where he tracked the emerging growth and advanced industrial sectors. Prior to Pacific Growth Equities, he covered growth companies at Hambrecht & Quist and was employed by Gartner/Dataquest as a communications industry analyst. Before becoming an analyst, Mr. Noel received solid industry experience at a number of major corporations including MCI where he was responsible for the frame relay product marketing launch; and British Telecom, where he was involved in strategic planning for the company’s Internet access service. He was also employed by various Bell Operating Companies in both marketing and technical roles for nearly ten years. Mr. Noel received his MBA in finance from Wake Forest University and holds a BS in business and economics. A four-time Wall Street Journal All-Star Analyst, Mr. Noel specializes in emerging growth companies in the biotech, medical, telecommunications, Internet and advanced industrial equipment sectors.

Carrie A. Snyder
Principal Analyst

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Ms. Snyder is a 12-year investment industry veteran. She has experience working with clients across a wide range of industry sectors and has managed all aspects of the transaction execution process including deal origination, valuation and financial modeling, creation of offering memorandums, management presentations and related deal documentation, identification of potential buyers/investors, management road shows and due diligence. She has advised on multiple M&A transactions totaling over $5.0 billion and on more than $8.0 billion in public and private debt and equity financings.

Ms. Snyder also worked in equity research where she helped maintain research coverage of 19 communications equipment, telecom and technology companies and initiated coverage of nine new companies. Her experience in equity research includes analyzing the coverage universe according to corporate strategy and business plan execution, financial performance and operating metrics, valuation and investment returns, trading statistics, industry competitiveness and strategic positioning. She was also responsible for making investment recommendations to institutional investors, including daily briefings to the sales and trading force. Ms. Snyder began her investment banking career in 1997 at JP Morgan Chase in New York City, and later moved to Salomon Smith Barney in 2000. In July 2003, she joined Pacific Growth Equities in San Francisco as part of the equity research team.

Ms. Snyder returned to investment banking in 2005 with Wells Fargo Securities and later joined Nollenberger Capital Partners. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University, where she served as the President of the Graduate Student Consulting Group, and a Master of Arts from the George Washington University ’s Elliott School of International Affairs. She also served as a Graduate Intern in the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Senate. Ms. Snyder conducted her undergraduate studies at the University of California, Davis and Los Angeles, receiving BA degrees in both economics and psychology in addition to a minor in German.

Christian Kirsebom
Director, Report Analysis & Production

Mr. Kirsebom has more than 15 years of experience in both corporate finance and institutional sales and trading. He was recently with Jefferies & Company, where he was responsible for the firm’s Scandinavian institutional trading business. Prior to that, he was a Partner at Pacific Growth Equities, Inc. where he served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance Group and then later as a Partner on the sales and trading desk covering European Institutions. He was a Senior Vice President at Hambrecht & Quist in their Institutional Sales department (now part of JP Morgan), which was a leading technology investment bank. Mr. Kirsebom and started his banking career at Van Kasper & Company (acquired by Wells Fargo), where he performed a wide range of corporate finance services, including M&A, private placements and public offerings. He received a Candidatus Magisterii degree in Economic History and Political Science from the University of Oslo, Norway and an MBA from the University of San Francisco.

Thomas K. Shea

Prior to joining Emerging Growth Research LLC, Mr. Shea was a Director at Shareholder Development Group, an investor relations firm specializing in small and micro cap companies where his focus was on business development and cultivating client relationships. Prior to that, Mr. Shea was a 16-year veteran of the Banking and Finance Industry, more recently holding the title of President/Owner of American Financial Lending, a broker and lender in the commercial and residential lending arena. Mr. Shea received substantial banking experience at some of the top financial firms in the industry were he was the recipient of many performance awards. Attending Western Michigan University , his course of study was Business Administration with a minor in Marketing. Mr. Shea specializes in the research and discovery of under-valued “small cap” companies with market potential, where he provides a strategic plan for communications and capital sourcing.