David Rose

David Rose
is the Managing Partner of Crawford Capital. Mr. Rose has been in the investment industry since 1986, first in an investment banking role with Merrill Lynch, then as Senior Director of Investment Banking for a New England based investment bank, and since 1998 as Partner with Crawford Capital.

Mr. Rose began his management career with a Fortune 500 company in 1978, and was promoted frequently, reaching executive ranks with global responsibilities for business development.

Prior to forming Crawford Capital, Mr. Rose invested in and served as interim CEO of several technology companies and successfully provided investors with superior rates of return on their investments.

Mr. Rose has developed significant global expertise while leading the development of these technology companies into emerging markets in Asia, Australia, South America and Europe. This combination of Fortune 500 expertise and CEO experience of emerging technology companies, allows Mr. Rose to fully understand the complex issues facing the CEO's of Crawford's portfolio companies.

Mr. Rose completed graduate executive education programs at the Wharton School of Business and received a Bachelors' degree in Marketing and Finance from Purdue University in 1978.