Rodney Rice was a member of the founding team of Einstein/Noah Bagel Corp. where he served as vice president of finance and helped take the company public in 1996. Prior to joining Einstein/Noah Bagel Corp., he worked at Merrill Lynch within the Equity Capital Markets Group in the firm's New York office, as well as with the Corporate Finance and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups in the Houston office, specializing in the domestic and South American energy markets. Rodney has been a featured industry speaker within the local marketing and real estate industries, appearing in venues such as Kelsey's Directory Driven Commerce, StartUp BaseCamp and Inman News' Real Estate Connect Conference. Additionally, in 2004, he was named one of the Denver Business Journal's "40 Under Forty". Rodney holds a BBA in Finance and International Business from the University of Texas. |