Pacific Growth Equities Expands Clean Technology & Industrial Growth Banking Team

Market Wire, May, 2007

Pacific Growth Equities, an investment bank specializing in and focused on emerging growth companies, announced today that Melody L. Jones has joined the Firm's Corporate Finance department as Senior Vice President focusing on Clean Technology and Industrial Growth.

"Pacific Growth Equities is dedicated to the Clean Technology and Industrial Growth sector," said Thomas J. Dietz, co-CEO. "We are committed to assisting growth companies worldwide in the space with innovative ideas and first-class deal execution and believe Melody's broad range of expertise and depth of knowledge will be an asset to our corporate clients while playing a vital role in our rapidly growing franchise."

Melody joins Pacific Growth Equities from SVB Alliant, the investment-banking arm of Silicon Valley Bank, where she was a Vice President focused on M&A for companies in Clean Technology and Data Storage. Melody began her Wall Street career in 2000 at JP Morgan as an Associate in Technology, Media and Telecom Investment Banking. Melody received her MBA from the Wharton School, Masters in International Studies from the Lauder School at the University of Pennsylvania and BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, San Diego.

Pacific Growth Equities will be hosting its 2007 Clean Technology and Industrial Growth Conference November 7-8 at the W Hotel in San Francisco. The two-day conference will showcase over 100 next-generation public and private companies within the alternative energy, alternative fuels, energy technology, water technology, remediation and pollution control, manufacturing technologies and materials science sectors.

About Pacific Growth Equities, LLC

Pacific Growth Equities is an investment bank specializing in and focused on emerging growth companies. With offices in San Francisco and Boston, the Firm's principal areas of focus are within the life sciences and technology sectors as well as identifying special growth situations. Employee owned, Pacific Growth Equities offers a full range of investment banking and brokerage services including public equity offerings, private equity offerings, proprietary sell-side research, and M&A and strategic advisory services. For more information, please visit the website at www.pacificgrowthequities.com . Member NASD, SIPC.

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