Powers brings to ROTH significant expertise in both the domestic and China market, the latter complementing the firm's significant China presence. At ROTH, he will support the firm's continuing expansion in China, including servicing Hong Kong-based funds and clients.

Powers' representative China transactions include Chindex International (Nasdaq:CHDX), China Security & Surveillance Technology (NYSE:CSR), and China Water and Drinks (OTCBB:CWDK), which announced in May 2008 that it will be acquired by Heckmann Corp. (NYSE:HEK) for $625 million.

During his career, Powers has raised $1 billion in private placements, including PIPE (Private Investment in Public Equity) transactions, for micro cap companies in a variety of sectors including health care, technology, consumer, energy and financial services.

He joins ROTH from Pennsylvania-based Kildare Capital. Prior to Kildare he was with Oppenheimer & Co., where he led the PIPEs Group. Still earlier, he was with Emerging Growth Equities, Boenning & Scattergood and Penn Merchant Group.

About Roth Capital Partners, LLC:

With corporate headquarters in Newport Beach, California and offices in strategic locations in the Western United States and Shanghai, China, Roth Capital Partners, LLC is a full service investment bank serving corporate and institutional clients throughout the world. Offering a wide array of investment banking services including: initial public offerings, follow-ons, PIPEs, private placements, mergers and acquisitions, investment research, and institutional sales and trading, the firm is perhaps best known for finding, funding and fostering the growth of emerging companies. It is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA"), and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). Visit the Roth Capital Partners website at www.roth.com.