Matt Sodl, President, Managing Director and Co-Founder

As Managing Director and Co-Founder of Innovation Capital, Mr. Sodl brings to the firm more than ten years of investment banking experience in the gaming, hospitality and entertainment industries. Mr. Sodl has served in senior positions at Merrill Lynch, Schroder Wertheim and Murphy Noell. Mr. Sodl has successfully orchestrated public debt and equity offerings, restructurings, merger and acquisition transactions and private placements for more than 100 clients over the course of his career. Mr. Sodl leads an investment banking practice that has been among the most active in the middle market in the gaming and hospitality segment. Mr. Sodl is widely quoted in business and news publications including The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, BusinessWeek and the Las Vegas Sun and was named to Investor Dealers' Digest's "40 under 40" list in 2006.

Mr. Sodl's client base includes public and private gaming operators, Native American entities, management groups, equipment manufacturers and private investor groups. Mr. Sodl's past clients have included MGM Mirage, Mandalay Resort Group, Caesars Entertainment, Aladdin Gaming Holdings, CKE Restaurants, Furr's Restaurant Group, SunCruz Casinos, President Casinos, Nevada Gold and Casinos, American Racing and Entertainment and Jumer's Casino Rock Island. In aggregate, Mr. Sodl has been involved in transactions aggregating over $20 billion over the course of his career.

Mr. Sodl earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Columbia University and a Masters of Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from The Anderson School at the University of California, Los Angeles. Mr. Sodl has served as a speaker at a number of gaming conferences pertaining to topics involving the capital markets and corporate finance.