Dennis is Chair of Procopio's Corporate and Securities Practice Group and Team Leader for the Business and Technology Team. He has participated in more than 375 corporate finance transactions, including corporate, securities, mergers and acquisitions and venture financing. Dennis’s practice focuses on buyers and sellers in mergers, stock and asset purchases, management buyouts and related transactions. He has extensive experience with formations, corporate stock issuances, recapitalizations and reorganizations, stock restriction agreements, officers and directors advice, equity incentives/compensation, higher education compliance/governance, securities compliance and corporate governance. Dennis is also an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego School of Law.

John Kirschbaum, SCST LLC, An Atlas Company, President & COO

John joined SCST in early 2014 as an investor, Chief Operating Officer, and Managing Partner.  He oversaw operations and strategies that more than doubled the size of SCST (employees and revenue), expanding their geographic reach throughout Southern California and into the Midwest.  Prior to joining SCST, John served as a Senior VP of Federal Programs CB&I’s (formerly Shaw Group) Government Solutions group.  In that role, he was responsible for establishing and executing the strategic vision for a division of over 3,000 employees that generated over $1 billion in revenue and pursued more than $4 billion in new opportunities annually.  Mr. Kirschbaum graduated from the University of Nebraska with a degree with honors in Civil Engineering, and is a registered Professional Engineer.

William Ulmer, SCST LLC, An Atlas Company, Executive V.P. & CFO

Bill is responsible for the overall financial operations, including the contract negotiations of all work performed by SCST. He has over 20 years of engineering management experience in the disciplines of construction, environmental remediation, and nuclear engineering. After a seven year career in the United States Navy as a nuclear propulsion officer, Bill spent the next ten years co-founding and managing a San Diego-based environmental engineering firm before joining SCST.  He has a B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California and an MBA from San Diego State University.