ROTH Capital Names New Research Positions, Creates Director of Marketing Position.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- ROTH Capital Partners, LLC has announced that it has promoted Mark Tobin to Director of Research; Jeff Martin, CFA to Director of Operations, Research; John Ma, CFA Director of China Research and Isabel Mattson-Pain to Director of Marketing.

Mr. Tobin joined ROTH

in May 2005 and has been a Senior Research Analyst covering Energy and Industrial Technologies. In his previous role as Director of China Research, Mr. Tobin significantly enhanced ROTH's China coverage, allowing the firm to become recognized as a leader in the sector.

Prior to joining ROTH, Mr. Tobin worked in the Aerospace/Defense industry as a Manager and Senior Systems Engineer with Science Applications International Corporation and the US Air Force. He also served as a NATO delegate and coordinated with various government agencies to create and enforce export policies for military technologies. Mr. Tobin graduated with honors from the US Air Force Academy and received an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh, Katz Graduate School of Business.

Prior to his role as Director of Operations, Research, Mr. Martin was a Senior Research Analyst covering the Business Services sector. In 2004, Mr. Martin was named to the Wall Street Journal's "Best on the Street" analyst survey, honoring the nation's top sell-side equity analysts. He was the #1 ranked analyst in the US for the casino industry sector. Additionally in 2004, the Forbes.com/StarMine- North American Analyst Survey recognized Mr. Martin as a top Industry Earnings Estimator in Hotels Restaurants & Leisure.

Mr. Martin joined ROTH in 2002 from RedChip Review, where he covered the technology and business services sectors. He was awarded departmental honors in Business Economics at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon and graduated cum laude from Willamette's M.B.A. program. He is a CFA Charterholder and a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Orange County.

Mr. Ma is Director of China Research and Chief Representative at ROTH's Representative Office in Shanghai, China. He joined ROTH in 2006 as an International Research Analyst and focuses on China-related securities. Prior to joining Roth, Mr. Ma was a portfolio manager at Innovus Financial Solutions, a Houston wealth management firm affiliated with AIG American General. Prior to Innovus, he was a senior financial consultant at FleetBoston Financial (now a Bank of America company). Mr. Ma received his BA in journalism from Fudan University in China, MA in mass communication from Louisiana State University, and an MBA in finance from the University of Houston. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.