David N. Baker is Managing Member and Owner/Operator of Mercadyne Automated Properties LLC, a portfolio of self storage facilities, which he acquired, redeveloped and turned around to become cash flow positive. Mr. Baker is also Managing Member of Mercadyne Advisors LLC, providing a going public accelerator for private companies, corporate advisory for micro-cap and small-cap public companies and digital exposure for companies seeking to complete offering campaigns and expand their investment community visibility. Mr. Baker has led as investment principal, originating, structuring, financing and investing in alternative going public transactions for numerous emerging growth companies, as well as advising them at all stages of their corporate lifecycle, from startup through subsequent public financings. Additionally, he serves as a director of companies in which he is a material stakeholder. As principal of three previous small cap/micro-cap, non-correlated, hedge funds and two advisory firms during his career, Mr. Baker has directly invested in more than 200 small cap/micro cap financings. Co-authored two financial analytics patents, including a design for product/service hierarchy database for market competition and investment analysis, as well as a patent for a granular method for index performance by sector. These issued patents were the basis of a Company he co-founded (Revere Data LLC fka Sectorbase) that was eventually acquired by Factset Data Systems, Inc. Recently, he Co-founded IDM Social to provide public and going public companies with social media and digital marketing that identifies undiscovered audiences of prospective investors and provides continuous and global exposure to issuers.