William Rose is a Partner at Valencia Capital, a private equity firm focused on providing businesses with leadership and growth opportunities. He has more than 25 years of experience in corporate marketing with a strong expertise in re-branding, e-marketing, consumer acquisition strategies and marketing process improvement. William is currently the Chief Marketing Officer at Verosity Marketing.

Formerly, William headed up Catalina Marketing, which operates one of the world’s largest consumer transaction databases. William also acted as Vice President of Marketing for Knaack Manufacturing and Director of Product Development and Internet Marketing for ClosetMaid.

William excels at infusing creative energy, spearheading sophisticated marketing practices, and identifying growth opportunities.

William holds a Master of Business Administration degree with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Florida State University. He is currently an instructor for the groundbreaking MBA@UNC program at the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, an advisory board member of University of South Florida’s Entrepreneurship Program, a member of USF Connect’s Council of Professionals, and an advisory board member of RC Equity Partners. William is conversant in French and has traveled extensively in Europe as well as Asia and Central America.