Lyle Hauser is the Chairman and CEO of The The Vantage Group, a South Florida-based private equity firm and specialized business consultancy serving early stage companies. Vantage Group’s primary investment strategy is focused on providing capital and professional managerial guidance to select high growth companies in a broad range of industries. Since 1994, Lyle has advised and consulted dozens of private and public companies on capital structure, equity and debt financing, mergers and acquisitions, capital formation and reverse merger transactions. Lyle Hauser is an opinion columnist for the CEOWORLD magazine.