Douglas Ruark
Founder and President
Douglas Ruark
Founder and President
Douglas Ruark is President of Red Rock Securities Law Inc. and our technology affiliate Red Rock Investor Technology Inc.
Mr. Ruark began his career in corporate finance in 1992 with Heritage Financial Inc., a company he co-founded that specialized in sourcing commercial real estate and corporate debt financing for commercial borrowers. In 1994 Heritage Financial merged with InvestCap Partners, a Washington DC based corporate investment banking firm. Mr. Ruark assumed a partnership position in InvestCap Partners and was tasked with managing several areas of corporate finance for the company including real estate syndications, Federal and State securities compliance and investor relations.
In 1999 Mr. Ruark served as a primary founder of Regulation D Resources. The Company was formed for the purpose of providing private placement offering advisory services to corporate clients with a focus on democratizing access to these SEC programs.
In 2016 Mr. Ruark was instrumental in leading the team responsible for development of Red Rock Investor Technology’s Investor Raise Portal application. The web application provides for public promotion of Regulation D 506(c), Regulation CF and Regulation A+ exempt securities offerings and handles compliance, subscription and investor verification processes. The critically acclaimed software is now on build v3 and has been used to manage hundreds of private placement securities offerings.
In 2023 Mr. Ruark lead the conversion of Regulation D Resources into Red Rock Securities Law Inc., an Arizona licensed Alternative Business Structure law firm. The company currently provides SEC Regulation D, Regulation CF, and Regulation A+ exempt securities offering preparation legal services along with related corporate legal services. Red Rock Investor Technology, the sister company to Red Rock Securities Law, provides custom Regulation CF, Regulation D, and Regulation A+ Investor Raise Portal technology solutions for the management of securities offerings and investment compliance processes. The Red Rock Group has provided services for over 5,500 securities offerings since 1999.
Mr. Ruark holds a degree in Economics from Elon University in North Carolina. He is regularly scheduled as an expert speaker at various venture capital, real estate and corporate finance conferences with regards to private placement offerings and the syndication of investment capital.
Mr. Ruark resides in Golden, Colorado with his wife and two children.