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Byrd Imperial Group LLC. Announces 600,000 common equity shares available at no monetary costs

January 13, 2015 EPR Network Leave a comment

San Antonio, Texas, January 13, 2015 — /REAL TIME PRESS RELEASE/ — Byrd Imperial Group is seeking 1 to 4 Executive Advisors to join our team by helping to raise funds to build and operate a new franchise headquarters in Texas. In exchange for successfully seeking out and securing a 10% Preferred Equity Investor who subscribes to a minimum investment of $3.5M, Byrd Imperial Group will issue 150,000 shares of common stock at no cost. An Executive Advisor could earn up to 4 times that amount or 600,000 shares by securing a single qualified Investor.

In addition to this offer, Byrd Imperial Group is offering 4,000,000 Preferred Equity Shares at a price of $3.50 per share with a minimum purchase of 1,000,000 shares.

Byrd Imperial Group LLC. (www.byrdimperialgroup.com) is a franchise development and management company with a total of 9 new business models. Our business plan combines 6 new franchise opportunities along with our internal finance company all-operating at 1 flagship location. From the company headquarters in Texas, we will be able to efficiently manage, grow, and operate each new business opportunity. After smoothing out the operating procedures, the home office location will serve as a springboard to advance each new business as single point locations through nationwide franchising.

Contact-Details: Byrd Imperial Group LLC.
Preston Byrd
210-906-3949
prestonbyrd@byrdimperialgroup.com
www.byrdimperialgroup.com

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Master Limited Partnerships Sponsors and Investors Join MLP Investing Conference 2014 New York City

September 2, 2014 staronepr Leave a comment

Building off of the momentum of past successful conferences, Golden Networking brings MLP Investing Conference 2014 (www.mlpinvestingconference.com) to New York City, “How the Kinder Morgan Deal will usher in a Golden Age for MLPs Tapping into the Great American Energy Boom”.

New York, NY, USA (September 2, 2014) — The Great American Energy Boom that has allowed access to seas of shale oil and gas is now at the forefront of America’s economic recovery and provides the best reason to be optimistic about the United States economic, energy, and geopolitical future. To accomplish these worthy goals, the country requires thousands of storage tanks and miles of new pipelines which are expected to ring $640 billion through 2035.

Golden Networking’s MLP Investing Conference 2014 New York City (http://www.mlpinvestingconference.com), “How the Kinder Morgan Deal will usher in a Golden Age for MLPs Tapping into the Great American Energy Boom”, will review the current landscape for MLPs and discuss why the next decade should be the golden years of energy infrastructure investing. MLPs, sponsors, and investors will analyze recent developments and future opportunities and challenges for this asset class.

Topics that MLP Investing Conference 2014 will discuss include:
• The REIT syndrome: increasing institutional ownership in the MLP asset class
• The biggest risk: what about if oil prices fell to $80 a barrel and stayed there
• Implications of Kinder Morgan Inc.’s deal to consolidate its energy infrastructure MLPs
• Barbarians at the gate: a new round of deal making for the pipeline industry

MLP Investing Conference 2014 is produced by Golden Networking, the premier networking community for business and technology executives, entrepreneurs and investors. Panelists, speakers and sponsors are invited to contact Golden Networking by sending an email to information@goldennetworking.com.

Media Contact:
Julia Petrova
Media Relations Coordinator
Golden Networking
+1-414-FORUMS0
jpetrova@goldennetworking.com
http://www.goldennetworking.com

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An Owner Operator’s Guide to Private Equity

August 28, 2014 straightlinepr Leave a comment

The world of Private Equity (PE) can be unfamiliar for many owner operators of ASC and other outpatient surgery centers.

Dallas, Texas, August 27, 2014 – The world of Private Equity (PE) can be unfamiliar for many owner operators of ASC and other outpatient surgery centers. The writers at The Ambulatory M&A Advisor have interviewed several experts in PE to give a deeper understanding into the life cycle of a fund and why PE is interested in the outpatient surgery center sector.

Several terms that might come up in discussing PE are also explained and laid out in the article, which can be read in full here. Overall, the world of PE has a great interest in urgent care centers and the like.

“The services provided by urgent care centers will always be in relatively high demand, resulting in stable, predictable cash flow,” said Neil Blair, Managing Director in the Canadian Corporate Finance group at KPMG. “Investing in health services businesses allows private equity firms to achieve diversification in their portfolios, given that health services are only loosely tied to the economy. Lastly, there may be significant value that urgent care centers could provide in regions that are underserved by healthcare providers, or regions where emergency rooms are overburdened.”

The Ambulatory M&A Advisor is a one-stop information destination for business, legal, and transactional insights on Ambulatory Care Centers. With contributions from industry professionals, as well as on-staff writers, the publication recognizes excellence, presents thought leadership and facilitates connections among the industry’s leading deal making experts.

You can read this and articles like it at ambulatoryadvisor.com.

Contact:
Blayne Rush, MHP, MBA
Ambulatory Alliances, LLC
18181 Midway Rd Ste 200
Dallas, Texas 75287
469-385-7792
publisher@AmbulatoryAdvisor.com
http://www.ambulatoryadvisor.com

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Looking to Join a Portfolio Company? Experts Connection Explains the Risks and Rewards of Working for Private Equity

April 10, 2013 staronepr Leave a comment

Do You Have What It Takes to Work with a Start-Up or Turnaround? Recruiter Mary Kier Describes What You Need and How to Interview to Get Hired by a Private Equity Firm.

NOVATO, Calif. (April 10, 2013) — Even in a down economy, start-ups are thriving as private equity firms continue to invest looking for returns on new ideas and new technologies. If you are aggressive and have a taste for risk working for a portfolio company may be a perfect career choice. To see if you have what it takes, Mary Kier, CEO of Cook Associates Executive Search, will explain what it takes to get hired by a portfolio firm and how to navigate the interview process in the next Experts Connection (http://www.experts-connection.com) webinar entitled, “Spotlight on Private Equity: How Do You Get Hired.” The webinar is scheduled for Tuesday, April 23, from 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. ET, (1:00 – 2:30 p.m. PT), and is sponsored by NETSHARE® (http://www.netshare.com).

Drawing from almost three decades of recruiting executives for private equity companies, Mary will provide an insider’s look at the world of private equity hiring, providing first-hand insight into what resonates when they are seeking executives to run their portfolio companies. Private equity firms are looking for specific qualifications in their executive candidates to ensure a fast return on their investments. They also use a different interview process, looking for special characteristics that demonstrate that the candidate is well-suited for the fast-paced world of private equity. Mary will explain what private equity wants, how to match their criteria to your skillset, how they use retained search recruiters, and share real life stories about candidates who succeeded, and those who didn’t and why.

During this 90-minute session, Mary will explain what it takes to work with a privately equity firms managing portfolio company and the qualifications you will need to be considered. Topics of discussion will include:

– Today’s portfolio environment and what private equity companies look for in executive candidates;
– Conducting a self-assessment analysis to determine if the world of private equity is for you;
– Sharpening your interview skills before you meet with a portfolio firm; and
– Asking the right and appropriate interview questions.

“Equity in a successful start-up company is the brass ring for any executive, but not all executives are well suited to manage portfolio companies,” said Katherine Simmons, CEO of NETSHARE and host of the Experts Connection teleseminars. “Mary has been working with private equity companies for some time and has a firm understanding of what they are looking for, and what a candidate needs to do to be successfully considered for a role in a portfolio company. If you have any interest at all in working with start-ups, this is the perfect session to help you plan your next career move.”

The cost of the Experts Connection seminar is $60, $50 for NETSHARE members. Access is provided via web and telephone and a web archive also is available for registrants. For more information, visit the Experts Connection online at http://www.experts-connection.com.

About Mary Kier
Mary Kier has been with Cook Associates Executive Search since 1984 and now serves as the firm’s CEO and a leader in the firm’s Private Equity Practice. She is respected for her ability to ascertain the underlying themes in the portfolio company and identify with the executive leadership team in order to quickly assess new talent. Her search work encompasses CEO’s, COOs, CFOs, CMOs, Divisional Presidents as well as functional heads of Sales, Marketing, Finance, HR and Operations. Mary earned her BS degree in Management and Industrial Relations, graduating with honors.

About NETSHARE
NETSHARE (http://www.netshare.com) is a confidential, membership based organization dedicated to providing executives across all disciplines and industries with quality $100K plus job lists. NETSHARE also offers networking opportunities and a community of peers for the exchange of strategic information related to job search, professional development and best practices. NETSHARE has been recognized by Fortune and Forbes magazines as the best online destination for executive positions.

Contact:
Annette DiSano
NETSHARE, Inc.
(415) 883-1700
annette@netshare.com

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Private Equity Networking in the Big Apple with KKR, Carlyle, Goldman Sachs, Blackstone, J.P.Morgan, Morgan Stanley and More

January 13, 2013 staronepr Leave a comment

Private Equity Happy Hour New York City (www.pehappyhour.com), Every 3rd Tuesday, Brings Together GPs, LPs, M&A Dealmakers and Investors for Evenings of Fast-paced Networking and Cocktails in Midtown Manhattan.

New York City, NY, USA (January 13, 2013) — Private Equity Happy Hour New York City (http://www.pehappyhour.com), January 15, is gearing up to congregate a terrific audience of general partners, limited partners, M&A and corporate M&A executives and key decision makers from firms as diverse as Blackstone and Morgan Stanley for an evening of networking and cocktails at Prime 333, an upscale steakhouse located in Midtown East with flat screen TVs adorning their bar. Private Equity Happy Hour New York City is held the 3rd Tuesday of every month.

The preferential tax rates that private-equity managers pay on some profits survived Congress’s Jan. 1 budget deal. That victory may not last, according to Bloomberg. For private-equity managers, changes in the tax treatment of so-called carried interest may affect them more than tax increases now on the books. Congress faces a series of deadlines in the next few months over spending cuts, the debt ceiling and the annual budget. Democrats including President Barack Obama want to raise more revenue, and carried interest is an obvious candidate. The share of profits in buyout deals, known as carried interest, is often taxed as capital gains, which receive preferential rates under the tax code compared with levies on wages. In the budget deal, lawmakers increased the top rate on long-term capital gains to 20 percent from 15 percent and the maximum rate on ordinary income to 39.6 percent from 35 percent.

Heads of private-equity firms including David Rubenstein, who co-founded Carlyle Group, indicated in November that they expect carried interest to be among the tax breaks that the new Congress will scrutinize. “Carried-interest taxation and a great variety of other issues will no doubt be addressed,” Rubenstein said Nov. 8. Billionaire George Roberts, who runs the private-equity firm KKR & Co. (KKR) with his cousin Henry Kravis, said on Nov. 14 that “it would be good to look at everything in the tax code” to make it simpler and fairer. Roberts has an estimated net worth of $4.4 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Still, the tax treatment of carried interest may not be changed because the budget deal didn’t include an overhaul of deductions or expenses in the tax code, said Libby Cantrill, who focuses on public policy issues for the asset management firm Pacific Investment Management Co. based in Newport Beach, California.

Private Equity Happy Hour New York City is produced by Golden Networking (http://www.goldennetworking.net), the premier networking community for business executives, entrepreneurs and investors. Companies represented in past editions of Golden Networking’s Happy Hour include Alaris Trading Partners, Andrews Securities, Apollo Advisors, Atlantic Advisory Group, Avatar, Blackstone, Capital Advisors, Citadel, Citi, CNBC, Comscient, Credit Suisse, DE Shaw, Deutsche Bank, Duane Morris, Eagle View Asset Management, Falcon Technology Systems, General Atlantic, GETCO, Goldman Sachs, Greyfields, IBM, Infinium Capital, KKR, Lightspeed, Lime Brokerage, Mahogany Partners, MNG Capital , Monolith Capital Trading Partners, Morgan Stanley, MSF Capital Advisors, Nirvana Capital, Nobilis Capital, OneMarketData, OneTick, Providence, RBS, SBS Securities, Silver Lake, The Carlyle Group, Twin Capital Management, UBS, among others.

Panelists, speakers and sponsors are invited to contact Golden Networking by calling +1-414-FORUMS0 or sending an email to info@goldennetworking.net. Golden Networking has been frequently featured in the press, including recent articles in The Wall Street Journal, “Happy Hour for High-Frequency Trading”, The New York Times, “Golden Networking Helps Job Seekers Make Overseas Connections”, Los Angeles Times, “Speed-addicted traders dominate today’s stock market” and Reuters, “Revamp looms as trading experts huddle at SEC”.

Media Contact:
Julia Petrova
Media Relations Coordinator
Golden Networking
1-414-FORUMS0
jpetrova@goldennetworking.net
http://www.goldennetworking.net

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Ann Lee, What the U.S. Can Learn from China, at Golden Networking’s China Leaders Forum 2012

November 16, 2012 staronepr Leave a comment

Building off of the momentum of past conferences, Golden Networking brings back China Leaders Forum 2012 (www.ChinaLeadersForum.com), “Political and Economic Challenges for Xi Jinping, China’s President-in-waiting”, New York, December 7th.

New York City, NY, USA (November 16, 2012) — Ann Lee, author of What the U.S. Can Learn from China, will speak at Golden Networking‘s China Leaders Forum 2012, “Political and Economic Challenges for Xi Jinping, China’s President-in-waiting”, December 7th, New York City, conference that will examine the political and economic challenges facing China nowadays and the long-term opportunities that will be created in the world’s largest economy by 2016.

Professor Lee focuses on issues of global economics, finance, and U.S.-China relations. A former investment banker and hedge fund partner, she is a frequent media commentator on economic issues. In addition to television and radio appearances on MSNBC, Bloomberg, ABC, CBS, CNN, CNBC, Fox Business, and NPR, her op-eds have appeared in such publications as The New York Times,The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Businessweek, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, The American Prospect, and The American Banker.

She has been quoted in hundreds of publications and has been an invited speaker at numerous industry and academic conferences. Ann is also an adjunct professor of economics and finance at New York University and a former visiting professor at Peking University where she taught macroeconomics and financial derivatives.

While she was teaching at Peking University, she also acted as an economic adviser to Chinese economic officials as well as to several large Chinese asset management firms. She was educated at U.C. Berkeley, Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of International Affairs, and Harvard Business School.

China Leaders Forum 2012 will provide attendees with the responses to the above-mentioned questions and the most up-to-date review of where the Asian giant stands and the challenges and opportunities for businessmen looking to expand their business with China when others only see growth contraction. Recognized experts, regulators, and strategists, will return to China Leaders Forum 2012 in its fourth edition to provide the information practitioners are looking for in an open and unbiased environment, highly conducive to the most efficient and effective networking:

Experts include:

– Mr. Peter Halasz, Partner, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

– Professor Robert Vambery, Professor of International Business, Pace University, Lubin School of Business

– Mr. Christopher Thorne, Principal, Broadline Principle

– Mr. John Allen, Chairman & CEO, Greater China Corporation

– Professor Xiaohong He, Professor of International Business, Lender School of Business Center, Quinnipiac University

– Edgar Perez, Author, The Speed Traders (Chinese)

– Mr. Duncan Edwards, President and Chief Executive, Hearst Magazines International

– Mr. David Riedel, President, Riedel Research Group

– Mr. Stuart Freedman, Partner, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

China Leaders Forum 2012 is produced by Golden Networking (http://www.goldennetworking.net), the premier networking community for business executives, entrepreneurs and investors. Panelists, speakers and sponsors are invited to contact Golden Networking by sending an email to info@goldennetworking.net.

Contact:
Julia Petrova
Media Relations Manager
Golden Networking
516-761-4712
jpetrova@goldennetworking.net
http://www.goldennetworking.net

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Professor Robert Vambery, Pace University, at Golden Networking’s China Leaders Forum 2012

November 15, 2012 staronepr Leave a comment

New York City, NY, USA (November 15, 2012) — Professor Robert Vambery, PhD Columbia University, and Instructor at Pace University, will speak at Golden Networking‘s China Leaders Forum 2012, “Political and Economic Challenges for Xi Jinping, China’s President-in-waiting”, December 7th, New York City, conference that will examine the political and economic challenges facing China nowadays and the long-term opportunities that will be created in the world’s largest economy by 2016.

Dr. Vambery is the coeditor and coauthor of the book International Business Knowledge: Managing International Functions in the 1990s with W. Dymsza and the author of the book Capital Investment Control in the Air Transport Industry. He presented papers including “High-Tech Global Export Strategy Model for Accelerated Growth of Developing Countries” with T. Um, at the Academy of International Business, British Columbia, and Canada. He also authored a two volume monograph with L. Kanuk, for the U.S. Department of Commerce entitled “Industrial Policy for the Maritime Industry.”

He is a cofounder of the journal Maritime Policy and Management. For nearly ten years he served as Managing Editor and Editor at Large of the Journal of International Business Studies, the refereed journal of the Academy of International Business.

Dr. Vambery has extensive international experience including academic work assignments to all five continents and visits to over fifty countries and territories. He was part of a joint project with KPMG Peat Marwick and the Global Economic Action Committee that lead to the development of a training program for East European University graduates. He worked with the Kwan Fong Institute, Hong Kong on “Trading and Investing in Hong Kong and the People’s Republic of China.” In conjunction with the Global Economic Action Committee, he researched “Modernization of the Chinese Economy and its Role in the Global Economy.”

For twelve years Dr. Vambery served as the Director of the Lubin School of Business Center for International Business Studies, overseeing the Institute for U.S.-Brazilian Business Studies, the Institute for U.S.-Canada Business Studies, the Institute for German-American Business Studies, the Swedish Program, the Tokyo Keisai Program, the Hakou University Program, the Middlesex University Graduate School of Business Program, the Fundacao Getulio Vargas (San Paolo) Advanced Marketing Program, and more than twenty other international seminars involving executives and graduate students from France, South Korea, Romania, Hungary, and Russia. For six years, Dr. Vambery also headed Lubin’s graduate programs in international business.

In 2012, Dr. Vambery received the Global Business and Technology Association’s GLOBAL EXCELLENCE AWARD for his work in the international business studies field. Earlier, in 2008 he received the Global Business and Technology Association’s GLOBAL EXCELLENCE AWARD for his keynote presentation entitled “When Transparency Is Not Enough: from Global Financial Crises to Ethical and Environmental Challenges” delivered before 200 professors from some 40 countries at the Association’s Tenth Annual International Conference held in Madrid, Spain. He made related presentations on the International Financial Crisis and on Ethics in Global Business before senior financial industry executives in Geneva, Switzerland, before mid-level executives in London, England and in New York City before members of various associations of African citizens and executives currently living and working in the United States.

His current research and publications focus on the marketing of large size loans, international debt defaults, the causes of the trade deficits of the United States, and on global competition in strategic industries.

Contact:
Julia Petrova
Media Relations Manager
Golden Networking
516-761-4712
jpetrova@goldennetworking.net
http://www.goldennetworking.net

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Future of Hedge Funds in China, with Edgar Perez, Keynote Speaker at China Leaders Forum 2012

November 15, 2012 staronepr Leave a comment

New York City, NY, USA (November 15, 2012) — Mr. Edgar Perez, Author, will keynote Golden Networking‘s China Leaders Forum 2012, “Political and Economic Challenges for Xi Jinping, China’s President-in-waiting”, December 7th, New York City, conference that will examine the political and economic challenges facing China nowadays and the long-term opportunities that will be created in the world’s largest economy by 2016.

Perez is widely regarded as the preeminent global expert in the specialized area of high-frequency trading and author of the only book on the subject in Chinese, published by China Financial Publishing House (2012). He is course director of The Speed Traders Workshop 2012, How High Frequency Traders Leverage Profitable Strategies to Find Alpha in Equities, Options, Futures and FX (Hong Kong, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, Warsaw, Kiev, New York, Singapore, Beijing and Shanghai), and was Adjunct Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, where he taught Algorithmic Trading and High-Frequency Finance. He contributes regularly to The New York Times and China’s International Finance News.

Mr. Perez has been interviewed on CNBC Cash Flow, CNBC Squawk Box, BNN Business Day, CCTV China, Bankier.pl, TheStreet.com, Leaderonomics, GPW Media, Channel NewsAsia Business Tonight and Cents & Sensibilities. In addition, Mr. Perez has been featured on Sohu, News.Sina.com, Yicai, eastmoney, Caijing, ETF88.com, 360doc, AH Radio, CNFOL.com, CITICS Futures, Tongxin Securities, ZhiCheng.com, CBNweek.com, Caixin, Futures Daily, Xinhua, CBN Newswire, Chinese Financial News, ifeng.com, International Finance News, hexun.com, Finance.QQ.com, Finance.Sina.com, The Korea Times, The Korea Herald, The Star, The Malaysian Insider, BMF 89.9, iMoney Hong Kong, CNBC, Bloomberg Hedge Fund Brief, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Dallas Morning News, Valor Econômico, FIXGlobal Trading, TODAY Online, Oriental Daily News and Business Times.

Mr. Perez has been engaged to present to the CME Group’s Global Financial Leadership Conference 2012, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Washington DC), CFA Singapore, Hong Kong Securities Institute, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University, University of International Business and Economics (Beijing), Hult International Business School (Shanghai) and Pace University (New York), among other public and private institutions. In addition, Mr. Perez has spoken at a number of global conferences, including Harvard Business School’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Conference (Boston), High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum (New York, Chicago), MIT Sloan Investment Management Conference (Cambridge), Institutional Investor’s Global Growth Markets Forum (London), Technical Analysis Society (Singapore), TradeTech Asia (Singapore), FIXGlobal Face2Face (Seoul) and Private Equity Convention Russia, CIS & Eurasia (London).

Mr. Perez was a vice president at Citigroup, a senior consultant at IBM, and a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Co. in New York City. Mr. Perez has an undergraduate degree from Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima, Peru (1994), a Master of Administration from Universidad ESAN, Lima, Peru (1997) and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School, New York, with a dual major in Finance and Management (2002). He belongs to the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society. Mr. Perez resides in the New York City area and is an accomplished salsa and hustle dancer.

Contact:
Julia Petrova
Media Relations Manager
Golden Networking
516-761-4712
jpetrova@goldennetworking.net
http://www.goldennetworking.net

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Christopher Thorne, Executive Chairman, Broadline Principle Capital, at China Leaders Forum 2012

November 15, 2012 staronepr Leave a comment

New York City, NY, USA (November 15, 2012) — Christopher Thorne, Executive Chairman, Broadline Principle Capital, will speak at Golden Networking‘s China Leaders Forum 2012, “Political and Economic Challenges for Xi Jinping, China’s President-in-waiting”, December 7th, New York City, conference that will examine the political and economic challenges facing China nowadays and the long-term opportunities that will be created in the world’s largest economy by 2016.

Mr. Thorne leads Broadline Principle Capital, a global investment firm and early pioneer of Asia’s private equity industry whose team has been managing high-performing, multi-industry private equity investment funds in China for more than a decade. He has spent his entire career building trust-based relationships globally with business leaders, industry experts, and entrepreneurs.

Previously, Mr. Thorne served leadership roles at McKinsey & Company. He also founded a software technology company whose solutions create efficiency gains for manufacturers, distributors and retailers in the consumer packaged goods, retail, and food service industries. The resulting company managed more than $200 billion of annual transactions and built a customer base of more than 5,000 suppliers and 100,000 retail operators. The company sold to institutional investors at a nine-figure valuation in 2007 and subsequently sold to Roper Industries for $525 million in 2010.

Mr. Thorne received his AB (Magna Cum Laude) from Harvard University, MBA from Harvard Business School, and Juris Doctor (Honors) from Harvard Law School, where he founded Harvard Negotiation Law Review and served as Executive Editor of Harvard International Law Journal.

Contact:
Julia Petrova
Media Relations Manager
Golden Networking
516-761-4712
jpetrova@goldennetworking.net
http://www.goldennetworking.net

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Experts Connection for Executives Explains How to Get Hired by a Private Equity Firm

June 8, 2012 staronepr Leave a comment

Do You Have What it Takes to Work with a Portfolio Firm? Recruiter Mary Kier Explains What You Need and How to Present Your Expertise to Get Hired.

NOVATO, Calif. (June 8, 2012) — Following the market attention on the recent Facebook IPO, there is a new spotlight on private equity firms. Deal flow is on the rise and it’s a great time to take advantage of market traction, if you can get your foot in the door. In the next Experts Connection (http://www.experts-connection.com) webinar entitled, “Spotlight on Private Equity: How Do You Get Hired?,” Mary Kier, CEO of Cook Associates Executive Search, will explain what it takes to get hired by a portfolio firm. The webinar is scheduled for Wednesday, June 27, from 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. ET, (1:00 – 2:30 p.m. PT), and is sponsored by NETSHARE® (http://www.netshare.com).

Drawing from more than 20 years recruiting executives for private equity companies, Mary will provide an insider’s look at the world of private equity, providing first-hand insight into what resonates with portfolio firms. She will explain how they evaluate talent for their portfolio companies, and how they use retained search recruiters, sharing real life stories about candidates who succeeded, and those who didn’t and why.

During this 90-minute session, Mary will explain what it takes to work with a privately funded company and the qualifications you will need to be considered. Topics of discussion will include:

– Speaking the language of private equity;
– Conducting a self-assessment analysis to determine if you are suited for the world of private equity;
– Sharpening your interview skills specifically for a portfolio firm;
– Asking the right and appropriate questions; and
– Understanding the difference between what got you “there” and what you need to get you “here.”

“Private equity activity is on the upswing, so it’s the perfect time to look to a privately funded firm for your next job, assuming you have what it takes,” said Katherine Simmons, CEO of NETSHARE and host of the Experts Connection teleseminars. “Mary has been recruiting for private equity portfolio companies for a long time, and she knows what you need to be successful. This is the perfect session for anyone considering a private equity company as his or her next career move.”

About Mary Kier

Mary Kier has been with Cook Associates Executive Search since 1984 and now serves as the firm’s CEO and a leader in the firm’s Private Equity Practice. She is respected for her ability to ascertain the underlying themes in the portfolio company and identify with the executive leadership team in order to quickly assess new talent. Her search work encompasses CEO’s, COOs, CFOs, CMOs, Divisional Presidents as well as functional heads of Sales, Marketing, Finance, HR and Operations. Mary earned her BS degree in Management and Industrial Relations, graduating with honors.

About NETSHARE

NETSHARE (http://www.netshare.com) is a confidential, membership based organization dedicated to providing executives across all disciplines and industries with quality $100K plus job lists. NETSHARE also offers networking opportunities and a community of peers for the exchange of strategic information related to job search, professional development and best practices. NETSHARE has been recognized by Fortune and Forbes magazines as the best online destination for executive positions.

Contact:
Annette DiSano
NETSHARE, Inc.
(415) 883-1700
Annette@netshare.com

Tom Woolf
Woolf Media & Marketing
(415) 259-5638
tomw@woolfmedia.com