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Mark
E. Thomas
President
E-Mail: mark@metadvisorsinc.com
Mark Thomas
has over 20 years experience in senior management positions with
technology based manufacturing companies including Standard
Communications Corp (N.V. Philips subsidiary), Arroyo Optics, Tyco
Electronics, and Photon Control Technologies, Inc. In addition, Mr.
Thomas has over 10 years experience as a merger and acquisition
advisor.
Since
1989, Mr. Thomas has been involved as a principal advisor to both
business owners and investors in merger and acquisition transactions
ranging from major joint ventures to advising corporations (public
and private) on financial and strategic acquisitions and
dispositions.
Mr.
Thomas has a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the
University of Southern California and a M.B.A. from Pepperdine
University. Mr. Thomas sits on the Board of two private companies,
one public company, and a non-profit organization. Mr. Thomas is a
member of the International Business Brokers Association, California
Association of Business Brokers, and Association of Corporate Growth
and is a past member of Young Presidents Organization. Mr. Thomas
holds a California Real Estate Brokers license.
J. Leckie Rives
Managing Director
E-Mail: leckie@metadvisorsinc.com
Leckie Rives
is a strategic, operations-oriented senior executive with extensive
experience in fundraising, acquisitions, financial management and
strategic planning in multiple industries for a $2+ billion NYSE
company and for two venture-backed startups.
As CFO of Virtual
CEO, Inc Mr. Rives was responsible for all accounting, tax and
treasury functions, risk management, strategic planning, human
resources, investor relations and the legal function. As a founder
of Perigon Medical Distribution Corp., Mr. Rives was responsible for
all accounting, tax and treasury functions, risk management,
strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, information technology
and legal. He led the completion of 11 acquisitions and helped raise
over $41 million in equity capital. Mr. Rives was also President of
The Morrocroft Group, a private investment firm located in
Charlotte, NC.
Mr. Rives spent 18
years at United Dominion Industries (UDI), a diversified public
company with revenues in excess of $2 billion where he served as
Chief Financial Officer for United Dominion’s $600 million
Industrial Products Segment and ran the Strategic Planning and
Development function reporting to the CEO. Mr. Rives played key
roles in the acquisition and integration of target companies as well
as the development of financial controls within the segment.
Mr. Rives received
his MBA at the Amos Tuck School of Business. He earned his bachelors
degree at Dartmouth College and his masters from John’s Hopkins
University.
James
Linesch, CPA, CVA
Managing Director
E-Mail: jim@metadvisorsinc.com
James Linesch has led numerous merger and acquisition
transactions in a variety of industries and size transactions.
He has strong experience with the coordination of principals in a
transaction, as well as the legal, accounting and transitional
issues surrounding a transaction. Mr. Linesch has served as an
executive manager of a number of middle-market companies during the
past 25 years, as both a President and Chief Financial Officer.
His experience has included companies involved in manufacturing and
distribution, information technology services, software development
and sales, and medical device development and sales. He has
practiced as a CPA with Price Waterhouse, with a specialty in
providing comprehensive services to emerging businesses.
Mr. Linesch is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the State of
California, and is a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), in business
valuation techniques. He received his MBA from the University of
Southern California, and a Bachelor of Science degree in finance
from California State University, Northridge.
He formally trained as a merger & acquisition
intermediary with the School of Business Brokerage, and holds a
California Real Estate Salesperson’s license in California.
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