Panelist Bios
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Jay Chatzkel – Principal, Progressive PracticesMr. Chatzkel is Principal of Progressive Practices, where he assists organizations in transforming themselves into knowledge-based, intelligent enterprises. This includes working with organizations to develop skills and practices in the areas of merger and acquisition integration, intellectual capital, knowledge management, social media, leadership and collaboration, business process management and performance measurement.He is the author of three books: Beyond the Deal: Mergers and Acquisitions that Achieve Breakthrough Performance Gains (Co-Author with Hubert Saint-Onge, McGraw-Hill, 2009) Knowledge Capital: How Knowledge-Based Enterprises Really Get Built (Oxford University Press, 2003) and Intellectual Capital (John Wiley & Sons, 2002). Mr. Chatzkel is North American Editor, Journal of Intellectual Capital, and Editor for Conferences and Events, Journal of Knowledge Management. He has written numerous articles and conference reviews. Mr. Chatzkel has a Bachelor’s degree from Bucknell University and has Masters degrees from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. |
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Dennis Roberts – Chairman, The McLean GroupDennis Roberts is Chairman of The McLean Group, LLC, a middle market investment bank with offices in numerous US cities. Mr. Roberts has more than 35 years of financial advisory and investment banking experience involving a multitude of transactions across a wide variety of industries and markets.Mr. Roberts is the author of the widely acclaimed and internationally selling Mergers and Acquisitions, An Insider’s Guide to the Purchase and Sale of Middle Market Business Interests, published by John Wiley & Sons in 2009 and the soon to be released, The Art of M&A for Banks, published by McGraw Hill, LaJoux and Roberts. He teaches, lectures and writes on M&A, business valuation and corporate finance to national audiences and has been designated “Instructor of Great or Exceptional Distinction” on numerous occasions. He has been featured in numerous media articles published in the New York Times, The Washington Post and many others. He has testified as a financial expert in many cases over the years. Among these, he served as the lead expert in valuing the Nixon Watergate Tapes. Mr. Roberts also served as Chairman of The DC Institute of CPA’s Ethics Committee for several years and was a member of the AICPA regional ethics committee.
Mr. Roberts was the Founder, Chairman and CEO of a publicly-held national bank holding company from 1984 to 1992. He also founded a large Washington, DC area accounting firm. While a practicing CPA, Mr. Roberts focused on mergers & acquisitions and financial advisory services.
A graduate of Benjamin Franklin University (which subsequently merged with The George Washington University), Mr. Roberts is a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) and Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) by the AICPA. He also is an enrolled Federal Tax Accountant and a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) registered representative and firm principal (Series 7, 24, 28, 79 and 63). |
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Andrew Sherman – Partner, M&A practice, Jones DayAndrew J. Sherman is a Partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Jones Day, with over 2,700 attorneys worldwide. Mr. Sherman is a recognized international authority on the legal and strategic issues affecting small and growing companies. Mr. Sherman is an Adjunct Professor in the Masters of Business Administration (MBA) program at the University of Maryland and Georgetown University where he has taught courses on business growth, capital formation and entrepreneurship for over twenty-three (23) years and won numerous teaching awards at both schools.Mr. Sherman is the author of twenty-six (26) books on the legal and strategic aspects of business growth and capital formation. Recent titles include the best-selling Mergers and Acquisitions from A to Z, 3rd edition which was published by AMACOM in 2010. His twenty-third (23rd) book, Harvesting Intangible Assets, Uncover Hidden Revenue in Your Company’s Intellectual Property, (AMACOM) was published in October of 2011. His twenty-fourth (24th) book, Raising Capital, 3rd edition was published in the Spring of 2012, his twenty-fifth (25th) book, Essays on Governance published in late Spring of 2012. His twenty-sixth (26th) book, co-authored with Elizabeth Vazquez, Buying For Impact: How Buying From Women Will Change the World, was published in February of 2013. Mr. Sherman can be reached at 202-879-3686 or e-mail ajsherman@jonesday.com. |
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Scott Whitaker – President, Whitaker & CompanyScott Whitaker is the president and CEO of Whitaker & Company, an Atlanta-based consulting firm specializing in helping companies to develop, execute, and implement merger integrations and business strategies designed to achieve growth.Since 2005, Whitaker & Company has been involved in merger integration and strategy and operations projects totaling more than $25 billion for both domestic and international companies. Scott has over 20 years experience in strategic planning disciplines including all aspects of merger and post acquisition integration and has advised clients across many industry sectors including financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, consumer durables, manufacturing, gaming & hospitality.
Whitaker & Company helps companies to realize the goals of their M&A strategies by creating customized, flexible, and scalable integration playbooks as well as detailed operational and functional integration plans with tools, templates, and reports to support flawless execution.
Scott is the author of Mergers & Acquisitions Integration Handbook: Helping Companies Realize The Full Value of Acquisitions, a comprehensive resource to help companies create a scalable post merger or acquisition integration process that accelerates operating and business benefit goal realization.
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