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has acquired certain
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We acted as financial
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About Blue Canopy: Blue Canopy,
a privately held company founded in 2001, Blue Canopy is a pioneer
and thought leader in managing and deploying technology initiatives.
Employing their industry-leading 4pi methodologies to solve the toughest
governance, and compliance problems currently facing companies and
federal organizations, Blue Canopy has been recognized by Inc. Magazine
as one of the 500 fastest-growing privately held companies in the
United States two years running. The company’s impressive customer
base includes leading Public Sector Agencies, Fortune 1000, and Global
2000 firms. During the year 2005, Blue Canopy recorded revenues of
approximately $12 million. Brad Schwartz was appointed as Company’s
President and Chief Executive Officer as a result of the transaction.
For more information on Blue Canopy, please visit their website at www.bluecanopy.com.
About Caretek, LLC : Caretek, LLC is
a private entity owned by Bradley J. Schwartz. Prior to joining Blue
Canopy, Mr. Schwartz held several positions with KPMG Consulting and
BearingPoint. As a Group Executive Vice President, he directly managed
$3.4 billion P&L with 15,000 professionals operating four regions
and 34 countries. He also served as a Managing Partner in the Communications
and Content Industry business unit. Under his leadership, the revenues
grew from $150 million to $365 million. Prior to KPMG, Mr. Schwartz
held senior executive positions at Oracle, and served in the military
as an aircraft commander.
About FOCUS: FOCUS, founded in 1982 in Washington, DC, provides a range of investment
banking services tailored to the needs of middle market businesses.
Today the firm is national in scope, serving clients from offices
in major cities across the United States. FOCUS specializes in transactions
for entities with $5-300 million in revenues, serving entrepreneurs,
corporate owners, and investors across a broad range of industries.
As of September 2006, FOCUS has 24 investment banking professionals
in its four offices in Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco, and Washington,
DC. The Blue Canopy transaction was led by Manan Shah and Marshall
Graham, FOCUS Partners, who are currently serving clients in Information
Technology, Government Contracting, Software and Healthcare sectors.
Contact information: Manan Shah - mshah@focusbankers.com or
202-470-1980; Marshall Graham – graham@focusbankers.com or
202-470-1964.
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