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Michael P. O'Hare and Christopher A. Hieb to Lead M&A Team >>
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Michael P. O'Hare and Christopher A. Hieb to Lead M&A Team and Expand Investment Banking Platform
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PORTLAND, Ore., April 10, 2008 - Pacific Crest Securities, the leading technology-focused investment banking firm, announced today that it has appointed Michael P. O'Hare and Christopher A. Hieb to lead its growing Mergers & Acquisitions team.
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Mr. Hieb most recently led Oppenheimer's West Coast M&A efforts and is now a Managing Director and the Head of West Coast M&A for Pacific Crest.He is based in San Francisco.
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"Michael and Christopher bring a wealth of experience advising leading technology companies on a wide range of strategic transactions.
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Mr. Hieb has more than 18 years of investment banking, consulting, project management and operations experience with high-technology companies.He has recently represented companies in sales to large corporations, including BMC Software, Comverse Technology, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft and Texas Instruments.Prior to working at Oppenheimer, he served as Senior Vice President of M&A at WR Hambrecht + Co.Prior to that, Mr. Hieb was Vice President, Investment Banking, at SoundView Technology Group.Previously, he performed specialized business consulting for technology companies as a Principal at the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations.He also was the Senior Operations Engineer for Pacific Gas and Electric Company.Mr. Hieb, who began his career at Exelon Corporation, earned a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Purdue University and studied Finance at California State University."Christopher and I were attracted to Pacific Crest because it represents an opportunity to work for a growing firm that is exclusively focused on technology," said Mr. O'Hare.
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"Pacific Crest has a well-earned reputation for delivering unique and actionable insight on technology worldwide," said Mr. Hieb.
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Michael and Christopher will help us continue our strong momentum and we look forward to their contributions as we work to make Pacific Crest one of the top M&A advisors in the technology industry."