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Ms. Stefany is a Managing Partner and a founder of Xnergy. She brings to Xnergy a distinguished career of over 12 years of accomplished experience in mergers and acquisitions, investment banking, finance, business management, and law. Her experience extends from startups to New York Stock Exchange-listed companies and over a diverse range of industries including advertising and marketing, communications, computer hardware and software, consumer products, e-commerce, entertainment, financial services, Internet, manufacturing, multimedia, restaurants, technology, and venture capital. She has extensive experience in acquisitions, mergers, divestitures, roll-ups, private placements, and venture capital financings. Ms. Stefany focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions and finance transactions. She advises and assists clients in acquisitions and sales of businesses, in obtaining private equity and venture capital, and in corporate structuring, planning and transactions. She also provides financial consulting and business advisory services, including evaluating investment opportunities, developing business plans, and improving business operations. Ms. Stefany has completed a wide variety of investment banking transactions for clients over a broad range of industries. She has managed or participated in over 50 acquisition, merger and disposition transactions valued at more than $200million. Ms. Stefany has successfully formed, acquired, managed, developed and sold several companies in the consumer products, technology, and specialty services industries and a national franchise business. As chief executive officer of these companies, she has been responsible for management of all aspects of businesses, including strategic planning, structuring, finance, operations, product development, marketing, and sales. Ms. Stefany has held several senior management positions and has especially strong experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate strategy, operational improvement, and business development. She was a senior executive in the mergers and acquisitions department of a New York Stock Exchange listed company. Ms. Stefany was a mergers and acquisitions, securities, and corporate attorney with a major Beverly Hills, California law firm, where she was responsible for negotiating, structuring, documenting, and closing mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, dispositions, public and private equity and debt financings, and franchising. Her clients ranged in size from large, international corporations to small startups. She worked with financial institutions, venture capitalists, investment bankers, and securities firms throughout Southern California. Through her work, both as a consultant and as an attorney, for clients in manufacturing, high-tech, and Internet-related businesses, she has become well versed in these industries. Ms. Stefany has successfully invested in several promising early-stage companies, and she provides business and financial guidance to them. Ms. Stefany serves on the boards of directors of several private companies and a number of nonprofit organizations and professional and industry associations. Ms. Stefany has been an adjunct professor at Santa Monica College and at Loyola University, where she taught classes on business and legal subjects. She is a popular speaker at business conventions and seminars and a lecturer and panelist at legal seminars, including California Continuing Education of the Bar. She is a published tax-planning author. She is a member of the Association for Corporate Growth, the Los Angeles Venture Association, the Chamber of Commerce, the California State Bar, and the Beverly Hills, San Diego, and Los Angeles County Bar Associations. She is also active in other professional, charitable and civic organizations. Education: Ms. Stefany attended Loyola University School of Law where she received a J.D. degree in 1994. Subsequently, she attended the University of San Diego School of Law where she received a Masters of Laws in Taxation, with a specialty in complex corporate transactions. Professional Affiliations: Ms. Stefany is a speaker for the Continuing Education of the Bar and is an active member of the Beverly Hills, San Diego and Los Angeles County Bar Associations, Chamber of Commerce, the Association for Corporate Growth, and the Los Angeles County Venture Association. She has served on the boards of directors of the Association of Internet Professionals, Ice-G, Inc., and Coastal Services, Inc. |
