LAS VEGAS, Feb. 4, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Public Company Management Corporation (OTCBB:PUBC) today announced it has retained Hawkwood Capital Partners to spearhead the company's strategic alliance program and initiatives. Hawkwood Capital Partners will be charged with pursuing and developing alliances with peer companies to create new business opportunities and build market awareness for PCMC. Scott Carroll, principal of Hawkwood Capital Partners, will oversee the project.
Mr. Carroll has managed Hawkwood Capital Partners since early 2002. During the past three years, he has focused on building and managing strategic alliance relationships, with C-Level management at, for and between public companies, investment banks, trade groups, associations and web portals and sites. He has also produced, managed and distributed financial and investment conferences/events/forums under private label and co-branded format for Investrend Research and has authored and distributed news releases, surveys, research, financial content, news and information to, broker-dealer's, portals, sites and online aggregators. Prior to founding Hawkwood, Mr. Carroll was the Director of Business Development for Investor Broadcast Network, the parent company of Vcall which is now owned by World Investor Link (WILink), where he identified and managed strategic relationships with top brokers, portals and sites as well as built content syndication package and pricing. His background also includes various business development, financial advisory, and sales positions for Merrill Lynch, Crosswalk.com, Essex National Securities, Inc., Amerihealth, Inc., and Citicorp Mortgage.
"This initiative is instrumental to the overall success of our business model and it's critical that we devote the resources and energy to properly execute," noted Stephen Brock, CEO of PCMC. "Mr. Carroll's proven experience and success in building mutually beneficial strategic relationships and partnerships bodes well for PCMC and our shareholders. We are confident that identifying and solidifying the right strategic alliances will yield an increased client and revenue base, create avenues for new incremental revenue opportunities, and create market and investor awareness for PCMC."
About Public Company Management Corporation
PCMC helps business owners create liquidity for investors and long-term value for their companies, shareholders and partners by participating in public capital markets. PCMC supports the full lifecycle of entering the public market through its various subsidiaries:
-- Education -- Pubco White Papers
(http://www.PubcoWhitePapers.com) hosts a comprehensive
body of knowledge on private and public equity markets.
-- Registration and listing -- Go Public Today
(http://www.GoPublicToday.com) provides a complete solution
to help small companies register securities for public
offerings and obtain a listing on the OTCBB.
-- Regulatory compliance -- Public Company Management
Services (http://www.PCMS-Team.com) assists new and
existing public companies in negotiating the new
complexities of maintaining a public company and creating
sustainable and affordable compliance processes.
PCMC leads by example, demonstrating to current and future clients best practices in taking a company public, investor relations, public relations, regulatory compliance, and raising capital.
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