Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | May 15, 2017 | Worcester Business Journal 21 FEATURED PRESENTERS Terence is the Boston office partner for ROCG, specializing in business exit and value growth planning to small and medium-sized family-owned enterprises Getting ready for a sale or transition out of your business is a critical step. Join this expert panel of business transaction specialists and learn the critical success factors and landmines that can disrupt the process. You'll get actionable advice on: • Exit Planning Basics: Your roadmap for executing a successful transition • Increasing Business Value: How not to leave money on the table. • Buyer Multiples: current trends and what is driving them. • Private Equity Investors: What they look for and how they evaluate and execute potential investments. Terence Shepherd, CM&AA, CPA, MST Partner and founding member, ROCG Consultants Stuart Mathews President, Metapoint Partners Metapoint Partners is a private investment firm that acquires and grows small to medium-sized manufacturing companies. As president Stuart serves on the boards of directors of Metapoint's portfolio companies. REGISTER TODAY! Space is Limited, register today. $20 pre-register, $25 at the door. To register online visit rocgboston.com in the Upcoming Seminars section, or call/email Jenn Moore at 508-757-3311 (x1235), jenn.moore@rocg.com TUESDAY, JUNE 6TH Verve Crowne Plaza, 1360 Worcester Street, Natick MA 7:30 - 8:00AM Registration 8:00 - 9:20AM Seminar 9:20 - 9:45AM Q&A session Critical Success Factors in Maximizing Value. Ken is a frequent speaker at national/regional conferences, and has authored numerous articles on business value growth, corporate valuations, mergers & acquisitions, and turnaround management Ken Sanginario Founder, Corporate Value Metrics Michael Vann President, The Vann Group Michael serves as a trusted advisor to the owners of growth oriented, privately held small/ mid-size business in a variety of industries and helps owners scale their companies and position for a successful exit. A SEMINAR FOR BUSINESS OWNERS AND SENIOR EXECUTIVES PLANNING YOUR EXIT: BUYER MULTIPLES PRIVATE EQUITY PLANNING VALUE GROWTH SHERYL BOLDUC has joined the per- sonal lines depart- ment at Sullivan Insurance Group in Worcester. A 34-year veteran of the insurance industry, Bolduc is a notary public who is licensed in property and casualty insur- ance. She has worked at several agencies throughout Central Massachusetts. STEPHEN F. BADYLAK was appointed as co-chair of the Scientific Advisory Board at Biostage in Holliston. He is a professor in the department of surgery, a deputy director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine. He holds a doc- torate in veterinary medicine, a master in clinical pathology, and a Ph.D. in anatomic pathology from Purdue University, as well as his medical degree from Indiana University Medical School. He has had a long academic career and is a member of the College of Scientific Reviewers for the National Institutes of Health. MARILLYN EARLEY joined the Worcester Art Museum as director of advancement on April 13. She has more than 25 years of develop- ment experience, most recently as director of advancement at Worcester Academy, where she worked on two campaigns raising more than $80 million for the school. She held positions at the Worcester Art Museum between 1995 and 2001. She also serves as a trustee of Pwoje Espwa Sud, a social services orga- nization in Haiti that serves more than 400 children. A graduate of Boston University, Earley lives in Northborough with her hus- band and two children. TOM MATTHEWS, KATIE ARSENAULT and TYMMOTHY DORE all have new jobs with the Worcester Railers Hockey Club. Matthews is the team's new public relations and social media coordinator. He joins the Railers from Worcester Magazine, where he worked as a reporter and social media coordinator. He is a Worcester native with a degree from Clark University. Arsenault, a Wilmington native, joined the Railers as marketing and game operations coordinator, after spending the last five years working with game night control room staffs for the Boston Celtics and the Boston Bruins. She also worked as a graphics operator for the New England Revolution and the New England Patriots. She is a graduate of Suffolk University. Dore was promoted to senior account executive, tickets and member- ships after spending nine months as an account executive. DAVID CHAD has joined the division of neurology at Reliant Medical Group in Worcester. He joins Reliant from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Chad received his medical degree from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, and com- pleted his internship and residency in internal medicine at Montreal General Hospital at McGill University. He did a res- idency in neurology at the University of California, San Francisco, and went on to complete a fellowship in neuromuscular disorders at Tufts University. From 1982 until 2008, he was on the faculty at UMass Medical School and was on the faculty at Harvard Medical School from 2008 until April of this year. CHRISTOPHER J. WILLIAMS has been appointed a trustee of Clinton Financial Services. He was elected to the board of directors at the company's annual meeting in April. He has served as a corporator of the company for the past four years, and will play a criti- cal part in the bank's strategic direction in his new board role. He has been in the financial services sector for more than 18 years and is the owner and operator of Williams Financial Group in Clinton. He served as a selectman in the town of Lancaster, where he resides with his wife and two children. He is a gradu- ate of Worcester State University. JOSEPH W. SULLIVAN, a Worcester resident, is now executive vice president, chief risk officer at Boston Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Canton. He was promoted from the role of vice president - chief underwriting and product officer and will continue to build out the company's underwriting divi- sion and its product development efforts, O N T H E M OV E M o v e r s & S h a k e r s | A c c o l a d e s & H o n o r s BOLDUC M OV E R S & S H A K E R S EARLEY CHAD WILLIAMS SULLIVAN Continued on next page

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