Mr. John H. Barnet serves as a financial advisor to CFO’s, CEO’s, business owners, attorneys, and other clients on business plans, appraisals, and transactions. He has prepared business appraisals for venture funded companies, for privately held companies, and for attorneys in responding to inquires on business valuations from the Internal Revenue Service. He has also served as an expert witness. In the banking sector, he was the founding director for Bank of America’s private bank in Palo Alto, California reporting directly to a vice chairman of the bank. In this capacity, he had the authority to approve loans on his signature up to $10 million to individuals and their businesses. He has also served as an advisor for emerging technologies to McKay Shields Financial Corporation, a pension fund manager with over $5 billion in assets under management. Mr. Barnet has a BS degree from Stanford University, an MBA degree from Columbia University, and was a participant in an advanced financial management program at Harvard University Graduate Business School. He is currently a member of Financial Executives International and is an accredited member of the American Society of Appraisers currently serving on the Northern California/Nevada board as the chairman for business valuations. He has been a Certified Management Accountant with the American Society of Certified Management Accountants, and received a Certificate in Personal Financial Planning from the University of California. BARNET ASSOCIATES Business Valuations is located in Menlo Park, California. The business is owned by BARNET ASSOCIATES LLC, a consulting company established in 1994 and headquartered in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
Ms. Johns is the founder of BLP Advisors, LLC, an investment bank focused on mergers & acquisitions, private placements and other financial advisory services in the technology sector. Ms. Johns is registered representative with FINRA in Series 7, 24, 28, 63 and 79. BLP Advisors is a member of FINRA and the SIPC. Previously, Ms. Johns was an employee-founder of Needham & Company, a venture capitalist at Harrison Capital (Texaco), and an engineer at Sandia National Laboratories. Ms. Johns holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School, a MS in engineering from Stanford University and BS in engineering from Columbia. He has taken one company public and has been instrumental in positioning others for exit via acquisition. As an independent consultant, he has worked with public software companies on diverse projects, including acquisitions and Sarbanes Oxley implementations. Bill holds an MBA degree from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a BA in Accounting from Duke University, magna cum laude. Bill earned his CPA certification at Price Waterhouse. He sits on the Board of Directors of the CFO Network and is an active member of Financial Executives International, recently serving as President of the Silicon Valley Chapter. Pam’s experience consists of user interface applications, back end database design, reporting interface implementation, Crystal Report design, Flash projects, Authorware applications, website development, ecommerce, and web applications. Pam also designs graphic layout templates and advises on interface design. Pam has also developed training programs for the classroom and the web and has written numerous software user manuals. Pam has been a classroom instructor for corporations since 1997 and has taught in many different venues throughout the U.S. as well as online in the effective use of high technology software products and presentation skills. Pam holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Colorado State University.
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