At Montgomery & Co., Associates assume a role of greater responsibility than in larger, more traditional investment banking firms.  Associates assume meaningful roles in business development and deal execution.  Associates work directly with Managing Directors and senior management and are given broad-based and in-depth exposure to exciting growth companies.

Associates are key members of an investment banking team and are typically responsible for the day-to-day management of multiple projects.  Specific duties include:  creating, managing, and teaching complex financial models; assembling client or prospect presentations; and producing descriptive memoranda.  Associates often supervise and direct the work of Analysts and are expected to participate in various firm leadership activities including recruiting, training, and the development of “best practices”.

Successful Associate candidates will be smart and accomplished in their academic, extra-curricular, and professional experience.   Specific qualifications include:

• 3-5 years of experience in investment banking with specific experience in Technology, software and services preferred;
• Strong M&A transaction experience;
• MBA from a leading graduate school preferred;
• Strong leadership, analytical, communication and quantitative skills.

Please submit your resume, cover letter and deal sheet to recruiting@monty.com. Only qualified candidates will be considered for this position.

BUFFALO, NY and NEW YORK (PRWEB) January 19, 2012

Synacor, the Entertainment Everywhere Platform powering next-gen portals and TV Everywhere (TVE) services, today announced the appointment of Michael Montgomery to its board of directors. Montgomery joins other recent Synacor board appointees Marwan Fawaz and Gary Ginsberg. Together the new board members bring a wealth of expertise to Synacor from companies including Sega, Disney, DreamWorks, Charter Communications, Time Warner and News Corporation.’

“Michael is a respected and trusted leader in the entertainment industry, and Synacor is thrilled to have him join our board of directors,” said Ron Frankel, Synacor CEO. “Michael’s experience and vision will be invaluable as we prepare for a potential IPO and continue to deliver the Synacor Platform to cable, satellite, telco and consumer electronics companies.”

Michael Montgomery brings to Synacor a distinguished and comprehensive background in the entertainment industry, as well as experience in mergers and acquisitions. Prior to his principal position at Montgomery & Co., he served as chief executive officer of Sega GameWorks—a joint venture between Sega, Universal Studios and DreamWorks. Before GameWorks, Montgomery was a senior executive for DreamWorks SKG, where he led its successful bid to raise $1 billion in private equity financing. Until 1993, Montgomery was vice president and treasurer at the Walt Disney Company.

For more information on Synacor and its TV Everywhere services including “TV Everywhere for Everyone,” please visit http://www.synacor.com or email tvee(at)synacor(dot)com.

About Synacor

Synacor is the Entertainment Everywhere Platform powering next-gen portals and TV Everywhere services reaching more than 21 million high-speed Internet subscribers worldwide. Synacor clients—including cable, telecom, satellite and consumer electronics companies—use Synacor’s Platform to deliver TV shows, movies, music, news, games, sports, email, tech support and other value-added services to their end-customers, across multiple connected devices. Synacor’s technology solutions enable its partners to quickly adapt to the evolving online landscape, driving consumer engagement and generating new revenues through search, content distribution, advertising, value-added services and e-commerce. Synacor is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Investcorp Technology Partners will work alongside Thought Equity Motion’s founders, existing management team and investors to drive growth in its U.S. and international markets. The company’s T3 Platform supports storage, access, delivery, and monetization for major studios, sports rights holders, and other media companies worldwide. Its global footage licensing platform (www.thoughtequity.com) is the premier destination for the world’s leading video producers to license high-quality sports, news and entertainment content. The two businesses are complementary, with customers able to leverage multiple components across their own lifecycle of content creation, monetization and storage.

“We are delighted to partner with Thought Equity Motion’s management team and shareholders to continue building what is already the fastest growing cloud-based video management service provider,” said Andrew Flett, a partner at Investcorp in New York. “With its technology leadership, blue-chip client base and superb management, Thought Equity Motion is well positioned to drive transformation in the video supply chain in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Thought Equity Motion is a perfect addition to our existing top-notch portfolio of media and technology companies.”

Mr. Flett will join Thought Equity Motion’s board of directors along with Hazem Ben-Gacem, an Investcorp managing director and co-head of its technology investment team. Thought Equity Motion becomes the seventh investment in Fund III.

“Our partnership with Investcorp validates our leadership position, and Investcorp’s global presence and relationships will fuel our growth trajectory around the world,” said Thought Equity Motion’s CEO & Founder Kevin Schaff. “With the explosion of demand for video content, video rights holders are seeking to unlock the value of their assets and make their libraries accessible for next-generation uses. At the same time, the video production community is always seeking to maximize its resources by leveraging high-quality previously shot footage.”

About Thought Equity Motion, Inc.

Thought Equity Motion offers cloud-based storage, access and licensing services for master-quality video. The company delivers large-scale archive management and “smart content” metadata as a hosted service, reducing its clients’ cost and complexity. Thought Equity Motion’s rights development, licensing, and distribution offerings enable media rights holders to generate new value from their video content.

Through its web platform and global sales force, the company licenses sports, news, entertainment, editorial, and creative content to the world’s leading producers in advertising, film, television, publishing, and interactive media.

Thought Equity Motion works with the world’s leading video libraries, including BBC Motion Gallery, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, National Geographic, The New York Times, and the NCAA®.

Connect with Thought Equity Motion on Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn and Facebook.

For more information, visit: http://corporate.thoughtequity.com/ or contact Abby Lurie, Thought Equity Motion,alurie@thoughtequity.com, +1.720.382.2890

About Investcorp Technology Partners

Investcorp Technology Partners is a leading private equity investor in small and medium-sized technology businesses in North America and Europe. The team focuses on growth buyout, corporate carveout and public situation transactions. Some of the group’s recent investments include FleetMatics, a leading SaaS fleet management software provider; TDX, a provider of analytic tools and services to optimize recovery of defaulted consumer debt; eviivo, one of the largest on line hotel management systems solutions providers; and Skrill, Europe’s leading independent electronic money issuer and online payment system.

Investcorp Technology Partners is part of Investcorp, a leading provider and manager of alternative investment products. Further information is available at www.investcorp.com.

Anyone watching Groupon’s initial public offering on Friday jump more than 50 percent has to be feeling pretty good about technology stock deals on the horizon.

Industry experts on a panel at the Invest Southwest Captial Conference in Phoenix on Thursday, a day before Groupon hit the open market, said the scattered nature of IPOs in the past year make trying to determine how tech stocks will do challenging at best.

Basically, don’t judge the next one by the last one.

“There will be a lot of junk,” said David Grove, managing director of Pacific Crest Securities in San Francisco. “It’s up to people to pick and choose.”

That challenge is that investors like growth and profitability, and some of the tech companies that have come through lately, such as LinkedIn.com and Zillow.com, have teased investors with both and resulted in higher prices, Grove said.

It has created a lot of talk about whether Web 2.0 companies are in another bubble.

“Here in the U.S., we’re always in a bubble,” said Peter Lombard, managing director of technology, media and telecommunications for Piper Jaffery.

The challenge for those looking at IPOs is how significantly the market has changed. Large private equity companies have stepped in where IPOs initially would have been held, pumping tens of millions to billions into companies that normally would have sought that on the open market.

That has led to a market that focuses on getting a company read for a sale rather than taking it public, said James Montgomery, CEO at Montgomery & Co.

Michael Franson, co-founder and president of St. Charles Capital, said it may not be the best time for companies to explore an IPO given rules for public companies such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that tightened requirements on public companies.

“I see just a great set of conditions for mergers and acquisitions,” he said. “It’s a little different for the IPO market.”

That all may change next year. Facebook, which is always rumored to be going public, could find itself in the IPO market after getting billions from private equity firms to fuel its growth. Other companies may be in the offing as well.