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Bill Pursche
Bill Pursche has over 25 years of experience as a senior advisor and consultant to a wide
variety of individuals and companies. His specialty is in the areas of personal skill building and
improving the operations of workplaces and businesses. He is especially adept at using
everyday examples and analogies to get people and organizations to change the way they
behave, and in providing practical advice to people needing to change some aspect of what
they do.
Prior to his work with First Call Advisors, he was a Partner at McKinsey & Company, Inc. where
he led McKinsey’s worldwide Post Merger Management Group. While at McKinsey he also
founded and led its Mergers and Acquisitions Group (M&A), and its Turnaround (Operational
Profit Improvement) Group. He has been involved in over 300 M&A and PMI efforts in a variety
of industries and geographies, including cross border deals, and has authored numerous
articles on M&A and post merger management and merger integration. He is widely regarded
as one of most knowledgeable experts in the world in synergies and Post Merger Integration.
He has extensive experience advising senior executives in many countries on strategy
development and implementation, turnarounds, merger strategy, deal structuring, and all
phases of the post merger process, and he has worked closely with outside advisors such as
investment bankers as part of the M&A process. He has also successfully led dozens of
turnarounds and business improvement initiatives and has helped many small businesses
become successful.
In addition to his work at McKinsey, he was a co-founder and Managing Director of Blue Capital
Management, LLC, a private equity firm. Bill has also founded/co-founded 6 startup companies
in the process control, computer, software and photography industries.
Bill received his Master of Business Administration at The Amos Tuck School of Business
Administration at Dartmouth College in 1981 and his B.A. (cum laude) at Williams College in
1979. He does pro bono work for numerous humane organizations and is donating all the profits
from his last book to animal rescue. His book Synergies: The Art and Science of Making 2+2=5
will be published in 2009. He is currently working on a new book entitled 101 Business
Mistakes and How to Avoid Them (Small Business Edition).
Bill Pursche has over 25 years of experience as a senior advisor and consultant to a wide
variety of individuals and companies. His specialty is in the areas of personal skill building and
improving the operations of workplaces and businesses. He is especially adept at using
everyday examples and analogies to get people and organizations to change the way they
behave, and in providing practical advice to people needing to change some aspect of what
they do.
Prior to his work with First Call Advisors, he was a Partner at McKinsey & Company, Inc. where
he led McKinsey’s worldwide Post Merger Management Group. While at McKinsey he also
founded and led its Mergers and Acquisitions Group (M&A), and its Turnaround (Operational
Profit Improvement) Group. He has been involved in over 300 M&A and PMI efforts in a variety
of industries and geographies, including cross border deals, and has authored numerous
articles on M&A and post merger management and merger integration. He is widely regarded
as one of most knowledgeable experts in the world in synergies and Post Merger Integration.
He has extensive experience advising senior executives in many countries on strategy
development and implementation, turnarounds, merger strategy, deal structuring, and all
phases of the post merger process, and he has worked closely with outside advisors such as
investment bankers as part of the M&A process. He has also successfully led dozens of
turnarounds and business improvement initiatives and has helped many small businesses
become successful.
In addition to his work at McKinsey, he was a co-founder and Managing Director of Blue Capital
Management, LLC, a private equity firm. Bill has also founded/co-founded 6 startup companies
in the process control, computer, software and photography industries.
Bill received his Master of Business Administration at The Amos Tuck School of Business
Administration at Dartmouth College in 1981 and his B.A. (cum laude) at Williams College in
1979. He does pro bono work for numerous humane organizations and is donating all the profits
from his last book to animal rescue. His book Synergies: The Art and Science of Making 2+2=5
will be published in 2009. He is currently working on a new book entitled 101 Business
Mistakes and How to Avoid Them (Small Business Edition).
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H.G.Mark Sijthoff
Mr Sijthoff has over 30 years in line and staff functions in marketing, planning, and general
management. Mr. Sijthoff was formerly the President of Hoechst Celanese's specialty products
and specialty chemicals divisions, a multi-billion dollar business. He was also president of
Hoechst's largest specialty chemicals business, based in Frankfurt, Germany, which included
40 plants in 35 countries.
Mark has a Masters Degree (MBA) from Columbia University and a B.S. in Mechanical
Engineering from Duke University.
Mr Sijthoff has over 30 years in line and staff functions in marketing, planning, and general
management. Mr. Sijthoff was formerly the President of Hoechst Celanese's specialty products
and specialty chemicals divisions, a multi-billion dollar business. He was also president of
Hoechst's largest specialty chemicals business, based in Frankfurt, Germany, which included
40 plants in 35 countries.
Mark has a Masters Degree (MBA) from Columbia University and a B.S. in Mechanical
Engineering from Duke University.
Mark W. DiLuglio
Mr. DiLuglio is a successful entrepreneur, and has over 20 years experience in line
management. His special expertise is in the practical application of technology to solve real
world business problems. His clients have included Caterpillar, Schlumberger, GE, Independent
Quality Labs, and the Robotics Research Lab at U.R.I.
In addition to his work with First Call Advisors, he serves as President of Process Technologies,
Inc. a process design, technology development, and software firm.
Mark holds a B.S. degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from the University
of Rhode Island. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
Mr. DiLuglio is a successful entrepreneur, and has over 20 years experience in line
management. His special expertise is in the practical application of technology to solve real
world business problems. His clients have included Caterpillar, Schlumberger, GE, Independent
Quality Labs, and the Robotics Research Lab at U.R.I.
In addition to his work with First Call Advisors, he serves as President of Process Technologies,
Inc. a process design, technology development, and software firm.
Mark holds a B.S. degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from the University
of Rhode Island. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
Alaina Love
Alaina Love has twenty-six years of business and consulting experience. She has served large
multinational firms as well as small independent companies and hospitals. Her specialties are
Human Resources and OD services. In 1994, Alaina founded HRx Renaissance Consortium,
Inc., a business strategy, leadership and organizational development consulting firm located in
the US and Thailand, which she still leads.
Prior to founding HRx, Alaina spent over twelve years with Merck & Co., Inc., a multinational
pharmaceutical firm, as Executive Director of Human Resources.
Alaina is a graduate of the University of Michigan Business School’s Change Leadership
Program. She has completed advanced Human Resource studies at Rutger’s University and
medical studies at Tufts University School of Medicine and holds an undergraduate degree in
medical technology.
Alaina Love has twenty-six years of business and consulting experience. She has served large
multinational firms as well as small independent companies and hospitals. Her specialties are
Human Resources and OD services. In 1994, Alaina founded HRx Renaissance Consortium,
Inc., a business strategy, leadership and organizational development consulting firm located in
the US and Thailand, which she still leads.
Prior to founding HRx, Alaina spent over twelve years with Merck & Co., Inc., a multinational
pharmaceutical firm, as Executive Director of Human Resources.
Alaina is a graduate of the University of Michigan Business School’s Change Leadership
Program. She has completed advanced Human Resource studies at Rutger’s University and
medical studies at Tufts University School of Medicine and holds an undergraduate degree in
medical technology.
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