Directors
Michael
Blake is Director of Valuation Services at Habif, Arogeti
& Wynne, LLP. Michael’s background includes transactional
roles in investment banking and venture capital. He has
fifteen years of valuation experience including transaction
support, intellectual property appraisals, fair value accounting,
litigation, and valuations for securities-related engagements.
He also has five years of experience in managing and performing
assignments on stock option and warrant valuation, hedging
instrument valuation, purchase price allocation and goodwill
and long-lived asset impairment testing.
Michael’s
valuation experience includes information technology, medical
devices, healthcare drug development, restaurants, computer
hardware, electronic entertainment, telecommunications,
broadcasting, alternative energy, publishing, business services,
e-commerce and Internet-driven services, aerospace, paper
& timber, beverage, media, manufacturing, and private
equity.
Michael
received his Bachelor’s Degree, Cum Laude, in Economics
and French from Franklin & Marshall College and his
Masters of Business Administration Degree from Georgetown
University. Michael is the co-founder and president of StartupLounge.com,
an online podcast and forum resource for entrepreneurs and
private company investors. He was a Nominee Finalist for
the 2009 Turknett Foundation Leadership Character Award
and a Nominee Finalist for the 2009 TechAmerica Spirit of
Endeavor Award. Michael was named to the Atlanta Business
Chronicle’s 2009 Up and Comers List for the top 40
executives under the age of 40. Michael’s professional
and academic affiliations include:
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Chartered Financial Analyst Institute
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Phi Beta Kappa
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Atlanta CFA Society
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Georgia Tech/Emory TI:GER Advisory Board
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American Finance Association
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Institute of Business Appraisers
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American Society of Appraisers
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Ukrainian-American Chamber of Commerce
Click
here to read Michael's personal blog, UNBLAKEABLE.
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