Rodolfo Biasca, Joins 1stWEST Mergers & Acquisitions LLC as Managing Director in Argentina

Evergreen, CO, March 28, 2009 --(PR.com)-- 1stWEST Mergers & Acquisitions LLC is pleased to announce the appointment of Rodolfo Biasca as a Managing Director.

Rodolfo Biasca brings a broad background in international and Latin America business, through senior executive leadership roles, international consulting and university teaching positions. He has extensive work experience in the areas of strategic planning, business optimization, marketing strategies, valuations, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) for numerous companies in various industries throughout the world.

Rodolfo has a strong public and private company leadership background holding senior management positions with Cia. Gillette de Argentina, Via Valrossa, La Franco Argentina and Intermetra Corporation in the US. He has an extensive international consulting background in which he has worked with over 120 firms in many industries around the world. Clients have included the French Total-Fina, Baker-Hughes, the Danish Danfoss, Siemens, Sherwin Williams, Kraft/Nabisco, Paylana (Uruguay), MAC/Coexito (Columbia) to name a few. He has also worked as a management consultant for the World Bank, United Nations, Deloitte & Touche and Coopers & Lybrand.

Rodolfo Biasca has written 15 books and has taught at universities in twenty one countries. He has conducted over 500 management seminars and is currently a Professor of Economics at Kaplan University. He holds several degrees that include; DBA, MBA, MS Industrial Engineering and MS in Education.

“We are delighted and privileged to have Rodolfo join our 1stWEST M&A team and lead our expansion efforts in Argentina. His strong business background and unique understanding of the Argentine market will prove very valuable to our clients in Argentina,” commented Ted Rieple, Partner and Co-Founder, 1stWEST Mergers & Acquisitions.

1stWEST Mergers & Acquisitions is full service international investment banking and advisory firm that is focused on the underserved lower middle-market of companies with sales of $10 to $100 million. The firm has built a unique business solutions platform of assisting owners and shareholders in selling their company, acquiring another business or raising growth capital. With offices in the US, Europe, Brazil, Argentina, Peru and Central America, 1stWEST M&A is uniquely positioned to serve its clients around the globe.

For more information about 1stWEST Mergers & Acquisitions LLC, please visit their website at www.1stwestma.com. To contact Rodolfo Biasca, please call in Argentina at 54-11/4783-2768 or email at r.biasca@1stwest.com.

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