Press Release

Boston, MA - May 3, 2010 - Capstone Partners LLC, a leading national investment banking firm, today announced that Mark Shifrin, ASA, has joined the firm as a Vice President in the valuation practice.  Mr. Shifrin brings with him deep technical expertise developed over his 10 year career.  Prior to joining Capstone, Mark was a professional with Valuation Research Corporation in Boston, specializing in business valuation, stock valuation and the valuation of intangible assets & intellectual property for financial accounting and reporting purposes. Prior to VRC, Mark worked as an associate in Grant Thornton’s investment banking practice and served as a valuation analyst with ZweigWhite, a management consulting firm, where he performed business valuations for ownership transition, marital dissolutions, employee stock ownership plans, corporate planning and mergers & acquisitions.

Mark holds the Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) certification in business valuation from the American Society of Appraisers.  He also has completed Level I of the Certified Financial Analyst (CFA) program. He earned an MBA from Babson College and a BA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.  Mark can be reached at (617) 619-3369, or via e-mail at mshifrin@capstonellc.com.

Capstone Partners LLC is a leading national investment banking advisory firm dedicated to serving the transaction needs of middle market companies.  The firm provides corporate sale & divestiture, merger & acquisition, private placement and valuation advisory services.  Capstone focuses on the outsourced services, technology solutions, and manufacturing & distribution industries and maintains dedicated sector teams in both education and healthcare.  The firm also maintains an active merchant banking capability through Capstone Ventures to actively co-invest in support of its clients’ transactions.  www.capstonellc.com