Will Ray, a former Registered Investment Manager, began his career with Bear Stearns in the Institutional Equities Department. Will formed a few Computer Driven Program Trading Groups in a strategic alliance with Investment Technology Group (NYSE:ITG), and the technology created by Sun Microsystems. Sun products included computer servers and workstations based on its own SPARC processors as well as AMD's Opteron and Intel's Xeon processors; storage systems; and, a suite of software products including the Solaris operating system, and developer tools. Will was a consultant to Bill Porter, the founder and Chairman of online trading firm ETrade Group(KAP), in the area of online derivatives transactions.
After ...More working for Morgan Stanley and Union Bank Of Switzerland, Will ventured into Portfolio Management with WebIMC (web Investment Management Consulting.) Eventually the company changed direction to take on a more consultative approach to assist entrepreneurs being financed by venture assistance/venture capital. With a team of Stanford PhD's the company developed PPRM (Predictive Performance Risk Measurement), a risk measurement model and mathematical process to assist decision making for Institutional Investors (Endowments, Corporate Investors, Angel Funds, and Pension Funds. )
Will is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley.
WR & Company, LLC Software entrepreneurs are highly adept at running their companies, but typically lack the many diverse skills required to exit successfully for optimum valuation. The M&A process appears deceptively simple, but the vast majority of entrepreneurs who have experienced it will invariably tell you it’s a ...More
complex, multi-faceted, and oftentimes emotional process requiring a very special skill set. Doing it right -- or wrong -- can translate to millions of dollars. Knowing how to position your company, approach strangers, competitors and allies, field endless inquiries, negotiate price, structure the transaction optimally, and survive due diligence, can make all the difference. That's where we come in.
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