Michael B Kessler

Bio

Mr. Kessler, a VSS Managing Director, specializes in investing in the business information services sector, which includes companies engaged in the collection, creation and/or processing of data, and the use of technology to enhance and deliver such content. He has a particular focus on companies engaged in Marketing, Human Resources, and Credit and Risk Management. He played a lead role in the firm's August 2007 acquisition of SureSource. He also led the simultaneous acquisitions of Qwiz and ePredix in 2005 and serves on the Board of Directors of the combined company, PreVisor. He played a key role in the 2007 acquisition of Tranzact, the 2006 acquisitions of TMP Worldwide and Market Strategies International, and serves on the Boards of these companies. He also participated in the 2005 acquisition of CoreData, serving on its Board of Directors, and assisted in its merger with and the development of Hemscott PLC, merged in 2006 with i-Deal Software to create Ipreo. Mr. Kessler is also currently a Director of Vault.com. Mr. Kessler had over 17 years of investment banking experience prior to joining VSS in 2003 from CIBC World Markets. At CIBC he was a senior member of the Enterprise Software and eBusiness Services group, primarily focused on business services and software-related transactions. He has executed numerous public offerings and private placements, and closed over 60 merger and acquisition transactions. Prior to CIBC, Mr. Kessler was a Managing Director at Oppenheimer & Co. (acquired by CIBC in 1997), where he served as a senior member of the media and business services investment banking group. Prior to joining Oppenheimer in 1993, Mr. Kessler served in the capital markets divisions of Barclays Capital and Merrill Lynch. Mr. Kessler has an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School, and a BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.