Finance Career Night

October 1, 2009 · 6:30-8:00pm · CU Stadium Club

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A big THANK YOU to our sponsors!

Our Gold Sponsor:

Northwestern Mutual-Denver Financial representatives with the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network provide expert guidance and innovative solutions for the planning needs of individuals and businesses. They strive to understand their clients’ goals and visions in order to develop financial solutions that put them on a path to success. These representatives are in business for themselves—but they’re not alone. Supported by our network of financial specialists, training programs and mentoring opportunities, they have access to the resources, products and assistance they need to help their clients and build their practices.

Our Silver Sponsors:

First Data At First Data, we make buying and selling easier. We’re the global technology leader in information commerce. We help businesses, such as merchants and financial institutions, safely and efficiently process customer transactions and understand the information related to those transactions. That ensures that consumers can feel comfortable in knowing that their payments are convenient and secure. Whether someone’s writing a check at the gas station, using an ATM/debit card to pay for groceries, buying a book online, getting cash out of an ATM, paying for dinner with a credit card or using a gift card to purchase something special, chances are the transaction is moved quickly and securely by First Data. First Data processes transaction data of all kinds, harnesses the power of that data, and delivers innovations in secure infrastructure, intelligence and insight for its customers.

Flatirons Bank We are a full service locally owned independent bank founded by members of your community. Decisions are made locally without the interference of complex committees or out-of-market influences. Our staff of professionals has deep experience in the banking industry with the ability to respond quickly and provide a customized banking relationship. FlatIrons Bank offers a wide range of personalized banking services to meet the needs of our business and personal customers. Relationships are important to us and we strive to provide our clients with the highest level of professional service at each interaction. The Colorado Group The finest real estate transactions begin with knowledgeable brokers who are connected to their clients, the community and the transaction. At The Colorado Group, we have over 28 years of experience building those connections. When you connect with us, you are integrated into a vast network of buyers, sellers, landlords and tenants. And we don’t stop there. The Colorado Group also connects you to attorneys, bankers, architects, contractors and the brokerage community -- everyone you need to quickly achieve your real estate goals.

Colorado Rockies Baseball Club Rockies fans have mile-high hopes of a World Series championship. The Colorado Rockies Baseball Club joined the ranks of Major League Baseball as an expansion team in 1993. Thanks to the rarefied air in Denver, the franchise's Coors Field home has developed a reputation as a hitter-friendly park where even ordinary pop-ups can drift into the bleachers. Colorado earned its first National League pennant in 2007. CEO Charlie Monfort and his brother Dick have controlled the team since 2005. FOX Sports Net also owns a 14% interest in the franchise, as does brewer Molson Coors.

Colorado State Bank and Trust Colorado State Bank and Trust is part of a $20 billion multi-bank holding company, and has a strong history of outstanding growth and financial performance. CSBT has fifteen locations in Denver, one in Colorado Springs and one in Boulder. It is one of the most respected financial institutions on the Front Range.

Crestone Capital Advisors LLC Crestone Capital Advisors LLC ("Crestone") is an independently owned, entrepreneurial wealth management firm in Boulder, Colorado. Crestone has 38 employees and a select nationwide group of over 40 clients, who are primarily individuals, families and foundations. We serve as our clients’ central, trusted financial advisor, providing institutional quality investment management and personalized wealth advisory services, including income tax, estate and philanthropic planning, financial planning and balance sheet/risk management. Our mission is to improve the lives and peace of mind of our clients by acting as their trusted advisor and central resource for all their wealth management needs. Career Opportunities: Crestone is a growing firm with highly‐attractive career opportunities for talented, qualified candidates. Crestone values creativity, initiative, intellectual curiosity, teamwork and passion for service excellence. Crestone offers competitive salaries, medical, dental and life insurance, 401(k) benefits, vacation, sick and personal days, and paid holidays. Crestone is an equal opportunity employer. FIMAC Solutions LLC Based in Denver, Colorado we specialize in providing the financial services industry with banking software focusing on risk management and profitability solutions. At the core of FIMAC Solutions products and services are our proprietary financial analytics solutions. We provide quality solutions at a fair price. FIMAC Solutions introduces the newest product in our suite of analytical solutions: Construction Stress Analytics©. Construction Stress Analytics© is a recent addition to our suite of risk management tools. It is robust software that quickly handles all construction and land development loan stress testing needs. Using loan data extracted from your, core processor, loan system or other data sources, Construction Stress Analytics© will do the analysis for you. Implementing a highly accurate method of estimating loan interest payments for the life of a project, along with Loan to Value ratios and Loan Payment Dates, Construction Stress Analytics© provides your on-site users with stress ratings you set based on interest reserve capacity to cover the interest payments, as well as the ability of the project to generate cash flows sufficient to repay the entire debt.

Fire and Police Pension Association of Colorado The Fire and Police Pension Association was established January 1, 1980 and administers a statewide multiple employer public employee retirement system providing defined benefit plan coverage as well as death and disability coverage for police officers and firefighters throughout the State of Colorado .The Association also administers local defined benefit pension funds for police officers and firefighters hired prior to April 8, 1978 whose employers have elected to affiliate with the Association; for volunteer fire defined benefit plans; and for local money purchase (defined contribution) pension plans.

First Bank FirstBank is Colorado’s largest locally owned bank holding company, and we are still growing! In addition to the Denver Metro area, front range, and mountain communities, we have locations in Palm Desert, California and the Phoenix, Arizona area. With over 130 locations and continual plans for expansion, we offer excellent employment opportunities in retail banking. Our Management Training Program and promote from within philosophy create strong officers who are knowledgeable in all areas of the bank. We are privately held, and our employees have majority ownership in the company. FirstBank is an equal opportunity employer. First Data At First Data, we make buying and selling easier. We’re the global technology leader in information commerce. We help businesses, such as merchants and financial institutions, safely and efficiently process customer transactions and understand the information related to those transactions. That ensures that consumers can feel comfortable in knowing that their payments are convenient and secure. Whether someone’s writing a check at the gas station, using an ATM/debit card to pay for groceries, buying a book online, getting cash out of an ATM, paying for dinner with a credit card or using a gift card to purchase something special, chances are the transaction is moved quickly and securely by First Data. First Data processes transaction data of all kinds, harnesses the power of that data, and delivers innovations in secure infrastructure, intelligence and insight for its customers.

First Western Trust Bank First Western is the best private bank for the western wealth management client. We provide integrated wealth management solutions on a private banking platform. We listen to our clients to gain an understanding of their wealth management needs and create customized solutions in the areas of private banking, personal trust, investment management and wealth planning. In this time of turmoil in the financial markets, many are unsure of where to turn. We want to provide our friends of the bank with comfort that First Western remains the best solution for all of their financial needs.

Flatirons Bank We are a full service locally owned independent bank founded by members of your community. Decisions are made locally without the interference of complex committees or out-of-market influences. Our staff of professionals has deep experience in the banking industry with the ability to respond quickly and provide a customized banking relationship. FlatIrons Bank offers a wide range of personalized banking services to meet the needs of our business and personal customers. Relationships are important to us and we strive to provide our clients with the highest level of professional service at each interaction.

Fox River Financial Resources Fox River Financial Resources electronically trades equities, options, and futures. Its clients are among the top tier of very large institutional investors. Fox River promises clients trade executions at a set price that is better than they can obtain themselves in the market. By executing at a price that beats the promise price, Fox River increases profit from the trade. As such, trading volume is high at Fox River, with thousands of trades occurring every day. Fox River's ability to trade competitively depends on the company's ability to gather and analyze market data very quickly, then rapidly execute financial trades. To achieve this, Fox River has a highly skilled 50-person staff that depends on its proprietary software tools and its technology to understand the market and predict and execute on optimal trade positions.

Frontier Airlines We began service on July 5, 1994 with 180 employees and two Boeing 737-200s on routes between Denver, Colo. and Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks and Minot, N.D. Since then we've grown to be the second-largest carrier out of Denver International Airport, with an average of 350 daily system-wide departures and arrivals. These serve 24 of the top 25 destinations out of Denver. Our team now numbers over 5,000 Frontier employees in cities throughout North America.

Grey Mountain Partners Grey Mountain Partners is a private equity firm focused on acquiring majority interests in smaller middle-market companies ($30 - 200 million in revenue) in mature, basic industries. Grey Mountain’s activities include identifying potential acquisition targets, executing transactions, and working with affiliate company management teams to increase the value of their businesses. In addition to typical transaction structures, the firm has expertise with divestitures, MBOs, consolidation opportunities, family held companies in transition, and companies in distress or emerging from bankruptcy. Grey Mountain maintains offices in both New York and Colorado.

Impact Wealth Advisors Our philosophy begins with the belief that one's 'personal wealth' is not a number. Rather, it is the sum total of the people, possessions and causes in your life that you care deeply about and want to protect and maintain. Equally important, we believe that change is frequent and unpredictable. Our investment philosophy and management approach take both of these into account. At the core, we seek to provide efficient market returns through passive portfolios. This approach dramatically reduces expenses and increases tax efficiency for our clients. Passive investment management, which could include ETFs and no-load mutual funds, reduces exposure to the day-to-day volatility of the markets by investing in a broad range of asset classes for the long-term. The core portfolio is then complemented with client specific solutions intended to provide smoother returns. Impact Wealth Advisors is one of a select group of advisors nationally qualified to provide access to Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA), a leader in passive portfolio management. Ion Engineering

ION is the first clean-tech company to successfully integrate ionic liquids in solutions to capture carbon and other contaminants from gases. Enabling:  Economically viable greenhouse gas capture from power plants and other industrial sources  Economic development of highly sour natural gas fields  Enhanced competitiveness for algae-to-fuel and carbon conversion

Jones Lang LaSalle We are in business to create and deliver real value for clients, shareholders and our own people in a complex world that is constantly changing. Jones Lang LaSalle is a financial and professional services firm specializing in real estate services and investment management. Our more than 30,000 people in 750 locations in 60 countries serve the local, regional and global real estate needs of those clients, growing our company in the process. In response to changing client expectations and market conditions, we assemble teams of experts who deliver integrated services built on market insight and foresight, sound research and relevant market knowledge. We attract, develop and reward the best, and most diverse, people in our industry, challenging them to develop enduring client relationships built on quality service, collaboration and trust.

MillerCoors MillerCoors wants to become the best beer company in America. We’re a new company with big ideas and innovations that can create new energy in the American beer business. We have great enthusiasm for the business and tremendous potential to improve it. We’ll do that through a combination of great brands, talented people, strong partnerships and the scale that our new company brings us. We believe in brands, and we’re determined to build the best portfolio of beer brands in the business, by listening carefully to beer drinkers and understanding what they want today—and what they’ll want tomorrow. We’re building a true team of highly talented people who are passionate about the beer business, who love to win and learn, and who aim to amaze every customer by doing the little things that make a big difference. We want to be the best partner for American beer distributors and retailers, constantly bringing our customers profitable growth. And we offer more value to our customers, communities, employees, and owners as one company than two. We will deliver savings that will provide the resources to significantly raise our investment in our business. We are confident that our business will grow, and we are focused on growing it the right way, with responsible marketing practices, sound environmental decisions and strong community partnerships. Municipal Capital Markets Group MCM is an investment-banking firm. We specialize in issuing municipal bonds to provide low-rate, tax-exempt financing to our clients for capital improvements and acquisitions. In our specialty segments of the market, we offer services in every state of the U.S. MCM specializes in providing long term financing for…  Mental Health and Mental Retardation service providers  Correctional Facilities - all types  Equipment Financing - all types - through "MuniLease"®  Charter Schools  Fiber to the Home (FTTH)

Northwestern Mutual-Denver Financial representatives with the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network provide expert guidance and innovative solutions for the planning needs of individuals and businesses. They strive to understand their clients’ goals and visions in order to develop financial solutions that put them on a path to success. These representatives are in business for themselves—but they’re not alone. Supported by our network of financial specialists, training programs and mentoring opportunities, they have access to the resources, products and assistance they need to help their clients and build their practices.

Optimum Mortgage Services, Inc. From the beginning, Optimum Mortgage has focused on you, the customer. Everything we do is based on serving our customers. We are going to make the loan process as easy for you as possible. The associates at Optimum Mortgage Services are committed to the mortgage industry and their customers. With over 40 years of combined experience, we know the business from the inside out. We specialize in first and second mortgages for home purchases, refinancing, and home equity loans. You can count on us to handle all your mortgage needs.

Q Advisors LLC Q Advisors LLC is an investment-banking firm that provides financial advisory services to public and privately held companies. The firm provides mergers and acquisition, private placements of equity and debt, divestitures, management buyouts, negotiation assistance, fairness opinions, due diligence, restructuring, valuation, and strategic advisory services. The firm focuses on telecommunications, information technology and business services industries. Q Advisors was founded in 2001 and is based in Denver, Colorado with an additional office in San Francisco, California. Rally Software helps organizations perfect the art of software development through Agile and Lean practices. Agile development practices are quickly becoming a mainstream approach to software development because they shorten development cycles, minimize risk and help better prioritize features and customer requests. In fact, in a recent third-party study, Rally customers were proven to have 50% faster time-to-market and a 25% increase in productivity. Rally is the #1 partner for Agile success through its family of products, coaching and community support. With a dedicated focus on Agile development, Rally helps software organizations of all sizes incrementally adopt Agile practices to shorten their development cycles and collaborate across distributed teams and silos. Rally’s on-demand Agile lifecycle management products were honored with four consecutive Jolt Awards (the industry’s Oscars®) in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 and currently support 1,800 customers, 48,000 projects and 75,000 users in 50 countries. Rally’s end-to-end solutions for Agile development also include: Agile University, the largest online source for Agile training, and Agile Commons, the largest collaborative Web 2.0 community dedicated to advancing software agility. Rally’s Agile products, online training center and Web 2.0 portal enable customers to successfully adopt Agile practices from product idea to delivery.

Renewable Choice Energy Renewable Choice helps businesses and individuals understand and reduce their environmental impact with renewable energy and other clean technology solutions. We are a proven leader and trusted partner to hundreds of businesses and green builders, and thousands of residential customers across the U.S.

Shell Shell Oil Company, including its consolidated companies and its share in equity companies, is one of America's leading oil and natural gas producers, natural gas marketers, gasoline marketers and petrochemical manufacturers. Shell is a recognized pioneer in oil and gas exploration and production technology. Shell Oil Company is an affiliate of the Shell Group, a global group of energy and petrochemical companies, employing approximately 104,000 people and operating in more than 110 countries and territories. In the United States, Shell has operations in 50 states and employs more than 22,000 people. Silicon Valley Bank For 25 years, Silicon Valley Bank has been dedicated to providing global financial services to some of the most innovative and entrepreneurial companies in the technology, life science, private equity and premium wine industries. Our experience with these industries affords us a deep understanding of our clients' business models and a high level of comfort with the business cycles inherent to these dynamic markets. Silicon Valley Bank offers a full range of sophisticated banking and investment services, but what sets us apart from other banks is our innovative approach and deep commitment to helping entrepreneurial companies of all sizes, and at all stages, grow their businesses around the world. Over the years, we've built an unparalleled network of relationships with companies, service providers, venture capital and private equity firms. Silicon Valley Bank helps clients gain access to the right people and the right resources to achieve their goals.

St Charles Capital St. Charles Capital provides expert investment banking services for middle-market companies in Denver, Colorado, the Rocky Mountain Region, and throughout the United States. St. Charles is distinguished by the experience of our senior partners, our deep industry expertise, and our track record of successful engagements. The firm’s partners have on average nearly 20 years of investment banking experience with middle-market companies. Collectively, the firm’s investment bankers have completed more than 150 merger and acquisition transactions valued in excess of $5.0 billion in total consideration, and have raised nearly $1.0 billion in private capital. Further, the firm’s senior partners have completed more than 125 strategic financial advisory engagements.

tw telecom Headquartered in Littleton, CO, tw telecom is a leading provider of managed networking solutions to a wide array of businesses and organizations in 75 markets spanning 30 states and D.C. As one of the country's premier competitive service providers, tw telecom integrates data, dedicated Internet access, and local and long distance voice services for long distance carriers, wireless communications companies, incumbent local exchange carriers, and enterprise organizations in healthcare, finance, higher education, manufacturing, and hospitality industries, as well as for military, state and local government. We began our business in 1993 as a joint venture with Time Warner Cable (now a unit of Time Warner Inc.). Since 1997, we focused on delivering services to business customers, including carriers and governmental entities, and on expanding from dedicated services into Voice Services, Internet and data. In July 1998, we became a separate entity apart from Time Warner Cable and were reorganized into Time Warner Telecom LLC. In May 1999, we issued an IPO and became Time Warner Telecom Inc. In July 2008, Time Warner Telecom became tw telecom. White Lake Partners White Lake Partners is a retained search firm based in Boulder, Colorado. We offer comprehensive recruiting solutions for clients in the manufacturing, renewable energy, and technology industries. Our searches are conducted at all levels of an organization from CEO and VP to Director and Manager. We operate in all functional areas including general management, sales, marketing, finance, operations, engineering, human resources, and information technology. Learn more at www.whitelakepartners.com.

Zayo Enterprise Networks Zayo Group provides bandwidth, voice and managed services to carrier, enterprise, SME and government customers. Headquartered in Louisville, Colorado, Zayo Group operates three business units, Zayo Bandwidth, Zayo Enterprise Networks and Onvoy Voice Services. Zayo provides its services over a fiber network that spans 129 markets and 23 states. Carrier customers include telecom, wireless, cable TV, LECs and Internet service providers. Enterprise customers include web-centric businesses, technology companies, government, education, financial services, healthcare providers and SME entities. Zayo’s product set includes private line, Ethernet, wavelength, Internet, SS7, long distance, tandem switching, Operator Services, TDM voice, VoIP, video-conferencing, web hosting, and more.