Operations – Alliance Advisors https://allianceadvisors.com A full service proxy solicitation and corporate advisory firm Thu, 02 Oct 2025 15:40:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://e4h8grreyn6.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cropped-favicon.png?lossy=1&resize=32%2C32&ssl=1 Operations – Alliance Advisors https://allianceadvisors.com 32 32 Michael Weems https://allianceadvisors.com/staff-member/michael-weems/ Tue, 21 Jan 2025 21:19:50 +0000 https://allianceadvisors.com/?post_type=staff&p=54383 Mike directs the company’s financial strategy and oversees accounting, financial planning and analysis. Mike is a results driven senior leader skilled in financial, accounting, administrative and operational management. Mike has a proven track record of providing financial and executive leadership for established and start-up organizations in order to support their achievement of their business objectives. Mike has spent the last twenty one years working with high-growth, medical communications and professional services agencies and businesses and has experience across the full range of accounting and finance disciplines in both start-up and publicly held companies. After graduating from Rutgers University with a BS in Accounting and Finance, Mike spent two years with Coopers & Lybrand in public accounting prior to moving to the medical communications and professional services industry.

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Matt Porzio https://allianceadvisors.com/staff-member/matt-porzio/ Thu, 30 Jan 2025 12:19:58 +0000 https://allianceadvisors.com/?post_type=staff&p=54716

Transformative Leader & Growth Strategist: Matt is a dynamic and results-driven executive with a proven track record of transforming client needs, organizational strengths, and market opportunities into a clear strategic vision that fuels growth and profitability. His entrepreneurial spirit and extensive expertise in technology and domain knowledge in financial services, allows Matt to drive innovation and competitive differentiation.

Matt is accomplished in leading strategic planning, business development, and organizational transformation to deliver measurable outcomes. He prides himself on being an inspirational and decisive leader that builds high-performing teams, fosters trust and collaboration, and strengthens stakeholder relationships to achieve sustained success. His background includes various investment banking and capital markets roles to start his career and 17 years building a market-leading business at IntraLinks, serving the Corporate Development, M&A, Legal, Private Equity and Capital Markets sectors.

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Krystle Di Laura https://allianceadvisors.com/staff-member/krystle-di-laura/ Sun, 24 Jul 2022 11:47:41 +0000 https://aadvisors.vog.in.rs/?page_id=26155

As Executive Vice President, Krystle drives excellence in delivering world-class operational strategies that ensure seamless service delivery across all touchpoints. She has a proven track record of leading large-scale, customer-centric operations, optimizing processes, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Through a results-driven leadership approach, Krystle has spearheaded transformative initiatives that have enhanced efficiency, reduced costs, and delivered measurable value to stakeholders and is committed to leveraging her experience to drive growth, innovation, and operational excellence.

Krystle is a strategic advisor to the CEO and often partners with the Executive team on navigating complicated processes and taking the initiative for creative solutions. She has had proven success in driving business optimization to increase performance and profitability.

Krystle has over 20 years of experience and has honed her skills in Business Management, Finance, Process Improvement and Relationship Management. She is a passionate and driven professional with a diverse background and a key member of the leadership team.

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Richard Babineau https://allianceadvisors.com/staff-member/richard-babineau/ Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:20:25 +0000 https://allianceadvisors.com/?post_type=staff&p=50452 With over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, Rich is a seasoned leader and innovator in shareholder communications and proxy event management. Most recently, Rich was the Director of Asset Management Solutions at Mediant, a BetaNXT business, where he worked with asset managers to deliver the best investor communications solutions to the financial services industry, leveraging his extensive knowledge of the proxy and regulatory communications lifecycle.

Rich has a proven track record of designing and executing successful solicitation strategies for corporate issuers, mutual funds, REITs, and insurance companies, supporting their long-term corporate governance goals and enhancing their shareholder engagement.

He has also held leadership roles in client services, operations, and product management for leading proxy and legal service providers, including Georgeson LLC and Broadridge Financial Solutions. Rich is an active member of several industry associations and a graduate of the prestigious Securities Industry Institute, sponsored by SIFMA and The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He also holds a certificate from the Corporate Governance Bootcamp Program at New York University’s School of Law.

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Jacob Park https://allianceadvisors.com/staff-member/jacob-park/ Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:59:37 +0000 https://allianceadvisors.com/?post_type=staff&p=61297

Jacob Park is a corporate finance and capital markets professional with more than 15 years of experience advising companies and investors across Asia.

For the past eight years, he has led SS&C Intralinks Korea, where he supported more than 200 M&A and strategic transactions and built extensive relationships with Korea’s top corporate dealmakers.

His work has spanned Conglomerates, Bio-Pharmaceuticals, Semiconductors, and SMEs, positioning him as a trusted advisor in many of the country’s most high-profile deals and investments. Prior to SS&C Intralinks, Jacob held senior roles at UBS, where he gained expertise in business development, financial market analysis (forex and derivatives), and strategic planning. His career reflects a strong record in enterprise sales, market analysis and trading, with a focus on aligning clients’ strategic goals to market opportunities.

Jacob earned his MBA from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). He also holds a BS in Management of Financial Institution from De La Salle University.

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Donna M. Corso https://allianceadvisors.com/staff-member/donna-m-corso/ Wed, 17 Sep 2025 14:12:27 +0000 https://allianceadvisors.com/?post_type=staff&p=60594

Donna M. Corso is a seasoned Senior Managing Director with more than 35+ years of experience in the financial services industry, specializing in proxy solicitation and corporate governance. Throughout her career, she has advised Fortune 100 companies, mid-cap, and small-cap corporations on annual and special shareholder meetings, proxy contests, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, and governance matters.

In her previous roles, Donna built and sustained a diverse client portfolio, guiding senior executives through complex transactions, including multimillion and multibillion-dollar mergers such as AT&T/SBC, Aviall/Boeing, Lucent/Alcatel, and most recently, Marel/John Bean, Heska/Mars and Magellan/ONEOK. She also pioneered SPAC advisory services from the inception of the SPAC market, overseeing more than 850 business combination and extension meetings.

Donna is a member of the Society for Corporate Governance and has presented on proxy and governance topics across the industry.

Earlier in her career, Donna rose from Assistant to Vice President, leading major proxy solicitations and corporate reorganizations, including the landmark restructuring of The Columbia Gas System, Inc. She has also served as an Independent Inspector of Elections, presented widely on proxy and governance issues, and held memberships with the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals and the Corporate Transfer Association.

Known for her strategic insight, negotiation skills, and deep client relationships, Donna has built a reputation as a trusted advisor who delivers results with professionalism and integrity.

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Ahmed Suliman https://allianceadvisors.com/staff-member/ahmed-suliman/ Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:51:14 +0000 https://allianceadvisors.com/?post_type=staff&p=54398

Ahmed Suliman was born and has lived most of my life in London, and currently resides there. Since graduating from university, he has worked in the corporate governance and proxy services’ business, which has been 10 years.

During this time, he has worked for a proxy advisor and 2 proxy solicitation companies, where he has experienced working in both the buy- and sell-side of the industry, which entails working for major European listed companies. His areas of interests include and are not limited to corporate governance, proxy, ESG, M&A and activism, shareholder engagement, and investor relations.

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Jamie Penn https://allianceadvisors.com/staff-member/jamie-penn/ Mon, 16 Sep 2024 17:43:34 +0000 https://allianceadvisors.com/?post_type=staff&p=50474 Jamie Penn is an Assistant Vice President in the Proxy Logistics Group at Alliance Advisors. With over thirteen years working in proxy logistics, he has a vast experience with handling the research and distribution of work for ADR clients. He was involved in logistics, mail and tabulations for various mergers and acquisitions in addition to his proxy jobs. Jamie is also experienced in numerous other things from processing broker bills to logistics regarding invoicing.

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