User:Erickking

Eric is a co-founder and Managing Director of Arena Group, LLC and over his career has led or advised on acquisitions or divestitures totaling nearly $12 billion. Most recently Eric provided Arena's client, ClickSafety.com, with leadership capital as interim CEO and transaction advisory services in the company's successful sales to Jones & Bartlett Publishers.

Prior to Arena he was President and Chief Financial Officer of FastFind.com, an online lead generation company he co-founded and successfully sold to Bankrate, Inc. Prior to that he served as Vice President of Corporate Development for Providian Financial Corporation and as Senior Financial Analyst at USI Insurance.

Eric earned his B.A. from Southern Illinois University and M.B.A. from San Francisco State University.

He serves as an advisory board member of VestMatch.com, a Silicon Valley-based start-up that facilitates group collaborative investing.