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Provio Finance

Senior financial professionals abhor social media. That is not exactly a well-kept secret in the industry. The highest performing financial types don't want to live under the threat of hacks, have no desire to share their experiences and quite frankly, don't need all the unsolicited contact. Some might be willing to use a platform to post pictures of their kids or their new car, but when it comes to business prefer to do their conversation and negotiations in person, where they know they can trust the person they are speaking with. Whether looking for a new Managing Director position or putting together a large merger, the internet really isn't secure enough for them. Bloomberg terminals are about as far as they will go. They would generally prefer to discuss business face-to-face at the Club. Welcome the world of Provio. Provio is the world's first and only secure network exclusive to senior financial professionals. It is taking that exclusive club feel and providing an equally trusted and secure area in which to deal, or conduct an interview.

In fact, takes it one step further by offering Anonymous Communication. For example, members can contact a hiring firm directly without disclosing their name or place of employment. Members can also discuss with other members potential deals without disclosure. Of course, at some point you will have to disclose your identity, but all the explorative portion of the dialogue can be conducted in complete anonymity. Documents can even be transferred without and record being kept of that. The benefit of Provio's searchable database is that it can always be on credentials only. If for instance, you need someone with expertise on mining in Indonesia, that can be found with a couple of clicks. There will be no record of your search to the fact that you were looking at their credentials.

Provio will be 100% encrypted and secure in the near future. This means that there will be no record of any activity within the site. Provio does not access the data, log the transactions or data mine the information within the site. Everything that ever happens will be 100% erased.

Members of Provio are filtered by experience. All members must have at least five years experience to be permitted access. Existing members are limited to inviting only 10 colleagues to join the site. This way we can ensure that most members are serious regarding their usage for Provio. We want the concept of unsolicited contact being meaningless contact to go away. Within Provio, if someone is contacting you, there will be a good reason i.e. a business deal, a great career opportunity or maybe it is just one of your friends wanting to meet for a beer after work.

Hiring firms have found Provio to be invaluable. headhunters are barred from the site and only the direct hiring firm is permitted to post positions and contact members. Therefore if you are contacted for a position, that means that someone at the hiring firm has reviewed your credentials, and due to out detailed search criteria, have found you to be immensely qualified. One other benefit of credentials only search is the elimination of any bias against candidates based on non-experience based rationale. Members can eliminate themselves as well from their credentials appearing in searches by their existing firm with one click of a button. Provio is designed 100% by two former Goldman Sachs employees to meet the needs of the senior financial community.

www.provio.com