Mark A. Pittman - Managing Director
Mark Pittman
graduated cum laude from Miami University, Oxford Ohio in 1983 with a bachelor’s degree (accounting and English). He joined the audit and tax divisions of Arthur Andersen, and obtained his CPA credentials in 1985. While at Andersen, he worked on two public offerings, and worked with clients in a variety of industries, including construction, health care, manufacturing, and high-tech. In 1989, Mr. Pittman graduated from the UCLA School of Law, and was admitted to the California Bar Association that same year. As an attorney, Mr. Pittman focused on business transactions and corporate work, including mergers and acquisitions. His clients included approximately 15 companies owned by Michael Milken and Larry Ellison that he reorganized and restructured in preparation for sale. As an investment banker, Mr. Pittman has handled clients in a wide variety of industries, including insurance, professional services, financial services, publishing, and technology.
James R. Zatolokin - Director
James Zatolokin is a graduate of Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree (Humanities: English, Psychology and Philosophy). He earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Michigan Law School and is admitted to practice law in California, Colorado and Michigan. Mr. Zatolokin’s legal practice emphasized securities law, including private and public offerings, public company reporting, investment banking, and venture capital. As outside legal counsel he represented major corporations, including IBM, Citicorp, Bank of America, Reebok and Rockport. Prior to joining PLG, Mr. Zatolokin served as a fund manager in the Santa Monica, California, offices of Secured Media Capital, L.L.C., which acted as a consultant, backup service agent and verification agent to the worldwide hedge fund industry for placement of capital into the media sector. He served as president of Newcomb Financial Group, Inc., a privately-held financial holding company for securities, commodities and other arbitrage trading entities. Mr. Zatolokin is a periodic lecturer at Loyola Marymount University in the School of Business Management, at FAMU in Prague, Czech Republic, and at the Lorenzo de Medici Institute in Florence, Italy.
Kristina D. Meyers - Business Development Manager
Kristina Meyers is a graduate of Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science degree (Urban Planning and Development). Kristina graduated in 1998 and went on to work in the marketing department of RCA Classics at the entertainment conglomerate BMG. After working for several years in entertainment, Kristina studied for a year abroad and obtained a one year certification in Interactive Multimedia for Corporate Development at the London School of Printing in England. She now manages the marketing and business development component and also directly interfaces with clients to facilitate the exchange of communication between bankers and clients.
The PLG Bankers
Our bankers have gained hands-on experience as corporate attorneys, CPAs, entrepreneurs and senior executives.
Collectively, our bankers have handled more than $2.5 billion in transactions in a wide variety of industries,
from technology, to healthcare, to real estate, to wholesale distribution. PLG Advisory Group brings sophisticated project management strategies to bear on each stage of the transaction in order to maximize returns while minimizing risk. .