Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. Announces Appointment of Eric C. Salzman as CEO
December 21, 2020 at 08:00 am EST
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Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. announced that Eric C. Salzman has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, effective December 21, 2020. Since April 1, 2020, Mr. Salzman has served as the Company's Chief Restructuring Officer. As CEO, Mr. Salzman will continue to focus on the value maximization and monetization of Safeguard's interests in its portfolio companies as well as the management of Safeguard's operations. Dr. Rosenthal, currently Executive Chairman, will resume his position as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Safeguard. Mr. Salzman has a 25-year track record partnering with growth companies as an investor, board member and strategic advisor. He has worked in M&A, restructuring, growth and special situations investing at a number of investment banks and private equity funds, including Credit Suisse and Lehman Brothers. Mr. Salzman helped oversee the monetization of a $2 billion portfolio of illiquid assets in the Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy Estate and subsequently advised several investment funds on value-maximization strategies for their respective portfolios. He currently serves as a director on a number of Safeguard portfolio companies as well as an independent director at publicly traded 8x8, Inc. Mr. Salzman earned a B.A. Honors from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Harvard University.
Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. is a provider of capital and relevant expertise to technology-driven businesses. The Company offers strategic, operational and management support to certain of its ownership interests, which include defining short and long-term strategic goals; identifying and planning for the critical success factors to reach these goals; identifying and addressing the challenges and operational improvements required to achieve the critical success factors and, ultimately, the strategic goals; identifying and implementing the business measurements that the Company and others are apply to measure a companyâs success; and identifying sources of and providing capital to drive growth. It also continues to hold relatively small equity interests in other enterprises where it does not exert significant influence and do not participate in management activities. The Company's subsidiaries include Bonfield VII, Ltd., Safeguard Delaware, Inc., SFE Properties, Inc., and others.
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