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NMS Client ViRvii signs agreement with Facebook’s Oculus

Arthur Mansourian — Wed, 13 May 2020 13:33:00 +0000

The two companies will work together to leverage ViRvii’s intellectual property, which allows users to create their own worlds by customizing how they listen to and interact with music.

NMS Consulting (“NMS”) is pleased to announce that our client ViRvii has signed an agreement with Facebook’s Oculus. The two companies will work together to leverage ViRvii’s intellectual property, which allows users to create their own worlds by customizing how they listen to and interact with music.

NMS provides a suite of management consulting services to ViRvii which includes working to identify and advise on suitable partners and alliances, advise on the structuring of agreements, and to work with ViRvii and its strategic partners to ensure the completion of partnership goals. We are actively pursuing new alliances for ViRvii in multiple industries, including education, healthcare, music, sports, and law enforcement and workplace training.

As a result of signing this agreement, coupled with funding and commitments received to date, independent analysis confirms ViRvii’s valuation potential tracking at decacorn status within the next few years.

This agreement with Facebook is a major milestone accomplishment for ViRvii. We look forward to continuing to work closely with Juan and the ViRvii team to help bring their vision to fruition, and to help expand the use of their amazing technology in virtually every industry.

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ViRvii, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Rhizome Productions

Arthur Mansourian — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 06:53:00 +0000

ViRvii, which recently announced its formal launch, enables users to create their own worlds customizing their user experience for music and art. In addition, it will allow artists and record labels to create new or recreate existing albums or songs through ViRvii creating an entirely new medium for the user experience.

ViRvii, Inc., a technology firm that develops proprietary user experiences merging music, art and virtual reality today announced that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Rhizome Productions, Inc., (“Rhizome”) a Los Angeles based virtual reality consulting and production company. As part of the acquisition, it has appointed Brooks Brown, founder of Rhizome as Chief Creative Officer and Partner.

Since its founding by Mr. Brown, Rhizome Productions has consulted on multiple virtual reality projects for a global client base comprised of gaming companies and studios.

Brooks Brown is an award winning interactive director and marketing creative. Starting his career at Lucasfilm, Mr. Brown’s talent, drive and creativity quickly garnered his ascent to Lucasarts Digital Digital Marketing Manager where he was then appointed as head of his own Digital Development Gaming Team. During his tenure at Lucasfilm he was awarded with a “Webby” for best online game of 2012 and he also earned multiple brand development awards from Adobe MAX, the Game Marketing Awards and more. As a result of his success at Lucasfilm, he was tapped by filmmaker James Cameron to oversee the digital side of the “Avatar” movie franchise with direct influence and control over concept development, contracting, program, game production and social media development resulting in multiple deals with Kabam and Ubisoft. He then went on to work with Swedish software company, Starbreeze Studios to lead immersive development for film properties such as John Wick, The Mummy and The Walking Dead. As a culmination of his success, Mr. Brown led his team to the creation of HERO, which won the Tibeca Film Festival and was hailed as the “future of entertainment” by the festival jury. Following this, Mr. Brown has maintained his cutting edge spot as a leading creative and technology visionary consulting on a myriad of global projects through Rhizome Productions.

ViRVii Co-Founder and CEO, Juan Dueñas said “Working with Brooks on this project has been a once in a lifetime opportunity that will undoubtably change technology for decades to come. I am glad to have someone with his creative genius on this new journey with me”.

“As Virtual Reality comes into its own, as the hardware, the business, and the creative start to converge, the team at Rhizome has been fortunate to be at the cutting edge of driving truly immersive experiences. Within minutes of spending time with Juan and the other leadership at ViRvii, we knew they were the partners we needed to bring our full vision to life and the best possible partners to have as we charge forward into the next wave of virtual worlds” said Mr. Brown.

ViRvii, which recently announced its formal launch, enables users to create their own worlds customizing their user experience for music and art. In addition, it will allow artists and record labels to create new or recreate existing albums or songs through ViRvii creating an entirely new medium for the user experience.

The firm announced that they expect the transaction to be closed within 30-days.

About ViRvii, Inc.

Bringing Virtual Reality to Art

ViRvii is a technology firm that was founded to serve at the crossroads of art, music and virtual reality enabling users and content providers to customize and share their own virtual reality experiences in either a private or public setting.

For More information, please visit, www.virvii.com

Media Contact:

Lili Swanson
NMS Consulting, Inc.
+1 310-855-0020
info@nmsconsulting.com

SOURCE: ViRvii, Inc.

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Vidia Ramdeen, ex-EY, added to NMS team as a Senior Consultant

Arthur Mansourian — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 21:55:34 +0000

Vidia’s expertise includes healthcare management, strategic planning, organizational design, executive leadership training, corporate finance‎, and cryptocurrency.

Mr. Ramdeen has a 16 year track record with a focus on financial services, corporate advisory, and wealth management. Vidia also has public sector, healthcare, higher education, and non-profit consulting experience, providing diverse services to local, state, and federal government. Examples of his solutions include the securing of $150,000 in grant funding inside of 3 months for local government, and also leading a number of initiatives including cost management analysis studies. Mr. Ramdeen is a Six Sigma Black Belt and has experience with performance management consulting using MiniTab and MS Excel. He has more than 10 years of experience as an independent consultant providing 3rd party consulting services that generally involve varied analysis, research and recommendations.‎ Prominent firms Vidia has worked for include Ernst & Young. Mr. Ramdeen is a member of ICMA SoCal and earned an MPA degree from Pace University and a BA in economics from the University at Albany (SUNY).

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Trevor Saliba Nominated for Inaugural CEO & CFO Leadership Award

Arthur Mansourian — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 00:01:47 +0000

Trevor M. Saliba, NMS Consulting Managing Partner, Nominated for L.A. Times Inaugural CEO & CFO Leadership Awards.

LOS ANGELES, CA – September 16, 2021 NMS Consulting, Inc. (“NMS”) announced today that its Founder and Managing Partner, Trevor M. Saliba has been nominated for the L.A. Times Inaugural CEO & CFO Leadership Awards in the Chief Executive Officer category.

As part of this year’s inaugural CEO & CFO Leadership Awards event, the L.A. Times B2B Publishing team staged a virtual event panel discussion exploring the hot button issues and trends affect the C-Suite in 20201 and the employees, customers, shareholders and constituents they serve.

The event recognizes Chief Executive Officers and Chief Financial Officers of public and private companies and educational and non-profit organizations. Trevor M. Saliba was nominated in the Chief Executive Officer of a private company category. View the full list of honorees here.

As the Managing Partner and Global Head of the Private Equity, M&A and Strategy Practice Groups at NMS Consulting, Mr. Saliba is a sought-after strategic advisor to a global client base and variety of industries.

NMS Consulting is a global management consulting and strategy firm focused on delivering client solutions to a global client base comprised of private and public companies, governments, philanthropic organizations and the individuals who lead. Drawing upon our global team’s extensive expertise and diverse skills, our clients benefit from a global organization of more than 250 seasoned professionals across 15 offices located throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and Middle East resulting in a unique multi-disciplinary platform.

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Trevor M. Saliba Recognized by Los Angeles Business Journal

Arthur Mansourian — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 17:17:34 +0000

Mr. Saliba is a sought after strategic advisor to a global client base working with them at every stage of the private equity and M&A transaction life cycle.

NMS Consulting, Inc. (“NMSC”) announced today that its Managing Partner and Global Head the Private Equity, M&A and Strategy practice groups, Trevor M. Saliba was recognized by the Los Angeles Business Journal as a “Leaders of Influence: Private Equity, Investors & Advisors” for 2021.

Published in the June 28, 2021 issue, the Los Angeles Business Journal profiled an impressive cross-section of the top private equity investors and advisors in the Los Angeles marketplace who fund or work on deals that shape the local and national economy in its “Leaders of Influence: 2021 Private Equity Investors and Advisors.” Included in the issue are some LA’s most successful private equity and M&A dealmakers, lawyers, accountants, consultants and insurance providers.

As the Managing Partner and Global Head of the Private Equity, M&A and Strategy Practice Groups at NMS Consulting, Mr. Saliba is a sought after strategic advisor to a global client base working with them at every stage of the private equity and M&A transaction lifecycle. Mr. Saliba’s Strategy practice supports clients post transaction closing advising on post-merger integration and growth strategies.

“It’s an honor to be recognized by the LABJ as part of this impressive group for a second year in a row” said, Trevor M. Saliba. “At NMS Consulting, we remain singularly focused on our client’s goals in the transaction to create added value throughout the process through completion. The firm has seen a significant client mandate increase in Private Equity and M&A transactions with a particular client focus on SPACs, infrastructure and real estate in 2021.”

NMS Consulting, Inc. is a global management consulting and strategy firm focused on delivering client solutions to a global client base comprised of private and public companies, governments, philanthropic organizations, and the individuals who lead. Drawing upon our global team’s extensive expertise and diverse skills, our clients benefit from a global organization of more than 250 seasoned professionals across fifteen offices located throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and Middle East, resulting in a unique multi-disciplinary platform.

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Trevor M. Saliba Recognized as One of the Most Influential Advisors

Arthur Mansourian — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 17:04:26 +0000

Mr. Saliba is a sought after strategic advisor to a global client base working with them at every stage of the transaction life cycle.

NMS Consulting (“NMSC”) announced today that its Managing Partner, Trevor M. Saliba was recognized by the Los Angeles Business Journal as a “Most Influential Private Equity Advisors” for 2020.

Published in the June 29, 2020 issue, the Los Angeles Business Journal profiled an impressive cross-section of the top private equity investors and advisors in the Los Angeles marketplace who fund or work on deals that shape the local and national economy in its “Leaders of Influence: 2020 Private Equity Investors and Advisors.” Included in the issue are some LA’s most successful private equity and M&A dealmakers, lawyers, accountants, consultants and insurance providers.

“Its an honor to be recognized by the LABJ and included in such an impressive group of individuals” said, Trevor M. Saliba. “At NMS Consulting, we remain singularly focused on our client’s goals in the transaction to create added value throughout the process through completion.

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Trevor M. Saliba Interviewed by Tech Company News | NMS Consulting

Arthur Mansourian — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 09:47:49 +0000

The interview addresses what makes NMS Consulting unique and its plans for the future.

In the most recent interview with our Founder & Managing Partner Trevor Saliba, Tech Company News asks what differentiates NMS Consulting and how we can help your company achieve its goals.

Q: Could you provide our readers with a brief introduction to NMS Consulting?

A: NMS Consulting is a global management consulting firm with a team of more than 150 professionals across 11 offices in the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The mission of NMS Consulting is to fill the void in the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and even large firms and conglomerates by bringing “big firm” experience and capabilities but without all the trappings of large global management consulting firms, specifically when it comes to flexibility on size of mandates and pricing. We focus on a core set of services ranging from traditional business transformation, change management, corporate turnaround and restructuring, cybersecurity and digital, tax advisory as well private equity, M&A and Strategy. But additional services also range from marketing, branding, risk management, infrastructure and project finance.

Q: Can you tell us something more about your recent announcement?

A: One of the key initiatives in the firm is the growth of the European presence. We have been able to put this in place with a solid foundation through the acquisition of a UK based management consultancy called MooreFleming. But more importantly, we have brought in its founder, Dr. Harry Moore as a Senior Partner and Head of Europe. Harry is a seasoned leader and a global industry expert in the specialized area of corporate turnaround and restructuring. Under Harry’s leadership, the firm has already started its expansion into Germany with offices in Berlin and Frankfurt.

Q: Who is your ideal client and why?

A: Our ideal client is really any organization that has a need for any of the services we offer as we don’t put restrictions on clients by requiring minimums. Ideally, this would probably fall more to SMEs vs. large corporations as they will always tend to work with large management consulting firms. This isn’t really based on capabilities, but rather perceptions that as a large firm they need a large professional service provider. However, as we do offer a broad array of services, we’ve found that specifically in our core services, we are able to add value and benefit to clients of all sizes. Our team is made up of seasoned professionals who have worked in big global consulting firms and small independents, so they are able to be flexible and agile when addressing a client’s needs which almost always entails considering their budget.

Q: What can we expect from NMS Consulting in next 6 months?

A: We are going to continue recruiting amazing people to our team. We are preparing to open our Paris, France office and we are looking to continue to develop business in the UK with a specific focus on assisting clients in navigating the complexities surrounding Brexit. In the USA, we are continuing to grow in our key markets and may start looking at setting up offices in some select secondary markets. We are also closely watching how the political environment in Hong Kong is affecting the region and what this will mean for both China and Hong Kong based businesses and foreign businesses with Hong Kong as a regional hub.

Q: What’s the best thing about NMS Consulting that people might not know about?

A: It’s our people. We are very lucky to have the caliber of people that we do. The large majority of them come to us having working at one or more of the top ten global management consulting firms and carry professional pedigrees that would grant them entry into any organization. But the ability that this gives us as an organization to provide the highest caliber of technical services with the ability of flexibility and pricing is where the real added value is and benefit for the client. While every organization and client experience comes down to the individuals involved on both sides, clients have often commented that they are pleasantly surprised to see an organization that when working with them has the feel of a boutique but with the end product deliverable being equal to any of the big firms. I find this to be the biggest compliment.

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Trevor M. Saliba interviewed by Financier Magazine | NMS Consulting

Arthur Mansourian — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 01:59:19 +0000

The interview covers the opportunities and challenges with cross-border SPACs in today’s market.

NMS Consulting, Inc., a global management consulting and strategy firm (“NMS”), today announced that Trevor M. Saliba, Managing Partner and Global Head of Private Equity, M&A and Strategy at NMS was interviewed by Financier Magazine for their September 2021 issue where he discusses the cross-border opportunities and challenges for SPACs.

To read the interview, click here.

About NMS Consulting, Inc.

Founded in 2018, NMS Consulting is a global management consulting and strategic advisory firm that specializes in delivering services to a global client base of private and public companies, government agencies, philanthropic organizations and the individuals who lead them.

With a global footprint of fifteen offices located through the United States, Asia, Europe and the Middle East staffed with more than 250 seasoned professionals, our clients benefit from a combination of our diverse skills, expertise and global organization offering a unique multi-disciplinary 360⁰ solutions platform.

Unlike other leading management consulting firms, NMS Consulting provides its clients the experience of working with a “big firm consultancy” without the higher premium. Client projects are staffed with qualified professionals who have trained at many of the leading global consultancy firms enabling the NMS professionals to deliver “big firm” experience and capabilities, while providing flexibility on mandate sizes and pricing.

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Trevor M. Saliba Interviewed and Featured in CIO Look Magazine

Arthur Mansourian — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 23:55:51 +0000

Trevor M. Saliba, Managing Partner of NMS Consulting was interviewed and featured in the June 2021 Edition of CIO Look Magazine. The article highlighted its 10 Most Innovative Business Leaders to Follow in 2021. CIO Look is Global business authority platform for entrepreneurs, business owners, and innovators who drive business around the globe.

To read Mr. Saliba’s interview, click here.

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Tonette Santillan, ex-PwC, hired as a Senior Consultant

Arthur Mansourian — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 01:20:36 +0000

Ms. Santillan has over 20 years of accounting experience and served as an Audit Manager for PwC.

Tonette has over 20 years of cumulative experience in public accounting and in private industry practice. Previously, Tonette was an Assurance Director at RSM US LLP’s Financial Institutions Practice Group. Before that, she was the SEC Financial Reporting Manager for IndyMac Bank. She was also with the Financial Services audit practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Los Angeles and was also an Audit Manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Manila, Philippines.

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