Pacific Crest Securities Adds to Institutional Equity Sales Team

PORTLAND, Ore., July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific Crest Securities, the premier investment bank for technology, today announced the addition of Erica Yoon as Managing Director, Institutional Equity Sales in its New York office. 

Ms. Yoon joins Pacific Crest from UBS Securities, where she was Managing Director of Technology Specialist Sales, covering tier one institutional investors in the New York and the Mid-Atlantic regions.  In this role, she was the primary conduit of technology sector information flow to investors as well as the designated deal captain for all technology public offerings in which the firm participated. Prior to UBS, Ms. Yoon was Director of Technology Specialist Sales at Merrill Lynch & Co., where she led the U.S. team of technology specialists. This team repeatedly received top rankings among Technology Sector Sales Professionals in the annual Greenwich Associates and Institutional Investor Surveys as well as within the firm's account base of tier one institutional investors in New York and Mid-Atlantic regions.

"Erica is an excellent fit for our team of frontline Technology Sales Specialists and our overall platform. She has a strong understanding of the sector, deep relationships with many of its top institutional investors and a highly collaborative style that mirrors our approach," said Scott Sandbo, Chairman and CEO of Pacific Crest Securities.  "We are pleased to welcome Erica to our team and confident that our clients will benefit from her contributions."

"I'm excited to join Pacific Crest's top ranked team of Technology Sales and Trading Specialists," said Erica Yoon. "As someone who has specialized in technology for most of my career, I see this is an exceptional opportunity to provide meaningfully differentiated value to institutional investors based on the perspectives that result from the firm's unique combination of equity and industry research and its exclusive focus on technology.  Pacific Crest has the right team and approach to consistently deliver alpha in the dynamic technology sector and a changing banking landscape."

About Pacific Crest Securities

Pacific Crest is the premier investment bank for technology, operating at the leading edge, where global connectivity is fueling an unprecedented expansion cycle. We apply our unmatched knowledge of the drivers of value creation and global network of relationships to technology's high growth sectors, such as global Internet, mobility, SaaS, cloud and big data, next gen infrastructure and alternative energy. Our clients - technology's foremost institutional investors and market leading companies – rely on us to achieve superior returns and gain competitive advantage from the seismic shifts occurring in technology.  We have 175 employees and are headquartered in the United States, with offices in Boston, New York, Portland, San Francisco and Stamford, and International offices in Beijing and Taipei, as well as our Pacific Epoch office in Shanghai.

Media Contact:
Jen McBee
Pacific Crest Securities
503.248.0721

SOURCE Pacific Crest Securities

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