Challenges Abound as GM Pitches Its IPO
Edmunds Auto Observer
8/19/2010
With the required papers filed, General Motors' management is kicking off a road show to convince potential investors to buy the automaker's stock in its Initial Public Offering. Their challenges are many, according to John Calia, Managing Partner of Tatum's South Florida office.
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Mark Hurd's Departure from HP highlights importance of Succession Planning
New Mexico Business Weekly
8/13/2010
Silicon Valley companies got a shocking reminder earlier this month, when former Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd,departed suddenly. Hurd's departure made it clear that having a succession plan can’t be an afterthought. Reed Kingston, Managing Partner of Tatum's Palo Alto office offers his thoughts on HP's process of finding an interim CEO.
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'Group think' among local VCs?
Nashville Post
8/4/2010
At an event sponsored by the Nashville Healthcare Council and Nashville Capital Network, moderator, Nancy Falls, asked a panel of venture capitalists whether the community's close-knit nature could create a group think environment that would make it difficult for an entrepreneur to secure funding if one or two VCs first turned them down.
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Financing Options: There are a variety of alternatives available to hospitals.
HealthLeaders Media
6/29/2010
There is another nontraditional path to financing that merits mentioning: philanthropy. Though not an area that healthcare facilities traditionally think of when looking for financing options - especially for larger projects - it can be used to underwrite smaller capital projects, or very long-range ones if it is done correctly, says Jeff Rooney, a partner with Atlanta-based executive services firm Tatum LLC and interim CFO for Saint Agnes Medical Center in Fresno, CA.
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High on ambition, low on cash, Twin Cities hospitals face choices
MedCity News
6/28/2010
Children’s Hospital saw an even more drastic change. The hospital said revenue from services increased 8 percent to $540 million in 2008. But Children’s lost $52 million from its investment portfolio, knocking its total revenue to just $516.3 million, down 6 percent from 2007.
Meanwhile, expenses rose 8.4 percent, due mostly to salaries and benefits. Compensation now accounts for 63 percent of the hospital’s total revenue. Anything above 55 percent-to-60 percent is “unsustainable,” said Jeff Nelson, a Minneapolis-based partner of Tatum LLC, which supplies interim CFOs to struggling hospitals.
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Tatum Promotes Janice DiPietro to National Managing Partner
Forbes.com
6/10/2010
Tatum announced that Janice DiPietro has been promoted to national managing partner of consulting. She will be responsible for leading a team of professionals across the country to assist clients with financial and operational issues, such as managing liquidity, growth planning, operational improvement and mergers and acquisitions.
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From Adversity, Better Budgets
CFO.com
6/1/2010
Tatum national managing partner of consulting, is quoted in From Adversity, Better Budgets in CFO magazine. She notes that many CFOs are increasing the frequency of budget revisions and forecasts.
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Ready, Set, Grow?
CFO Magazine
5/26/2010
Deciding how (and when) to reinvigorate growth now ranks as a CFO's biggest challenge. Tatum's Janice DiPietro urges finance executives and their fellow managers to survey the competition as a first step to identifying growth opportunities.
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