By Published On: January 11, 2013

Middle Market Investment Banking Firm FOCUS LLC Represents NAVIS in the Purchase of LMG Data Mining

Bend, OR (January 11, 2013)FOCUS LLC, a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture and corporate finance services, announced today that NAVIS has acquired LMG Data Mining. FOCUS represented NAVIS in the transaction.

NAVIS, a Bend, Oregon company, is the leader in reservation sales systems for the North American lodging industry. LMG Data Mining, in Tempe, Arizona, pioneered data mining in the hospitality market. This acquisition will allow the companies to combine their data gathering and reporting strengths to develop a more powerful, web-based business intelligence system that builds guest profiles and produces actionable marketing data to drive increased reservations and revenues.

According to Kyle Buehner, CEO of NAVIS, “The expertise we received from FOCUS and John Bradshaw throughout the entire process of our acquisition was invaluable. Thanks to their guidance, we completed the acquisition quickly and without incident. I wouldn’t hesitate to call on FOCUS again.”

FOCUS Managing Partner, John Bradshaw, noted, “This transaction broadens the client base and opens significant strategic opportunities for NAVIS. We are happy to have aided such a beneficial transaction.”

*These testimonials may not be representative of the experience of all clients; testimonials are not a guarantee of future performance or success.

About FOCUS LLC

FOCUS LLC provides a range of middle market investment banking services with an emphasis on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and corporate finance. FOCUS is a national firm serving clients from offices in major cities across the United States. FOCUS specializes in business units with transactions or revenues in the $5-300 million range, serving entrepreneurs, corporate owners and various types of investors across a broad range of industries, throughout the U.S. and worldwide. FOCUS bankers are seasoned operating and financial executives with extensive transaction experience. Securities transactions conducted by FOCUS Securities LLC, an affiliated company, registered Broker Dealer member FINRA/SIPC. For more information on FOCUS, visit www.focusbankers.com.

John T. Bradshaw has over 40 years experience in sales, marketing, manufacturing, finance and systems engineering with corporations specializing in technology-driven business products and services. Mr. Bradshaw has been a successful entrepreneur of his own startup companies as well as a senior executive in both large and small organizations. Prior to joining FOCUS as an Investment Banker in 2004 specializing in M&A and Capital Raises for the lower middle market ($10M to $300M valuation), Mr. Bradshaw was the founder and former President and Chief Executive Officer of CareCall, Inc., a customer service outsourcing company that was sold to Array Services in 2003. Mr. Bradshaw founded CareCall in 1993 and grew the company from inception to over $17 million in sales with 500 Full Time Equivalent employees. utilizing four locations based in the Midwest. Prior to founding CareCall, Mr. Bradshaw was Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales and Managing Director of International Operations for Online Computer Systems, a division of Reed Elsevier. Mr. Bradshaw spent over 13 years at Xerox and Filenet (now part of IBM) in manufacturing in various executive position in Materials Management and Operations producing sophisticated technology products such as Disk Drives, Printing Systems, and Electronic components Mr. Bradshaw has a B.B.A., with honors, specializing in Computer Science, Math and Statistics from the University of Texas, and an M.B.A. in Finance from the Harvard Business School. Mr. Bradshaw carries all major securities licenses required for Investment Banking.