Anthony J. Citrolo Awarded Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor Designation

Dec. 21, 2011 - PRLog -- Chicago, Ill. — The Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors® (AM&AA) has conferred “Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor®”(CM&AA) certification upon Anthony J. Citrolo of NYBB/Reliance Strategies in Melville, New York.  He is one of an elite group of over 400 experienced corporate financial advisors worldwide to have earned the CM&AA certification.  The CM&AA designation serves to distinguish those individuals who have mastered a comprehensive body of essential knowledge and also have committed to staying abreast of continuing new developments in the M&A profession.

“Achieving CM&AA certification has been enormously rewarding” commented Anthony.  “As a CPA & M&A Advisor, I’ve been helping clients with their businesses for years, but pursuing CM&AA certification advanced my skills — and my ability to help business clients with transaction advisory needs — to a new level.”  Anthony J. Citrolo, founded NYBB in 2003, and his pursuit of a CM&AA certification grew out of the commitment to help private business owners improve business value and increase their personal wealth. He is also a Certified Business Intermediary and Certified Valuation Analyst.

The Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors® initiated the CM&AA program to develop an essential standard of excellence for middle market corporate financial advisory. “To achieve our goals,” noted Michael Nall, Executive Director of AM&AA, “we’ve created a practical, relevant, and comprehensive professional development program that builds on the previously existing skills. This advanced credential provides an important ‘gold standard’ to assist the client in selecting the best advisor. Moreover, we’ve established extremely high professional and ethical requirements to insure the integrity of the CM&AA designation. For the 1st time ever, owners of privately held companies now have a key benchmark of competency for help with critical ‘once in a lifetime’ kinds of decisions.”

About NYBB/Reliance
NYBB/Reliance Strategies is a full-service Merger & Acquisition firm in Melville, New York assisting companies with up to $50M in revenue to develop an exit strategy or make a targeted acquisition.  In addition to M&A and consulting services, NYBB/Reliance offers valuation services in determining both Business and Transaction Values.  Anthony can be reached at 631.390.9650 or anthony@nybbinc.com.

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