Bernard Hansen
...Bernard
Hansen is a management consultant who specializes in start-up and early
stage companies with a focus on developing and executing business strategies.
...He has over 25 years of diverse
business experience. Prior to founding Business Diagnostics in 1995,
he was a regional manager for Citicorp in Seattle, WA and Atlanta, GA,
plus served in lending positions at Wells Fargo Bank in Seattle, WA
and Continental Illinois National Bank in Chicago, IL. He has also been
the general partner’s representative and head of asset management
and investor relations for over 250 limited partnerships. His areas
of expertise include strategy, finance and business development.
...His professional services include developing
financial projections, valuations, business plans, commercialization
plans, and debt and capital analyses; conducting due diligence assessments
for acquisitions, joint ventures, lenders and investors; evaluating
potential acquisitions and dispositions; and providing business advisory
services that occasionally include functioning as an interim manager
in one or more capacities. Additional services include sourcing and
negotiating new debt and capital arrangements; negotiating intellectual
property options and licenses; structuring strategic partnering agreements;
arranging production/manufacturing; and restructuring troubled companies
and related liabilities.
...Most clients are referred to Business
Diagnostics by former or existing clients and professional service firms
working with entrepreneurs. Principal clients include Battelle Memorial
Institute and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Over
the past seven years, Bernard has provided services for over 30 different
start-up companies affiliated with or supported by PNNL.
...He holds a Bachelor’s degree from
University of Oregon and a Master’s degree from Harvard University.
He also has a State of Washington Broker’s License.
