Karl Palasz

Managing Director, Co-Head of Healthcare IT Investment Banking
+1 312 364 8932
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Education Harvard Business School, MBA
University of Illinois, BS
Joined William Blair & Company 1998
Other Experience Dean Witter Reynolds
Allstate Private Equity
Board Membership Executive Committee Member of Rush University Medical Center Associates Board
Notable Transactions
  • Greenway Medical Technologies IPO - Joint Bookrunner
  • Advisor to Sage plc in the sale of the Sage Healthcare division to Vista Equity Partners
  • Healthstream Follow-on Offering - Sole Bookrunner
  • Trover Solutions - sale to ABRY Partners
  • ExamWorks - initial public offering, co-lead manager
  • Allscripts Healthcare Solutions - purchase of Eclipsys Corp.
  • Netsmart Technologies - recapitalization by Genstar Capital
  • Healthvision, Inc. - sale to Lawson Software Americas, Inc.
  • First Consulting Group - sale to CSC
  • PSS World Medical - minority investment in athenahealth