The Art of Asking Webinar

When
May 15, 2012
Location
Online - noon Pacific / 3pm Eastern

Registration

Non-Member - $35.00 (USD)
OWL Members - Free

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Webinar: The Art of Asking

Do you know how to ask for and get the resources you need to be successful in your job? Are you confident negotiating on behalf of your company, and to be of benefit of yourself and your career? Topics in this webinar include communicating value, and knowing when

and how to ask, to get the best results.

Facilitated by Kim Zilliox, Vice President, Leadership Development, Women’s Leadership Coaching, with insights from special guest Lauren P. Silvernail, CFO and Vice President of Corporate Development, ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

About Lauren P. Silvernail:

Lauren P. Silvernail is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Vice President of Corporate Development at ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a publicly traded ophthalmic pharmaceutical company based in Irvine, California (NASDAQ: ISTA). Since joining ISTA in 2003, Mrs. Silvernail has been the key architect of the company’s growth and financing plans, which have changed ISTA from a development stage organization to the third largest branded ophthalmic pharmaceutical company in the U.S., with over 330 employees and 2011 sales of $160 million.

As ISTA’s CFO, Mrs. Silvernail led the company’s financing efforts, successfully securing over $250 million in debt and equity from public and private sources to finance the growth of the company. Mrs. Silvernail has built ISTA’s finance team by recruiting an experienced team of finance, accounting, business development, treasury, risk management and investor and public relations professionals. During her tenure, Mrs. Silvernail and her team have developed and executed on the company’s annual strategic plan, including completing transactions that added six new product candidates to ISTA’s development pipeline. Most recently, Mrs. Silvernail and her team led a strategic exploration process which culminated in the March 2012 announcement of the acquisition of ISTA by Bausch + Lomb for approximately $500 million.