Revelstoke Adds-on to Career Step
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Revelstoke Adds-on to Career Step

alcs nf1Career Step, a portfolio company of Revelstoke Capital Partners, has completed the acquisition of Emergency Certifications, a provider of on-line life support training.  Revelstoke acquired Career Step, a provider of online training programs, from DW Healthcare Partners in February 2015.

Emergency Certifications is a provider of on-line certification and recertification courses for advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), pediatric advanced life support (PALS), basic life support (BLS), and neonatal resuscitation programs (NRP). The company’s courses can be completed in several hours from any computer, tablet or smartphone and are created by licensed and certified physicians, and follow current American Heart Association (AHA) and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) guidelines. Emergency Certifications is headquartered in Kirkland, WA (www.acls.com).

“We are excited to expand the scope of our services to reach the vast ACLS, BCLS and PALS certification market,” said Stephen Tober, President and CEO of Career Step. “Emergency Certifications has built a reputation as a quality provider of online continuing education through its array of online courses. We are pleased and the team is energized to have the opportunity to continue this success under the Career Step umbrella.”

Career Step is a provider of online, career-focused training programs to the healthcare sector.  The company’s courses are used to gain career skills and to prepare for certification testing.  Career Step has trained over 85,000 students and has more than 150 partnerships with colleges and universities nationwide.  The company is headquartered in Provo, UT (www.careerstep.com).

“I am confident that the resources and expertise that Career Step brings will enable us to accelerate our mission to offer a fast, easy and efficient platform to certify the growing number of healthcare professionals in ACLS, BCLS and PALS training,” said Amin Pezeshk, CEO and Founder of Emergency Certifications.

Revelstoke invests from $10 million to $250 million in companies that have at least $5 million of EBITDA.  Sectors of interest include healthcare services and products; transportation and logistics; specialty distribution; energy and energy services; building products; business and outsourced services; marketing services; financial services; industrial services; and medical technology. The firm is headquartered in Denver (www.revelstokecp.com).

Greene Holcomb & Fisher (www.ghf.net) acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Emergency Certifications on this transaction.  GH&F has offices in Minneapolis, Phoenix, Seattle and Atlanta and specializes in middle market mergers and acquisitions, private placements and financial advisory services.

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