Billy Stern

William “Billy” Stern is a Managing Director at The Miles Group. His client work focuses on CEO and senior team succession planning, CEO and senior executive coaching, executive assessments (including pre‐hire or pre‐investment assessments), group learning, and board evaluations and optimization.

Prior to joining The Miles Group, Mr. Stern was the Chief Legal Officer at Ancestry.com (“ACOM”). At ACOM, Billy was responsible for ACOM’s initial public offering, secondary public offerings, domestic and international acquisitions, SEC and regulatory compliance, Board relations and communications, and other corporate matters. In addition, Billy oversaw security, privacy, and many aspects of HR and IR. He also led the legal negotiations in ACOM’s sale to an investor group led by Permira Advisors, related debt offerings and recapitalization, and subsequent sale to a consortium including Silver Lake Partners.

Prior to joining Ancestry, Billy was General Counsel at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (“MSLO”), where he represented MSLO in a wide array of licensing transactions, SEC issues, acquisitions and general corporate matters.

Prior to joining MSLO, Billy was a Principal at Fish & Richardson P.C., one of the nation’s leading intellectual property firms. Prior to that, Billy was a Corporate Partner at Morrison & Foerster LLP, where he was also the hiring partner for the NY office.

Billy received his A.B. from Brown University in 1986, and his J.D and M.B.A. from The University of Chicago in 1992. He is admitted to practice in Utah, New York, Connecticut and Colorado.

Billy has served on the Boards of Directors of Equality Utah, the Salt Lake Area Restaurant Association, the Utah Film Center, the Pioneer Theatre Company, and SB Dance Company. Billy was an adjunct professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, where he taught a course entitled “the Business of Licensing.”

John Nasr

John Nasr is a senior managing director with The Miles Group, where he focuses on executive coaching, assessments, and C-suite succession planning. John serves as an executive coach for business and functional leaders across industries, including airlines, defense, technology, utilities, financial services, homebuilding, consumer packaged goods, oil and gas, healthcare, manufacturing, and professional sports. John is also a trusted partner to Boards and senior management, having consulted on talent development initiatives, including CEO and other C-suite succession planning, for several large, multi-national corporations.

Prior to joining TMG, John worked in operations accounting for one of the country’s largest oil and gas companies in Dallas, TX. Following his work as an accountant, John practiced law at a large firm in Phoenix, Arizona, where he represented primarily institutional clients, including publicly traded banks, in commercial bankruptcy and related matters and was recognized by SuperLawyers as a Rising Star.

John holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration (finance and accounting double major) from the University of Oklahoma. He also holds a juris doctorate from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University and a master’s degree in business administration from the W.P. Carey College of Business at Arizona State University. John lives in Phoenix.