Merriman Holdings Hires William J. Febbo as COO

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 18, 2012/PRNewswire/ -- (OTCQX: MERR), today announced that Will Febbohas been hired as chief operating officer of the holding company and broker-dealer, Merriman Capital, Inc., effective January 11, 2012.  Febbo assumes this new officer level position while continuing to serve on the Company's Board of Directors.

"Will has been a great board member and partner, and recently has been instrumental in the transition to our advisory focused model. As an entrepreneur, he brings a strong financial, operational and strategic skill set to this critical position for us, as well as the perseverance to be successful in the brokerage industry," said Jon Merriman, CEO of

Will Febbohas been a director of since April 2007. In 1999, Febbo founded MedPanel, Inc., an online medical market intelligence firm that was later renamed Panel Intelligence, LLC. From the inception of MedPanel, Febbo has remained CEO of the primary market research provider, overseeing sales, marketing, technology, finance and content development organizations.

Febbo has been Treasurer of the board of the United Nations of Greater Bostonsince November 2004. Prior to founding MedPanel, Inc., Febbo was Chairman of the board of Pollone, a Brazilian manufacturing venture in the automotive industry, and prior to that he was with Dura Automotive working in business development and international mergers and acquisitions.

Febbo commented: "There has never been a better time to combine creativity and operational excellence in the financial service industry. Having actively worked with Jon Merrimanon the board for 5 years, I believe he and his team have the experience, foundation and willingness to build a new model which is profitable, scalable and will help fuel innovation for companies in need of capital."

Merriman Capital, Inc. is an investment banking firm providing equity and options execution services, market making, and differentiated research for high growth companies. We also provide capital raising, advisory, and M&A services. Merriman Capital, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of .

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Mike Doran, General Counsel of Merriman Holdings, Inc., [phone]