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Experienced finance professional with exceptional breadth and depth of knowledge. Has worked in a corporate setting, in a private equity environment and as a third-party consultant. Services provided include business valuation, M&A due diligence and corporate finance services (such as budgeting, capital planning and scenario analysis). Broad industry experience but with a heavy focus in health care and life sciences. Professional associations include valuation related organizations and local start-up and venture capital networks.

Career Highlight 1: Added virtual CFO work to services offered when requested to develop a 5-year pro forma for a young operating company seeking growth (venture capital) funding.

Career Highlight 2: Initiated and was heavily involved in the development of a survey of the start-up and venture capital ecosystem in St. Louis.

Career Highlight 3: After being hired in part for my ability to provide due diligence services, I was asked to provide these due diligence services for internal projects (such as acquisitions and joint ventures).

Why Hire This Candidate (In Their Own Words): There will not be a more qualified candidate. Further, I am comfortable with ambiguity regarding instructions on what my work entails but I am also able to complete the work without ego.

Strengths: Unmatched ability to objectively assess a scenario, identify the drivers of success or failure and quickly, clearly and concisely relate these findings.

Hobbies & Personal Interests: I have a Grassroots Coaching License from USA Soccer. I provide my opinion on presentations reviewed by the St. Louis Arch Angels.

Industry Experience: Agriculture, Business Services, Construction/Engineering, Consumer Packaged Goods, Emerging Growth Companies, Healthcare, Life Sciences and Biotech, Paper & Packaging, Private Equity, Software

Company Fit: Typical company size has been less than $50 million in value. A few have been over $100 million. None have exceeded $1 billion.

Management Experience: 7 years. Up to 3 concurrently.

Software Experience: Quickbooks. SAP. Reach Reporting. Power BI.

Open To: Hybrid, In-office