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Experienced Corporate Development / M&A professional with 25 years of advising internal stakeholders and external clients on inorganic growth opportunities. Currently, manage development and execution of acquisitions, divestitures and strategic partnerships for a global tech company. Lead all aspects of the deal process, including financial analysis, due diligence, negotiation, coordination of internal and external stakeholders, and executive approval process.

Why Hire This Candidate (In Their Own Words): Experienced M&A professional, with demonstrated ability to learn new industries, manage large internal project teams, collaborate with senior management and drive results.

Strengths: Trusted: act as a trusted advisor to senior management, Collaborative: foster a collaborative environment across internal and external stakeholders, Experienced: add value with experience of hundreds of past transactions

Career Highlight 1: “Transition to Corporate Development: After 17 years of investment banking, I made the switch to a corporate development role. While M&A is at the center of both roles, corporate development involves managing internal teams of 100+ colleagues, garnering support from senior leadership, and driving integration efforts.”

Career Highlight 2: Industry Experience: I’ve transitioned industry focus multiple times throughout my career, highlighting my ability to learn and adapt. After seven years in Tech M&A, I switched to financials/community banks. Later, rather than having high-level knowledge of a sector, I was required to go deep on tech products, addressable market and competition when transitioning to corporate development.

Career Highlight 3: Range of Transactions: Over the course of my career, I’ve been able to manage a range transactions, including buysides of both private and public companies, divestitures of small and large subsidiaries, and bankruptcy/restructuring assignments.

Hobbies & Personal Interests: Coaching youth sports, cooking, working out, and watching his kids play a variety of sports (field hockey, lacross, volleyball, swimming, and water polo).

Industry Experience: Banking, Capital Markets, Financial Services, Technology

Company Fit: Currently, large company with 100,000+ employees. Investment banking experience at both bulge bracket and middle market firms.

Management Experience: VP for past eight years, directly managing team of six and indirectly managing internal working groups of 100+ on transactions.

Open To: Hybrid, In-office, Remote