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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.

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.

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

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