Managing Director
CurrentIn 2007, after being a partner with Houlihan Lokey through a strong growth phase and sale, I founded my own firm, KippsDeSanto & Co., with a couple other partners to provide unbiased M&A advice to market leading Aerospace/Defense and Technology firms. Maniacal about Integrity, Innovation and Performance, we have become a market leader in advising mid-size industry firms, we were fortunate enough to become the largest investment banking group focused in our niche. In 2019, we went full circle and were acquired by Capital One Bank to become and grow their M&A business.Have advised on many of the industry's most noteworthy transactions including-Millenium Engineering & Integration's Merger with QuantitechZenetex's Sale to VectrusIrving Burton Associates (IBA)'s Sale to DLH CorporationEIS's Sale to CognosanteInCadence’s Sale to XATORDELTA Resources Sale to VT GroupSolers' Sale to PeratonConnexta’s Sale to Octo ConsultingSystem High’s Recapitalization by Enlightenment CapitalMacB's Sale to Alion ScienceSRI's Sale to PeratonInfoReliance's Sale to ECS FederalFusion Tech's Sale to CalibreIMT's Sale to Mission EssentialDanya's Sale to DLHGleason Research's ESOP BuyoutIMC's Health & Federal Group Sale to CalibreGD's Advanced Systems Sale to MDA7Delta’s Sale to ManTechCommonwealth Technology’s Sale to MacBASM Research’s Sale to AccentureGuident Technology's Sale to CRGTInvertix’s Recapitalization by Razor’s Edge & Columbia CapitalSale of NEK’s SOF Training Business to Cubic2020 Company Sale to AcentiaWBB Consulting Recapitalization by Lake CapitalWINS Sale to ManTechHigh Performance Technology's Sale to Dynamics ResearchEchoStorm's Sale to ITTTechnigraphics Sale to CACIOberon Associates Sale to Stanley AssociatesBeyond just doing deals, giving back is an intregral part of KippsDeSanto. We support numerous charities including Easter Seals, Our Military Kids, Fisher House, the CIA Officer’s Memorial Foundation and many others.