Brian Stanton Email & Phone Number

Houston, US

Toronto, Ontario, CA

Houston, Texas, US

• Lead J.B. Poindexter & Co.'s M&A team and charged with managing the execution of both domestic and cross-border acquisitions, divestitures and other strategic investments in middle market and lower middle market.
• Detailed diligence and valuation into approximately 200 public and private acquisition targets with 35 indications of interest and/or letters of intent submitted to prospective sellers.
• Executed seven separate transactions of leading truck body and truck equipment manufacturing firms with combined sales of approximately $350 million.
• Served as contributor in negotiating and closing $100 million asset based credit facility and $350 million High Yield Bond Offering. Funds used to strengthen the company’s revolving credit facility for future.
• Led the analysis, valuation and negotiation of three cross-border transactions, each with sales greater than €170 million and operations in U.K., France, Germany, Spain and Italy.
• Developed and implement an enterprise wide integration playbook

Houston, Texas, US

• Responsible for managing the sourcing, screening and negotiation of M&A activities and associated investment opportunities in line with Carriage’s overall acquisition growth strategy. Lead team of two analysts and.
• Sourcing, developing, analyzing and evaluating potential acquisition candidates of the Company on a financial, operational, and motivational basis.
• Prepare the screening process and develop the business plan for prioritizing and ranking opportunities based on strategic/financial fit based on a set of very specific ranking criteria.
• Manages the deal related financial models including scenario analysis and sensitivity analysis to help decision making;
• Preparation of presentations and reports for potential acquisition candidates, financing sources, and Board of Director Meetings;
• Work directly with outside and in-house counsel in the preparation and negotiation of all agreements;

• eLinear Solutions Inc. is a micro-cap technology company headquartered in Houston, Texas. As a result of the company’s smaller size, responsibilities lie in both Investor Relations and Corporate Strategy. Specific.
• Introducing ELU to both retail and institutional shareholders, while answering the any questions that prospective and current shareholders might have
• Assisting in the composition of each press release published
• Contributing to the creation of essential financial models that will assist in budgeting, forecasting and mergers & acquisition activity
• Traveling to trade shows to market the company to retail and institutional investors
• Research and introduction to prospective Merger and Acquisition candidates

New York, NY, US

• Worked directly with the sell side Senior Telecommunications Situations Analyst, Senior Healthcare Analyst, Senior Special Situations Analyst and Energy (Oil &Gas) Analyst:
• Oversaw all aspects of independent composition of prospective research reports initial draft, compiling and calculating necessary cash flow, balance sheet, profitability, DCF and valuation analysis to understand the.
• Modeled and forecasted a company’s future revenue and earnings growth based on its current ratios and fundamentals while analyzing the company’s competitive positioning and strategy within their industry
• Performed direct research and contributed to each report and morning notes published
• Analyzed the firm's industry and peer group
• Initiated direct interaction with firm’s senior management to gain a better understanding of the firm's financial health and future growth and direct interaction with firm’s revenue channels in order to better.

Toronto, Ontario, CA

• Provided support as one of two analysts for the Hedge Fund of Fund’s portfolio manager and growing the portfolios’ assets from $200mm to $600mm in as much time
• Instrumental role in the structuring, manager selection and due diligence of the latest, at that time, fund launch while actively reviewing the market and deciding whether to shift the allocation of the other two funds
• Ongoing research into each strategy (Merger Arbitrage, Hedged Equity, Convertible Arbitrage, Distressed, etc….) and the catalysts/companies that might affect the performance for each strategy
• Modeling and analyzing upside and downside capture, annualized standard deviation, Sharpe Ratio, Beta, Alpha, Annualized Return, Cumulative Return, Correlation Matrix’s, Average Return in both and up and down markets.

Mba, Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions

Bsm, Finance

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