Highly experienced and accomplished finance professional and business leader with experience in finance, investment banking and management of small to mid-sized businesses. Proven ability to build and manage successful teams and provide strategic and financial advice. Superior technical, accounting and execution capabilities. Hands on team player with strong operational capability and experience. Closed and led M& A transactions ranging from $1 million to $50 million. Prior to founding Falls Corporate Finance, Colleen spent over 25 years with KPMG LLP as a partner and a Managing Director with KPMG Corporate Finance Inc. In-depth experience providing financial consulting, CFO and intermediary services to start-ups, small and mid-sized companies for over twenty five years.Vertical experience includes: - Technology start ups- Architectural and Engineering Consulting Services- OEM’s- Automotive dealerships- Construction- Consulting and business services- Publishing - Software sales and development- Transportation- Marketing servicesColleen holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Windsor and is a Chartered Accountant, Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Business Valuator and also holds the Corporate Finance qualification. She is active in community and charitable activities and has taught corporate finance and valuation courses.Specific transactions include, among others:- Acquisition of a large Canadian based engineering services firm;- Sale of several engineering services firms;- Sale of a manufacturer and distributor of aluminum ladders; - Sale of an employee, customer and best practices research and consulting firm;- Sale of a manufacturer and distributor of transmission hardware for the electrical power and