Jeff Dillman serves GT Securities as a Managing Director in the firm's M&A, Corporate Finance, and Advisory practices. He brings a diverse professional background that includes positions in investment banking, business consulting, venture capital, project management, as well as a decade of extensive experience in commercial construction and real estate development. He’s a critical thinker that enjoys digging in to how companies operate, figuring out where operational improvements can be implemented, then troubleshooting, problem solving, and developing strategic and financial plans for the company.  Prior to investment banking, Jeff worked with a Private Debt Fund that specialized in funding companies generating $1M - $10M in revenue that weren’t quite ready for traditional banking lines of credit. Before the Debt Fund, he was an Associate at a Private Equity Firm and focused on analyzing potential deals that came into the firm, developing leveraged buyout models, and layering in the capital table to decipher it investing in the companies penciled out from a numbers perspective. He has also consulted on financial models for multi-national companies in financial reporting, database configurations, as well as a strategic go-to-market analysis model for a Fortune 500 company.  Jeff earned an MBA with an emphasis in Accounting and Finance from Chapman University in California. Additionally, he holds a Bachelors in Engineering from Kansas State University. He actively holds FINRA’s Series 7, 66 and 79 licenses, and has previously held a California Real Estate Brokers License, a General Contractors License, and an NMLS License.