Michael Vanderslice Email & Phone Number

Mercer Island, Wa, Us

ACT Capital Advisors LLC is a regional corporate financial advisory firm providing Merger and Acquisition ("M&A"), Debt and Equity Sourcing, and Capital Planning services for lower middle market companies.As Managing Director Mr. Vanderslice leverages his extensive strategic, operational and financial experience in middle market private companies to serve clients in the ACT Capital Advisory, Capital Sourcing and Merger & Acquisition practices. He is based in Bellevue, WA.Concurrently, Mr. Vanderslice continues as Managing Principal of Vanderslice Capital Partners (VCP) as a Manager of several investment entities formed by VCP.

Vanderslice Capital Partners (VCP) combines capital advisory services with private equity placement to provide lower middle market Pacific North West private companies with a unique range of financial services (listed in Summary).VCP works with owners, shareholders, and managers of private companies for access to capital and the management expertise to apply it successfully.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Chief Executive Officer of leading national company providing fleet management and public relations / marketing support to automotive manufacturers in North America during period of rapid industry change.

Recruited from long term advisory role to become Partner and CEO of Seattle based public accounting practice with six partners and fifty five total staff providing traditional public accounting and value added services including business valuation, management consulting, and wealth management.

Independent management consulting practice focused on the specific challenges of late stage entrepreneurial companies in all industries, and local / regional public accounting firms in the Northwest.- Provided advisory services to mid-market companies and public accounting firms in business planning, information technology and human resources- Provided outsourced Consulting Partner services to regional and local CPA firms in the Northwest- Consulted successfully with numerous clients relating to corporate financing (both debt and equity) and sell side exit planning activities- Coordinated the business exit of several business owners and teams through sale to strategic and financial acquirers- Provided advisory services to the investors and management teams of several high tech startups during the dot.com era

Seattle, Wa, Us

Following merger of Management Design Associates and Moss Adams Consulting Group to form MAC was selected to lead the combined practice.- Led development of the consulting practice in four areas: Business and Organization Planning; Information Technology Advisory; Accounting System Sale, Implementation and Support, and; Human Resources (Executive Search and HR Compliance Consulting)- Practice wide business development, staff recruiting and staff development responsibility- Provided the only shared service model in an office profit center based organization- Responsible for consulting staff in following offices: Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Orange County- Five (5) Partners and forty (40) total staff

Ten year career including four progressively responsible roles ending with the firm’s acquisition by Moss Adams in 1990. MDA provided management services to over forty five (45) associate CPA firms and through those firms provided services to their clients. Offices in Seattle, Portland, Denver, San Francisco and Irvine, CA.- President / Chairman, 1987 – 1990. Provide all executive leadership functions for four (4) partners and twenty (20) staff in five (5) cities- Office Managing Partner, 1985 – 1990. Led and managed Seattle practice office including direct engagement development and project management. Personal focus included developing the business and organizational planning practice, selected client engagements, firm marketing and community relations- Senior Manager, 1982 – 1985. Developed and managed engagements in Information Technology, Business and Organizational Planning, Human Resources and Corporate Finance- Senior Consultant, 1980 – 1982. Provided client consulting in Information Technology and General Business Consulting projects

Worldwide, Oo

- Provided management advisory services to Fortune 500, Non-Profit and Public Sector Clients of Big 8 accounting firm- Functionally focused on engagements in Information Technology and Corporate Finance

Mpa, Public And Business Administration

Ba, Political Science