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Overland Park, Ks, Us

Surgical Solutions is a hospital outsourced service provider supporting over 100K surgeries per year in over 30 hospitals across 10 states. The company is also part of a global enterprise, backed by Australis Partners, with operations in Germany, Mexico and the U.S. I am in charge of Accounting, FP&A and IT, and am responsible for revamping the infrastructure to support a global operation as well as a robust strategic growth plan that includes new lines of business and further penetration in the US market both organically and through acquisitions. In addition, I work extensively with the Board of Directors on strategic planning and growth initiatives.

South Plainfield, Nj, Us

Admera is a rapidly growing life sciences precision medicine healthcare company and a world leader in pharmacogenomics. With a compounded growth rate of over 100% over the past three years (and in each year), the company was named to both the 2019 INC 5000 Fastest Growing US Companies (#511) and the 2019 Financial Times 500 Fastest Growing US Companies (#119). As CFO, I am responsible for scaling the company for continued growth, and oversee the accounting, IT, clinical billing and compliance functions.

While providing M&A, Capital Raising and Due Diligence advisory services to small, high growth companies and private equity firms, I have also individually pursued independent, non-sponsored small business acquisitions. In this effort, I studied and authored a white paper focused on roll-up consolidation opportunities in a $100B U.S. construction sector, identifying primary acquisition candidates as well as add-on opportunities. This investment thesis received interest and sponsorship from various private equity firms. In addition, I was advisor and COO-elect for a $110M consolidation roll-up that successfully filed for an IPO (but was ultimately hampered due to market conditions).

Houston, Texas, Us

As Head of Corporate Development of this $1B+ industrial holding company, I executed key strategic M&A transactions that transformed the competitive positioning of an important subsidiary. These acquisitions expanded the subsidiary’s distribution footprint, provided access to key industry resources and filled a critical hole in the product line. I also completed an in-depth industry study by way of original research that included discussions with key industry leaders, including department heads at Ford, GM and Mercedes.

OsComp Holdings LLC was a microcap oilfield services technology firm backed by Chevron and Energy Ventures. As CFO, I substantially revamped financial reporting, repaired relationships with lenders, raised additional debt and equity capital, negotiated a major potential lawsuit, and tightened and streamlined administrative controls. The Board then tasked me with operational leadership to accelerate a turn-around effort. Accordingly, we cut costs decisively, divested certain assets and business lines, and reinvested in new, quicker growing and more profitable business lines, laying the foundation for the sale of the business.

Houston, Texas, Us

Quanta is a Fortune 500 NYSE-listed energy infrastructure oil & gas services firm. As Head of Mergers & Acquisitions reporting directly to the CEO, I accelerated the M&A program to a pace of closing as many as five acquisition per month. These acquisitions contributed to significant global expansion, entry into new industry verticals, higher operating margins, and the bulk of the company’s revenue growth during that period.

Boutique consultancy providing restructuring, M&A and capital raising advisory services to private equity and small companies through the financial downturn.

Nogales Investors Management was a private equity firm focused on buyouts as well as structured equity and debt with $245M in assets under management. As Principal, I sourced opportunities, conducted due diligence, and led the structuring and negotiations of investment terms.

Stone Canyon Venture Partners was a private equity firm focused on high-growth opportunities with $88M in assets under management. In this role, I served on the Boards of our portfolio companies, driving growth and profitability while restructuring distressed assets.

Irvine, California, Us

Alliance Healthcare Services is a NYSE-listed diagnostics imaging company. I was recruited by the private equity controlling stakeholder (KKR) to create an acquisition-driven expansion strategy into a new vertical that was critical for the company’s long-term viability and strength. I reported directly to our Chief Executive Officer, served on the 5-person Executive Committee, and regularly collaborated with the Board of Directors.

New York, Us

As a member of one of the most rapidly growing investment banking offices, I completed a wide array of transactions across multiple industries. This included extensive financial sponsor coverage and highly leveraged debt financings, as well as over $10B of transactions in the healthcare industry. In addition, I financed and provided M&A support to several prominent, high-growth consolidation roll-ups, including Corporate Express and DaVita Healthcare. Other transactions included:► Led initial public offering (IPO) of 1st German company to go public via U.S. listing► Structured 1st FTC-mandated divestiture executed via IPO (recognized by CFO Magazine).► Executed merger of NME and AMI to create Tenet Healthcare (2nd largest Hospital company) and raised associated $3.5B financing.► Devised and executed Strategic Plan for Community Psychiatric Centers, splitting the company into three independent, separately traded businesses including the sale of UK Priory Hospitals Group and spin-off of Transitional Hospitals Corporation.

Norwalk, Connecticut, Us

As Senior Major Account Representative, I was selected to manage some of the organization’s most critical accounts (including the Government of Canada, the Government of Alberta, and numerous Fortune 100 clients). I initiated a Quality Improvement Project to strengthen business in a low performance region, which resulted in an increase in revenue of 100%, transactions by 300% and market share from 20% to 40%. I consistently ranked among the top sales reps in Canada (named to President’s Club) each year.

Mba, Finance

B.A., Psychology