I am the founding Partner of Valitas Capital Partners. I provide visionary leadership to an elite team of 14 professionals. Valitas is a relationship-focused merger & acquisition (M&A), corporate finance, and strategic advisory firm. We collaborate with ambitious owners of high-performing businesses with a potential value of at least $100 million, to discover, unleash, and realize their full business value potential.Since 1994, I have been involved with more than 100 M&A transactions with an aggregate value in excess of $80 billion. I have enjoyed the privilege of advising clients at Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse First Boston, and RBC Capital Markets. I also developed a keen appreciation for value creation as a private equity investor at Clairvest Group where I served on portfolio company boards. I have also built a business as a co-founder of Alluence Capital Advisors, a mid-market M&A advisory boutique that focuses on cross-border transactions.Owners and their leadership teams rely on Valitas when they:* Want to triple the value of their business in five years or less, but realize they lack the expertise and experience to achieve this alone.* Want to sell their company now, assured they will look back after the transaction knowing they got the best possible outcome.* Seek the peace of mind of taking some chips off the table now, to secure their family’s financial future without giving up control or the future increased value in their business.* Are anguished that they have had to say no to the growth opportunities they worked so hard to create because their bank cannot keep up with the needs of their fast-growing business.* Are dispirited by the significant investments in expensive specialists, technology, systems, and financial modeling capabilities required to execute their audacious strategic goals.* Are intrigued by the idea of selling their business to their management team over time, but want to recognize the full value of the business now, while getting their cash payments as quickly as possible.