Paul Esdale has been a top performer in the high tech industry. He operates Next Level Ventures, a practice specializing in business development, and merger and acquisition advisory services. Mr. Esdale’s recent clients include WiredTiger, a Big Data SW company acquired by MongoDB, BantamLive, a Social CRM company acquired by ConstantContact, BzzAgent, a Word-of-Mouth Marketing firm acquired by dunnhumby, SavingStar, a national digital grocery eCoupon service acquired by Quotient Technology, Strafford Technology, a performance management consulting firm acquired by Apps Associates, LLC, UrbanCode, a DevOps company acquired by IBM, Whetlab, a machine learning company acquired by Twitter, SimpleTuition.com, a student loan website/company acquired by LendingTree, and Mapkin, a navigation/mapping company acquired by AOL. He was the exclusive M&A advisor to BantamLive, UrbanCode, Whetlab, SimpleTuition, SavingStar, and to Mapkin for their acquisitions.Mr. Esdale was VP of Business Development for: HiWired, a remote technical support provider, iPhrase, a natural language search company, Revenio, a multistep interactive marketing and CRM company, Upromise, the service that helps families save for college, Open Market, an Internet commerce pioneer, and Advanced Visual Systems, a visualization software company.Mr. Esdale sat on the Boards of Infracommerce, MadeiraMadeira, and Pitzi in Brazil, and i4cp in Seattle, WA.He is an Advisor to Flybridge Capital Partners.Paul graduated from the UMass Lowell with a BS in Civil Engineering. He received his MBA from Boston University.Mr. Esdale’s successful career is the result of his passion for problem-solving, natural ability to work with others, strong negotiation skills and detailed understanding of how deals get done.Specialties: Business Development, Mergers and Acquisitions, Strategic Partnerships, Distribution Channels, M&A, Sales, Early Revenue Production, Deals, Dealmaking, Partnerships, Contract Negotiation, Licensing, Mergers, Software, E-commerce