Current: Founder of EV Partners, a boutique advisory firm providing M&A and capital-markets advisory, strategic consulting, fractional CFO services, and executive coaching • SMB, startup, and real-estate investorPrior: M&A, strategy, and finance at Cargill and Koch Industries • Military signals intelligence at US Marine Corps • Actuarial consulting at Mercer • Finance MBA and mathematics undergraduate degreeFormal biography (revised August 2022):Robert Sterling is a corporate-finance leader, investor, and advisor. He has served as CFO for multiple seed, series A, and series B start-ups; as a consultant, he has advised more than 60 companies on strategy and capital markets in industries as diverse as manufacturing, commodities, agriculture, energy, SaaS, fintech, consumer products, and real-estate development. Robert began his career in finance with Koch Industries and Cargill, America’s two largest private companies, where he led and supported more than $10B in completed M&A transactions, capital projects, divestitures, and capital raises. Robert has completed a BA in mathematics from the University of Washington, an MBA in finance from Pepperdine University, and executive leadership training at INSEAD. Robert served as a Korean linguist and signals intelligence analyst in the US Marine Corps and is a veteran of the Afghanistan campaign.