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Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Tides Mental Health offers comprehensive mental health services for individuals and families, fostering a safe and nurturing environment. With a mission to be a safe harbor for healing and growth, Tides aims to empower individuals on their journey to mental well-being and growth.Learn more at https://www.tidesmentalhealth.com/

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Birchwood Healthcare Partners is a Chicago-based healthcare private equity firm that invests across the post-acute sector, including skilled nursing, senior housing, and related ancillary businesses.

Virtus Equity is a Chicago based investment firm that invests exclusively in privately held companies across the lower middle market healthcare services spectrum. We seek to identify companies with strong fundamentals, significant growth potential and stable cash flows. We partner with experienced operators to help a company meet its full potential and help accelerate its growth. On a select basis, Virtus also invests in distressed businesses and healthcare real estate opportunities.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

CHC is a merchant bank focused on the health care services industry. We help build businesses and create value by providing both strategic advisory services and private equity capital to health care provider, health care facility and health care services companies.

Lake Forest, Il, Us

At BSSI, a portfolio company of Linden, I worked closely with the CFO and finance team on a number of special projects to help increase the company's profitability. My key accomplishments include the following: - Increased company financial efficiency by analyzing key profitability metrics across products and customers - Optimized operations by advising department heads on key sales and supply chain projects - Created $2 million in annual savings by implementing plan to align ERP systems and distribution capabilities - Amended credit agreement and managed 13-week cash flow model, creating additional liquidity in downturn - Led analysis and implementation of 2009 budget; utilized operating leverage to create cost efficiencies

Chicago, Il, Us

As an associate at Linden, I actively sourced and evaluated transactions by conducting comprehensive company and industry due diligence, developed detailed financial models to analyze equity returns under multiple operating cases, structured and obtained financing for new and add-on acquisitions, collaborated with attorneys and bankers on due diligence and devised financial & legal structures and worked with senior management to develop portfolio company operating strategies and evaluate acquisitions.I worked with a small deal team to acquire Barriersafe Solutions (BSSI), Linden’s largest transaction to date. I was responsible for leading the acquisition due diligence effort and managing company valuation models. I helped form a 6-member syndicate to obtain $120 million of debt financing for BSSI in turbulent credit markets. Post acquisition, I actively worked with BSSI senior management to identify and implement value creation opportunities.

New York, Ny, Us

As an analyst at Merrill Lynch, I regularly developed integrated standalone and pro forma models for M&A, LBO, divestiture, equity and equity-linked scenarios to determine valuation and pro forma metrics. I also performed comprehensive financial and comparative analyses utilizing public comparables, acquisition comparables, DCF and other relevant methods. During live transactions, I played a key role as a member of a small deal team in diligence and in drafting committee memoranda. During that latter half of my time at Merrill Lynch, I actively worked with and mentored junior analysts.My selected transaction experience includes the following: - Eight healthcare M&A and corporate finance transactions (fees of $18 million) including QLT’s $855M acquisition of Atrix Laboratories, Lilly’s $250M acquisition of Applied BioMolecular, successful defense engagement for large pharmaceutical company, and senior and convertible debt offerings for Medtronic ($1.0B) and Thoratec ($150M), respectively - Relationship development with aviation service company, subsequently generating $10 million in fees

Mba

B.S., Bio-Medical Engineering