BackgroundR. Stirling Vineyard, Jr. is an entrepreneur, executive leader, investor, board member, private equity investment manager and trusted advisor to business owners and high-performing teams. Serving in those capacities, Stirling works with a diverse set of enterprises, including 15+ industry segments and various business lifecyle stages such as start-ups, high-growth, private equity-backed ventures, family-owned and mature corporations.Stirling has formed core disciplines around strategy, mergers & acquisitions (“M&A”), private equity, corporate finance, operations, systems and best practices, change management, entity formation and tax strategies and public accounting.Having worked with a wide variety of business models, Stirling works with leadership to quickly identify the root cause of what keeps them up at night and implements solutions to align back to their goals and objectives, so the stakeholders experience increased returns and leave a legacy that impacts something greater than themselves and for future generations.Stirling enjoys the work through his local church, snow-skiing, and hunting. He is blessed to live with his amazing wife, April, in Argyle, TX. His son, R. Stirling Vineyard, III attends Texas A&M University in College Station, TX, and his daughter, Lilly Faith, attends Baylor University in Waco, TX.Education and CertificationsBachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, Texas Tech University, 1994Master of Business Administration in Finance and Strategy & Entrepreneurship, Southern Methodist University, 2004Certified Public Accountant licensed by the State of Texas, 1997