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Craig Irvine
Investment Banker
Craig is a senior financial professional with extensive leadership experience in multinational and startup environments. Peers and clients have recognized h...im as an award-winning leader and successful business driver. After a successful corporate career in investment banking and financial advisory, he has moved onto freelancing for its hands-on interaction, helping companies achieve their strategic, operational, and business goals.
Ron Rich
Investment Banker
Ron has spent his career helping management teams leverage finance to strategically plan and drive operational improvement. With clients that have ranged fr...om startups to billion dollar PE-backed companies, he has developed a deep expertise through his roles as an investment banker, management consultant, venture capitalist, and entrepreneur. Freelancing allows him to work with a wide variety of clients and to address pressing, relevant issues.
Alex Graham, CFA
Investment Banker
Alex is a London-based CFA charterholder who has had a global career. He enjoys freelancing to keep abreast of industry trends and to reinforce his experien...ce from venture capital, consulting and bond/currency trading. With a technical skill set and an engaging communicative touch, he is proficient in valuations and market analysis. His breadth of work has ranged from projects with the Bank of England to helping a jewelry entrepreneur fundraise.
Bill Williamson
Investment Banker
Bill worked as an investment banker (covering Media/Telecom then Industrials/Transportation clients) following his service as a nuclear submarine officer. R...ecently, as a freelancer, he has advised or led deals ranging from small local acquisitions to the sale of a larger middle-market business. Bill has extensive experience in M&A and capital markets transactions and enjoys rolling up his sleeves on the analytical aspects of deals.
Travis Borden
Investment Banker
Travis was part of the founding team at Moelis & Co., a $2.5 billion global investment bank, and has 18 years of experience advising clients on $40+ billion... of M&A, capital raising, and restructuring transactions. In 2015, he founded a socially responsible advisory firm, Keene Advisors, named "Best for the World" 2017-2019. Travis joined Toptal to expand his network and share his expertise advising companies from startups to Fortune 500 firms.
Steve Sprindis
Investment Banker
Steve is an experienced financial executive and consultant with a broad range of experience ranging from deep dive financial analysis to M&A and valuation w...ork. He has experience as a CFO, private equity investor, and investment banker. Steve has worked with over fifty companies on preparing business plans and offering memorandums and financial models, and has helped finance early and late stage companies, real estate, and other assets.
J. Ricardo Cano
Investment Banker
Ricardo is a seasoned investment banker, consultant, and advisor to companies across industries and throughout the credit spectrum. He has actively particip...ated in corporate funding, M&As, acquisition finance, project finance, and debt restructuring. Ricardo has also prepared dozens of companies in accessing the financial markets for the first time.
Jeffrey Schottler
Investment Banker
Jeff has advised dozens of companies through corporate finance transactions including raising venture capital, mezzanine debt, and M&A. He also has experien...ce in corporate development, equity research, and financial analysis. Jeff is freelancing in order to utilize his extensive experience with middle market and early-stage companies to offer assistance in helping them prepare for a transaction or providing them with overall strategic guidance.
Ryan Foley
Investment Banker
Ryan is an investment banker with over 15 years of experience providing M&A and capital raising services to a number of diverse industries. He has advised o...n almost 50 transactions with an aggregate value of $3 billion. He works full-time, but also freelances because he enjoys working with entrepreneurs on exciting new investment and M&A opportunities.
Jonathan Wesner, CFA
Investment Banker
Since 2011, Jonathan has been working in M&A, completing 35 investment banking transactions totaling $940 million. He has extensive experience working with... founders and C-level executives across a variety of industries, notably software and marketing technology. Freelancing allows him to work for a diverse range of clients and help them tackle complex business and financing strategies.
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