Edward May
Finance Expert in Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Member since January 25, 2017
Edward is a PE and investment banking principal with seventeen years of experience in investing and corporate finance as well as developing, financing, and operating energy and tech companies from early stage to maturity. Transaction experience includes serving as CFO for seed stage companies as well as structuring and financing an $800M purchase financing. Toptal allows him to pursue a number of interests and work with a variety of companies.
Edward is now available for hire
Career Highlights
- Energy Intelligence Partners
- US Renewables Group
- Lehman Brothers
Education
- Duke University
- Duke University
- UNC - Chapel Hill
Industry Expertise
- Energy, Utilities & Waste
- Electricity, Oil & Gas
- Venture Capital & Private Equity
- Financial Modeling
- Consulting
- Sports
- Debt Capital Markets
Software Expertise
Other Expertise
- Financial Modeling
- Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
- Private Equity
- Three-statement Modeling
- Valuation
Employment
Managing Partner
2013 - PRESENTEnergy Intelligence Partners- Served as CFO for four different startups supported by my firm.
- Led the spin-out from major R&D institution, funding, and operations of a distributed energy startup.
- Performed valuation analysis for an emerging technology company debating sell vs. build strategy.
- Built comprehensive, fully functioning financial models for a number of different clients.
- Performed techno-economic analysis for a potential investor in waste to an energy technology company.
Focus areas: Consulting, Strategy, Profitability Analysis, Revenue & Expense Projections, Market Research, Business Planning, Budgeting, Fundraising, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Financial ModelingPrincipal
2005 - 2012US Renewables Group- Served as interim CEO of a large biomass-fired power plant.
- Founded a biomass development company.
- Served on the board of a small-scale hydro power development company.
- Served on the board of a wind power development company.
- Led financing efforts for the largest biodiesel company in the US.
Focus areas: Private Equity, Budgeting, Business Planning, Venture Funding, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Investment Banking Associate
2001 - 2002Lehman Brothers- Helped lead the debt and equity financing for Wayne Gretzky's purchase of the Phoenix Coyotes.
- Worked with product groups to structure and pitch financial products to client base.
- Built comprehensive financial models for a variety of debt and equity transactions.
- Authored a research paper exploring a new business sector.
Focus areas: Project Finance, Structured Finance, Debt Capital Markets, Private Placements, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Analyst
1998 - 2001SG Cowen Securities Corp- Co-founded the Sports Advisory Group.
- Led the analysis of the then-largest transaction in sports history: Sale of the Washington Redskins.
- Analyzed the first Debtor-in-possession financing of a major US sports team.
- Performed financial modeling on a number of high profile, highly confidential transactions in the sports industry.
Focus areas: Debt Capital Markets, Private Placements, Transaction Structuring, Financial Modeling, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
Education
- MEM in Environmental Science2002 - 2005Duke University - Durham, NC
- Master's Degree in Business Administration2002 - 2005Duke University - Durham, NC
- Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science1993 - 1997UNC - Chapel Hill - Chapel Hill, NC
