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Matt Murphy

Freelance Private Equity Consultant
Verified Expert ​in Management Consulting
United States
Toptal Member Since March 1, 2022

Matt is a PE partner and management consultant. As an experienced advisor, he has partnered with executives, boards, teams, and investors to build and grow businesses for 15+ years. Matt has deep expertise in creating value through strategy, organic growth, acquisitions, market expansion, organization building, and cost management. His broad industry experience includes financial services, technology and business services, food manufacturing, commercial real estate, and consumer services.

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Kevin Roberts

Freelance Private Equity Consultant
Verified Expert ​in Management Consulting
United States
Toptal Member Since June 27, 2022

Over the last 20+ years, Kevin has closed 46 M&A deals totaling several billion in value. He started his career at leading investment banks—Bank of America and Merrill Lynch—and respected private equity firms—Trinity Hunt—advising clients ranging from $1-billion companies to startups and investment firms to family offices. Kevin joined Toptal mainly to leverage his capabilities in M&A and strategic finance, aiming at helping talented entrepreneurs and investors achieve their growth objectives.

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Joe Coombs

Freelance Private Equity Consultant
Verified Expert ​in Management Consulting
United States
Toptal Member Since January 30, 2026

Joe Coombs is a hands-on finance operator who partners with leadership teams and sponsors to drive performance. With 12+ years of experience and 100+ transactions, he delivers clean reporting, actionable insights, and value creation plans across pricing, profitability, and operational execution, helping teams move faster with confidence.

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Mohamed Zarrugh

Freelance Private Equity Consultant
Verified Expert ​in Management Consulting
United States
Toptal Member Since May 12, 2022

Mohamed has held executive internal consulting roles for JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, transforming operations with annualized expense reductions of up to $180 million. He is a finance expert who perfectly blends the academic knowledge of an Industrial Engineering degree and MBA with deep business acumen and technical know-how. Specializing in strategic planning, performance management, and process improvement initiatives, Mohamed is willing to leverage his experience with other clients.

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Joseph Valentic

Freelance Private Equity Consultant
Verified Expert ​in Management Consulting
United States
Toptal Member Since November 9, 2018

Joe has 30+ years of middle-market financial services experience as an investment banker, CFO/COO, strategy consultant, public accountant, banker, and board leader. He excels with strategic planning, fractional CFO, pitch deck creation, fundraising, FP&A, M&A due diligence, and research. Joe helps businesses achieve their growth goals by integrating strategy, fractional executive services, financial planning, and capital placement services.

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Denis Ivanov

Freelance Private Equity Consultant
Verified Expert ​in Management Consulting
United States
Toptal Member Since July 4, 2018

Denis is a seasoned valuation professional with over a decade of experience in top private equity and consulting firms. He has analyzed investments totaling hundreds of billions in value and has worked with companies across various industries and growth stages. Denis specializes in transforming valuation processes through data-driven automation and is passionate about helping entrepreneurs with complex business valuations, financial modeling, and strategic transactions.

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Anand Sundararajan

Freelance Private Equity Consultant
Verified Expert ​in Management Consulting
Canada
Toptal Member Since December 27, 2021

Anand is a CPA with expertise in M&A, FP&A, financial reporting, internal controls, and systems implementation in a variety of verticals. He brings a holistic approach to solving clients' problems and specializes in providing operational and M&A guidance to emerging companies. At General Mills, Anand assisted with the negotiation of a $2.1 billion contract for the provision of 3rd-party logistics services and executed due diligence at KPMG for $10 million to $1 billion projects.

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Mary Ann Fialkowski

Freelance Private Equity Consultant
Verified Expert ​in Management Consulting
United States
Toptal Member Since May 4, 2020

Mary Ann has 20 years of C-level experience with private equity and publicly owned companies. She has planned and implemented high-growth strategies and restructured poorly integrated industry rollups. She creates solutions through new technology and business process improvement. With a uniquely wide breadth of functional experience, honed by easily pivoting to the area needing attention and quickly assessing the underlying processes, Mary Ann is an exceptional freelance contributor.

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Aleksey N. Krylov, CFA

Freelance Private Equity Consultant
Verified Expert ​in Management Consulting
United States
Toptal Member Since January 9, 2017

Aleksey served in CFO roles of public and VC-backed private companies. As an investor, he contributed to 25+ private equity deals that have deployed $500 million. He has advised 50+ clients on raising $1.6 billion in equity in the healthcare, consumer, media, software, energy, and industrial sectors. Aleksey enjoys working with officers of early-stage and mature small-cap firms, and he freelances because it exposes him to a wide range of companies.

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Davit Gvelesiani

Freelance Private Equity Consultant
Verified Expert ​in Management Consulting
United States
Toptal Member Since October 12, 2022

Davit is an investment banking professional with 5+ years of experience in M&A and capital markets advisory. He has advised on transactions worth $10+ billion across energy and infrastructure, and TMT sectors. Davit holds an MBA from the University of Rochester and brings deep expertise in financial modeling, valuation, transaction execution, and strategic advisory for corporate and institutional clients.

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Tuo Ma

Freelance Private Equity Consultant
Verified Expert ​in Management Consulting
United States
Toptal Member Since July 29, 2025

Tuo is a senior investment and research professional with 10+ years of experience supporting public and private equity investments. Primarily focusing on the global technology sector, he is highly skilled in understanding the interplay among macroeconomic data, market momentum, and corporate fundamentals. Tuo's rich expertise will help companies maximize portfolio performance within the dynamic global technology landscape.

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