Matt Murphy
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
Management Consulting Expert
San Antonio, TX, 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.
Career Highlights
Education Highlights
Case Studies
Complex Modeling to Recapitalize a Business
Building a Startup International Bank
Expertise
- Corporate Finance
- Management Consulting
- Market Research
- Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
- Private Equity
- Strategy
- Transaction Advisory
- Venture Funding
Work Experience
Partner
Eldon Pass
- Sourced five investment opportunities, including growth equity, venture capital, and real estate.
- Performed due diligence on investments, structured transactions, and sourced $75 million in equity to invest.
- Served in board or advisory roles for investments, including streaming media and edtech, commercial real estate, consumer fitness, consumer packaged goods, and hospitality.
Partner
Texas Next Capital
- Co-founded as a partner a Texas-focused, lower middle-market PE firm that evaluated hundreds of potential deals for investment.
- Supported the capital raising of approximately $30 million in equity and $15 million in debt to finance the acquisitions.
- Supported the investments in three lower middle-market companies and the disposition of two portfolio companies.
Managing Director
Choice Financial Services (Acquired by Raisin)
- Executed a market entry strategy for a successful European software firm into the United States market with a team based in New York and Texas.
- Sold an innovative deposit gathering platform into top-50 American commercial banks, resulting in over $1 billion in product volume on the software platform.
- Sold the company to a Goldman Sachs and PayPal-backed European firm.
Management Consultant
McKinsey & Company
- Consulted on McKinsey teams and led client teams: analyzed complex business problems, applied structured methods to diagnose issues, and developed recommendations.
- Led the post-merger integration for the engineering group of a $25 billion consumer packaged goods company: identified 10% in cost reduction opportunities, developed supporting implementation plans, and coordinated a 7-person client team.
- Designed the annual strategic planning process for a $5 billion consumer packaged goods company. Defined the calendar, goals, analyses, and meetings that comprised the company’s next-generation strategy planning process.
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance and Entreprenuership
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA, USA
Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Arts
Abilene Christian University - Abilene, TX, USA
Skills
Finance
Corporate Finance, Venture Funding, Due Diligence, Investment Portfolio Management, Private Equity, Market Research, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Fundraising, Federal Tax Credits, Recapitalization
Other
Strategy, Transaction Advisory, Management Consulting, Leadership, Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, Transactions, Go-to-market (GTM) Strategy, Market Entry, Partnerships, Strategy Development, Storytelling, Deal Sourcing, Public Speaking, Governance, Annual Planning, Public Policy, Sales, Software as a Service (SaaS), Finance, SBA, Marketing, Global Banking, Consumer Banking, Corporate Governance, Regulatory Affairs, Organization Building, Organizational Design, Enterprise Infrastructure, Modeling
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