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James Woods
James is a seasoned investor and financial executive focused on direct investments and capital formation. Marshalling sharp strategic insights, deep investment experience, and relevant networks, he helps companies and investors build scalable platforms and has earned a reputation as a creative, positive-sum dealmaker with expertise across investment origination, deal execution, stakeholder management, capital formation, and strategic leadership.
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Michael Andrew Hengst
Michael is a finance leader with 17 years of experience in operational finance, VC investing, consulting, and entrepreneurship. He set up a shared services FP&A team of 30+ people at GE, managing $200+ million. As a VC fund manager, he assessed 600+ startups and doubled the portfolio value in two years. Michael is passionate about improving a business's performance and has helped 80+ clients with company valuations, M&A transactions, raising capital, and developing strategic growth plans.
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Kevin Roberts
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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Curtis H Short
Curt has 30+ years of experience spanning large, mid-size, and small companies—private equity and public, for-profit, and not-for-profit (NFP)—specializing in process improvement. He has successfully led three sell-side M&A transactions and negotiated and implemented a 3-party transitional services agreement. Curt is a CPA with an MBA who loves learning new businesses and looks forward to driving client business success, leveraging his extensive background.
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Dar Fazulyanov
Dar is a financial business leader with over 20 years of experience in eCommerce, healthcare, aircraft, software, blockchain, automotive, and airline industries. His expertise lies in M&A, pre-IPO, IPO, venture capital, and private equity deals. Dar holds an MBA with scholar honors from Tuck School of Business.
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Guy Fiset
Guy is a fractional CFO and CPA with 19 years of finance leadership experience supporting SaaS, technology, and growth-stage companies, specializing in cash flow forecasting, FP&A, financial reporting, KPI visibility, and finance operations transformation. Guy partners with founders and leadership teams to improve financial visibility, streamline reporting, and build scalable finance systems that support strategic growth and decision-making.
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Olukayode Aladejebi, CFA, MBA
Olukayode is a senior corporate development and corporate finance professional with 12+ years of experience driving strategic investments, M&A, and large-scale project evaluation across global organizations. He is an expert in end-to-end deal execution and investment governance, including opportunity screening, business case development, valuation—DCF, comparable company analysis, transactions, and LBO—capital structure design, and diligence through close and integration planning.
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Jerry Nemorin
Jerry is an expert in financial modeling, valuation, M&A, fintech, startups, and debt and equity capital raising. He previously founded a venture-backed fintech company that raised over $12 million in equity and $250 million in debt capital. Jerry worked in corporate treasury for Fortune 500s and advised on LBO transactions and high-yield debt capital raises. As a Toptal freelancer, he wants to offer his expertise to a broader group of companies at all stages.
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Alex Highstein
Alex is a corporate development professional who has helped guide strategy and raise over $230 million for startups across various industries. He has deep expertise in financial and operational modeling, valuation, fundraising, and creating investor materials. Alex's ability to distill complex ideas into actionable advice has been key to success. Joining Toptal gives Alex control over his time while continuing to help companies strategize, innovate, and grow.
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Dev Penn
Dev is an Eagle Scout and CFA charterholder who seeks to make a significant impact. His goal is to help firms find, grow, and scale over $1 billion in opportunities. Dev's past experiences include working for two billionaires and more than 10 years of acting as a strategic executive at blue-chip firms in VC, PE, and investments. He's also experienced as a fractional CFO and acts as a strategist, banker, marketer, and investor rolled into one person.
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Patrick Boyce
A strategic CFO with a Chicago Booth MBA and 30+ years of experience, Patrick acts as a finance-informed operator. With institutional foundations, he has executed $5+ billion in transactions (IPOs and M&A) at premier global investment and corporate banks. In alternative assets, he served as Partner, CFO, and Head of Private Equity at a multibillion-dollar investment firm. At an operational scale, he was CFO of a high-growth SaaS platform (raised $39 million) and led mission-driven turnarounds.
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