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Mohamed Zarrugh
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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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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Kenny Jen
Kenny Jen is a seasoned finance professional providing CFO services to investor-backed companies, supporting organizations from the pre-revenue stage through to $200 million in annual revenue. With a deep understanding of the financial and operational complexities that come with scaling high-growth businesses, Kenny partners closely with founders and executive teams to drive strategic decision-making, financial planning, and operational excellence.
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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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Amin Hariri
Amin is an experienced finance professional and private equity investor. He has served as the CFO of three PE-backed companies and successfully executed buyout acquisitions representing over $1 billion of invested capital. After a successful 25+ year career, Amin now advises founders and management teams on capital raising, business planning, and M&A efforts. He has experience working with both well-established and startup organizations across multiple sectors.
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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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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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Kuk Yi
Kuk is a strategic financial leader with in-depth experience working across the spectrum of value creation ranging from innovation to partnership and business development, M&A, and strategic enterprise initiatives. Kuk's created new internal capabilities by founding M&A/corporate development and venture investment teams. Although not a technologist, Kuk has a deep understanding and appreciation of the technology ecosystem and has led analytics and technology teams during his career as a result.
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Chace Jones
Chace is an accomplished professional with 13 years of expertise in building and growing companies, successfully negotiating deals worth over $100 million, raising more than $50 million in equity, and leading M&A endeavors. He has led strategy, finance, operations, and product efforts for enterprises and SMBs, generating hundreds of millions in revenue and cost savings. Chace joined Toptal to provide CFO and COO services and help companies with fundraising and M&A.
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