“We did a really, really big transaction... we brought in outside institutional private equity sponsorship and capital and concurrently on the same day closed 12 M&A deals all at once.”

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Closed 12 M&A deals in a single day while starting as CFO, alongside bringing in private equity sponsorship

12 M&A deals, private equity sponsorship

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