EXPERIENCE

Centerview Partners: Partner, founding Head of the Technology Group (2008-2022)
UBS Securities: Managing Director, Co-Head of Americas Technology Investment Banking (2006-2008)
Bear, Stearns: Managing Director, Co-Head of Communications Technology Investment Banking (2000-2006)
Jefferies: Managing Director, Head of New York Investment Banking (1995-2000)

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SELECT TRANSACTIONS*

• Cisco Systems on $43 billion+ in transactions, including its $28 billion acquisition of Splunk (pending), $4 billion acquisition of AppDynamics, the divestiture of its SPVSS division and its acquisition of Kenna Security 
• ServiceNow's acquisition of G2K
• Bloom Energy's $550M convertible notes offering
• Qualcomm’s defense of Broadcom’s $130 billion hostile takeover and $4 billion successful bid-jumping acquisition of Veoneer/Arriver 
• Seagate and Bain’s $18 billion acquisition of Toshiba Memory Corporation 
• Motorola’s $10 billion spin-off and follow-on sale of Motorola Mobility to Google 
• Informa Plc on $8 billion+ in transactions, including its $5.2 billion acquisition of UBM Plc 
• Convergys on $5 billion+ in transactions, including its $2.8 billion sale to Synnex 
• Itron on $4 billion+ in transactions, including its $830 million acquisition of Silver Spring Networks 
• Pensando on its $1.9 billion sale to AMD 
• Splunk on Silver Lake’s purchase of $1 billion in convertible notes 
• Twilio’s strategic investment and partnership with Syniverse 
• Factorial’s strategic investments from and partnerships with Daimler and Stellantis 
• Sale of Resonant to Murata 

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OTHER AFFILIATIONS

Chairman of the Board of Directors, PENN Entertainment (2019-Present)
Board Member, PENN Entertainment (1994-Present)
Board Member, NYU Stern (2020-Present)

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EDUCATION

NYU Stern, MBA
NYU Stern, BS

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* Includes selected transactions completed while at prior firms