Senior Advisor Network
To deliver the most relevant experience for our clients, we offer a network of Senior Advisors to augment our team of investment banking professionals in situations where clients can benefit from the knowledge and industry contacts of such accomplished executives.
Some of the benefits of having a Senior Advisor on our team include:
Expertise: A Senior Advisor is someone who has operated in, and has unique insight into, the same or similar industry as our clients, bringing industry and management perspective to the engagement. Furthermore, the Senior Advisor oftentimes knows and/or can identify potential strategic buyers/investors that may not be readily apparent through typical research and analysis.
Favored Access: Because of their industry experience, our Senior Advisors have high level contacts that they can leverage to create favored access to potential strategic buyers or investors.
Appeal to Authority: Many of the advisors are recognized experts in their industry and, as such, have instant credibility in discussions with counterparties.
By utilizing Senior Advisors, we have the flexibility to bring the "right firepower" to the "firefight" to best serve our clients.
Selected Senior Advisor Profiles
- Kent Teague
- Jim Lund
Kent Teague is the Managing Partner of Gold Creek Capital. Mr. Teague has extensive business and technical experience. From 1992 to 1999, Kent worked for Microsoft. While there he held a number of different leadership positions including responsibility for all Microsoft consultants devoted to retail clients in North America. In addition to profit and loss accountability, he also had worldwide strategy responsibility for the implementation of Microsoft products from the time a product left the distribution warehouse until a consumer bought it. Kent also has extensive experience in technology companies. From 1990 to 1992, Kent was the Director of Development at Saber Software. He began there as a software developer, writing about half of the product that eventually took Saber public. He built the development team from 3 to 30 people including software developers, testers, and documentation specialists. Saber Software went public in April 1994 at a capitalization of $40 Million. Saber was bought in 1995 by McAfee and Associates, now a part of Network Associates. Because of his various leadership roles in different industries, Kent can draw upon a unique blend of talents and skills. His leadership and overall business experience aids him in coaching a CEO on the important aspects of growing a company. Because of his technical background, he has the ability to understand the probability of a product being developed on time and on budget. His sales and marketing background gives him the ability to gauge the probability of a product being accepted and purchased by potential customers and distributed by potential partners.
In his 25-plus year career in the industrial products and services industry, Mr. Lund has consistently advanced into leadership positions of ever-increasing responsibility. He has a history of leading organizations through difficult challenges and bringing them to profitability. Mr. Lund served for many years as the President and CEO of BHA, one of Kansas City's leading public companies. Under his leadership BHA flourished as sales grew from $35 million in 1986 (IPO year) to $210 million in 2004 culminating in a successful acquisition by General Electric.
Most recently, Mr. Lund held the Business Leader position for GE's Environmental Services Division where he led the business integration and played a critical role in the acquisition of his former company, BHA, by GE. Subsequent to the acquisition he served as a mentor and counsel to members of the leadership team. He was particularly instrumental in development of BHA Technologies, the company's subsidiary that manufactures and markets ePTFE membrane products for use in a variety of industrial and consumer applications. Under Jim's leadership, BHA Technologies launched a number of successful consumer products including a protective outerwear garment line under the brand name eVENT.
Mr. Lund is currently a principal in J Partners LLC, a Kansas City based senior advisory services firm. He was a long time member of the Kansas City Civic Council, a member of the American Cancer Society's Chairman's Circle and has been active in many United Way campaigns. Mr. Lund has a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Northern Illinois University.