Bio

Vadim Tsysin is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Private Equity Performance Improvement Group in Chicago. He is the Education and Sell-side Lead and specializes in performance improvement, carve-out and TSA advisory and operational due diligence, as well as overall M&A and capital markets advisory. With over 20 years of experience, Mr. Tsysin has executed 100+ transactions ranging from $1.2 million to $16 billion. He has substantial cross-border deal experience, having executed deals in Brazil, Mexico, Russia, the U.K. and Australia. His engagements center around merger advisory, integration execution, carve-out execution, pre-acquisition synergy assessments, operational due diligence, and integration and separation planning. Mr. Tsysin has extensive experience working with education clients. His notable EdTech engagements include advising Leeds Equity Advisor on the sale and performance improvement plan of Campus Management Corp and Edcentric; handling buy-side synergy assessment for Edmentum’s acquisition of Apex Learning; and doing buy-side due diligence for San Joaquin Valley College and the Meritas group of private K-12 school in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Tsysin spent six years with DeVry Education Group in Chicago, serving most recently as Head of M&A, Integration and Capital Markets. He directed corporate M&A related activities, worked with the Senior Leadership Team on strategy initiatives and co-led operational assignments. Previously, Mr. Tsysin worked with Bank of America Merrill Lynch as an Investment Banker, focusing on corporate finance and capital markets advisory in the packaging industry. Before that, he served as an M&A Consultant in the post-merger integration practice of Deloitte Consulting LLP. Mr. Tsysin earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance from Roosevelt University and a MBA (with distinction) from the University of Michigan Ross School of business. He is a licensed CPA in Illinois and holds Series 7 & 63 designations. Mr. Tsysin is fluent in Russian.