Bio

Andrew has more than 17 years’ experience in investment banking and corporate development in addition to CFO and operating management roles in private equity and venture capital backed companies. He brings more than 25 years focused on growth stage companies to advising entrepreneurs and investors in aerospace and defense, software and technology. Andrew was CFO of the Merex Group and Kellstrom Defense, a private equity backed aerospace and defense company where he completed multiple acquisitions to grow the business more than five-fold over 2 years. He was interim-CFO and GM of a private equity backed CPG business that was sold to Bradford. He was a Senior Manager at Oracle Corporation after being actively involved in the growth and development of Treasury Services Corporation, an enterprise software company backed by General Atlantic, that was acquired by Oracle Corporation. Previously, Andrew was Managing Director of Angeles Capital Group, Director of Alexander Dunham, Associate of Gerard Klauer Mattison (now BMO Capital Markets) and GKM Ventures, and Associate of Chanin Capital Partners (now Duff & Phelps). Prior to that, he spent four years at Price Waterhouse where he was qualified as a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (CA ANZ). Andrew received his MBA from the John E. Anderson Graduate School of Business at UCLA where he was selected as a Venture Fellow and received his Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of Western Australia. He holds Series 7, 63 and 79 licenses with Fallbrook Capital Securities Corporation. Andrew currently resides with his wife Judy and children in Encino where he has lived for more than 20 years.