Managing Director
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John is a Managing Director with over 25 years of experience in investment banking and corporate development. John has focused on sell-side M&A and debt/equity raises to support transactions in industrial, consumer products, retail, technology and healthcare services. In the last ten years with Oberon, he has closed numerous transactions, many of which were with small and middle market companies with the unique needs of founders involved in their first process, serving as the steady guide through the process. Recent transactions include: the sale of a $50 million regional multigenerational ophthalmology/optometry practice to a strategic consolidator, the sale of a $45 million US touchscreen manufacturer to a large global HMI company, and the sale of a US based coffee roaster on behalf of its international parent to a local industry player. Prior to joining Oberon, John was a senior banker in the investment banking departments of Deutsche Bank Securities, Dresdner Kleinwort Securities and UBS Warburg where he generated and executed transactions across the industrial, consumer products, retail, and technology sectors. John also served as the VP and Head of Corporate Development for an early stage renewable energy and feed company based in Florida as well as a Director at Valens Capital, a billion dollar hedge fund focused on providing debt and equity growth financing solutions to small cap public and private companies. John earned his M.B.A. from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University and his B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
