Bio

David Steinkeler is focused on the Test, Measurement & Automation (“TMA”) and Testing, Inspection, Certification and Compliance (“TICC”) sectors. David is responsible for sector coverage, origination and execution of mergers and acquisitions, equity offerings and other financial advisory services. David has advised on approximately $10 billion of aggregate transaction value such as Eddyfi’s acquisitions of NDT Global and Half Wave, Golden Gate’s recapitalization of Cole-Parmer with GTCR, Harbour Group’s sale of Onicon to TASI, Novacap’s sale of Onstream to Mistras, SFW Capital Partners’ sale of Spectro Scientific to Ametek, Carlyle Group’s sale of Authentix to Blue Water Energy, Graham Partners’ sale of Tidel to Littlejohn, First Atlantic’s sale of Test Equity to LKCM Headwater, Vector Capital’s sale of Gerber Technology to AIP, 3i’s sale of Element Materials Technology to Bridgepoint, Metalmark’s acquisition of Camin Cargo and OMER’s sale of Maxxam Analytics to Bureau Veritas. Prior to joining Baird, David worked at UBS Investment Bank in the Diversified Industrials Group. David received his M.B.A. with distinction from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and his B.S. with honors from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.