Forge Equity Partners Team

Gardner Dudley is an experienced executive having spent much of the past 15 years leading teams and organizations. After starting a career in finance, he moved into a startup company where he gained experience in all stages of the business life cycle, from growing a business as a startup through sale to a public company, and then managing through the acquisition and integration of other companies. Gardner has touched virtually every area of growing businesses, including identifying leadership and building teams in sales, operations, technology, and other areas. He has successfully scaled sales and operations in growing organizations, identified and implemented IT solutions, and helped develop products to support business growth. Gardner spent 17 years at Network International and then Liquidity Services Inc., which acquired Network International in 2010. He served in various leadership roles, including as President of the Capital Assets Division for Liquidity Services, which was a $250 million business with over 400 employees and operations in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Gardner has practical M&A experience through his work as an advisor to large corporations early in his career and as part of the management team of both buying and selling parties later in his career, and again as an advisor at Valedor Partners.