Bio

Brien joined Altacrest to focus on his passion for growing and developing middle market companies. At Altacrest, Brien is responsible for deal origination and evaluation, fundraising, and management of the firm. Brien focuses his efforts at Altacrest on companies within the Business Services sector. Prior to joining Altacrest, Brien spent 14 years with Prudential Capital Group, the private investment arm of Prudential Financial. While at Prudential Capital, Brien was responsible for originating, evaluating and monitoring private debt and equity investments. Capital was provided to facilitate acquisitions, growth capital, recapitalizations and leveraged buy-outs. Before joining Prudential Capital, Brien spent five years in middle market investment banking at Hoak Breedlove Wesneski focused on M&A and capital raising assignments for companies within the Southwest. Brien began his career at Willamette Management Associates, a national business valuation firm focused on the middle market. Throughout his career Brien has executed over 70 transactions aggregating $1.9 billion in equity and debt private placements as well as over $1.4 billion in merger, acquisition and financial advisory services. Brien has served as a board observer for several portfolio companies including VLS Recovery Services, LLC, MooreCo, Inc., and Little Woodrow’s, LLC. Brien holds a B.B.A. in Finance from Texas Tech University where he was a University Scholar and an MBA from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin where he received Dean’s Honors. He also holds the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst. Brien has been married for over 13 years and has two daughters. When he is not at the office or with his family, Brien enjoys travel and a wide variety of sports.