Bio

T.J. joined Eureka in 2015 and is the Managing Director of Business Development. T.J. leads the firm’s sourcing and origination activities and has over 15 years of middle market M&A experience working as an investment banker, principal investor and origination professional, completing transactions in a variety of industries. Prior to joining Eureka, T.J. was Director-in-Charge of Transaction Advisory Services at Fesnak, LLP, a leading regional accounting firm, providing financial due diligence services to middle market buyers and sellers. Prior to Fesnak, he provided outsourced sourcing and origination services to the private equity community with Private Capital Research LLC. Prior to PCR, T.J. was Director of Acquisitions for Alliance Holdings, Inc., an employee-owned holding company investing in a diversified portfolio of operating companies, where he was responsible for sourcing and originating potential acquisition candidates, executing transactions, and was a member of the holding company investment committee. Other previous experience includes the Special Situations Group at National City Investment Banking (formerly SSG Capital Advisors) where he worked on over 40 transactions including mergers and acquisitions, Plans of Reorganization, corporate divestitures, financial restructurings, and the private placement of senior debt, subordinated debt and equity; and Berwind Financial, L.P., a regional middle market investment banking firm. T.J. has an MBA from the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business and a BS from Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration.