Vice President Management
Resume:
SCOTT R. WITTER
Irvine, CA *****
Phone: 949-***-****
Email: abnp1m@r.postjobfree.com
SUMMARY
Senior financial professional with extensive corporate finance, investment banking and strategic advisory
experience. Skilled in the full life cycle management of corporate transactions from business development to
closing, including analytics, marketing, structuring and negotiating mergers and acquisitions, capital raises,
strategic partnerships and joint ventures. Core competencies include:
• Mergers and acquisitions • Structuring & negotiating corporate
• Strategic planning and analysis transactions
• Transaction team management
• Corporate development
• Due diligence process management
• Capital raising (debt and equity)
• Shareholder and investor relations
• Business development
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
McGladrey Capital Markets, LLC, Costa Mesa, CA 2008-2009
The Corporate Finance division of RSM McGladrey, the 5th largest tax, accounting and business consulting firm in the world.
Vice President - Investment Banking
Senior deal team member specializing in middle market M&A and strategic advisory, with a secondary focus on
capital raises for private companies. Managed full-life cycle of advisory engagements from origination to closing
with client companies in the $10 million to $500 million revenue range. Member of Basic Industries team focused on
manufacturing, building products, logistics, paper and packaging.
• Led deal process including marketing efforts, negotiations of deal terms, conditions and structure, due
diligence process and negotiation of contracts, resulting in the successful engagement and launch of two
M&A assignments generating numerous offers, despite severe market conditions.
• Managed junior staff creating marketing documents, conducting detailed financial modeling, performing
market and industry analysis and business valuations.
• Handled daily interaction with client CEOs, CFOs, senior management and primary shareholders managing
client expectations and facilitating participation in transaction process.
• Prospected new client engagements and marketed advisory services to attorneys, accountants,
consultants, private equity groups, other referral sources and networked with trade associations and
industry organizations further enhancing firm’s reputation and market presence.
B. Riley & Company, Newport Beach, CA 2004-2008
A leading, independent, full-service, regional investment bank and financial services firm.
Vice President - Investment Banking
Key member of investment banking deal team specializing in corporate advisory services to micro and small cap
public companies and middle market private companies.
• Successfully launched, managed and executed corporate advisory engagements resulting in the successful
close of over a dozen transactions including buy-side and sell-side M&A assignments, debt and equity
private placements, recapitalizations, fairness opinions, business valuations and strategic advisories.
• Facilitated the day-to-day management of all facets of advisory engagements, including business
development, financial analysis, marketing, structuring, negotiating and closing engagements which
contributed to three consecutive record years of revenue performance for investment banking division.
• Advised clients on strategic planning, budgeting, cash flow forecasting and financial modeling while working
directly with CEO’s, CFO’s, COO’s and key management.
• Recruited, trained and supervised four junior bankers and facilitated the firm’s annual summer intern
program resulting in the hire of 2-3 interns per summer.
• Generalist industry focus that led to diverse deal experience in Consumer Products (restaurants, specialty
retail, healthy living, tool & hardware) Healthcare (healthcare IT, healthcare services, medical devices);
Technology (hardware & software); Industrials (basic manufacturing, building products, packaging,
aerospace and defense).
The Seidler Companies, Inc., Irvine, CA 2003-2004
A Los Angeles-based, regional, full-service investment bank and financial services firm.
Vice President - Investment Banking, 2004
Senior Associate - Investment Banking 2003
Key member of investment banking deal team, focused on micro and small cap public companies and middle
market private companies. Provided full complement of investment banking services including debt and equity
private placements, public equity offerings, PIPEs, recapitalizations, fairness opinions and merger and acquisition
advisory services. Entire Irvine office (4 bankers) recruited to B. Riley & Co. in May 2004.
• Facilitated the creation of detailed information memorandums and business plans, performed in-depth
financial modeling and analysis, market research, industry analysis, buyer identification, business
valuations and business development resulting in the successful close of three M&A transactions and one
public equity offering.
• Successfully participated in the sell-side M&A process including the structuring and negotiations of terms
and conditions of the sale of Canadian life sciences company, the merger of two medical device companies
and the sale of aerospace and defense manufacturer.
RSM Equico Capital Markets, Costa Mesa, CA 2001-2003
The Corporate Finance division of RSM McGladrey, the 5th largest tax, accounting and business consulting firm in the world.
Associate - Investment Banking, 2002-2003
Senior Analyst - Investment Banking, 2001
Member of investment banking deal teams specializing in sell-side mergers and acquisitions for privately held
middle market companies.
• Conducted detailed business and financial due diligence, assessed strategic issues, performed business
valuations and detailed financial modeling, wrote detailed information memorandums and business plans
and analyzed M&A activity across numerous industries.
Great-West Life Assurance, Vancouver, B.C., Canada 1998-1999
Product Specialist
Product marketing and wholesale business development role within financial services environment. Specialist in
small to medium size business insurance products, responsible for actively prospecting new clients and supporting
established clients through product training, marketing support and sales assistance.
• Designed and conducted weekly seminars for large groups of financial planners and insurance brokers (20-
40 per session) and provided ongoing sales support resulting in achieving quota bonus levels each quarter
of employment.
Kafus Capital Corporation, Vancouver, B.C., Canada 1996-1997
Investor Relations
Communicated financial information and developments for publicly traded venture capital corporation focused on
environmental technologies.
• Aided in the day to day interaction with the financial community including financial media, shareholders,
and institutional and private investors by writing and disseminating press releases, company marketing
literature and proactively promoting the company’s business developments.
• Conducted industry and market research on the company’s holdings and potential acquisitions.
EDUCATION
Masters of Business Administration (MBA), Finance
The Graziadio School at Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
• Merit Scholarship (2/3rds tuition) GPA: 3.9 / 4.0 Graduated: Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Political Science
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
• Varsity Men’s Volleyball
• British Columbia Athletic Assistance Scholarship
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