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Gregory Giammittorio
Partner, Morrison & Foerster
Greg Giammittorio is a partner in the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group and Private Equity Buyout Group. Mr. Giammittorio has acted as lead M&A counsel on over 100 transactions, many of which have involved government services and defense companies. He has over 20 years of experience representing private and publicly held companies in all stages of growth on a range of issues involving mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, private equity, and public and private securities offerings. Mr. Giammittorio is listed as a Leading Lawyer in Corporate/M&A in Chambers USA 2009. He currently serves as the Chair of the ABA Business Law Section’s Middle Market and Small Business Committee and for the last two years, as a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Committee Task Force on private target deal studies.
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Dillon Bowles
Director, Fidus Partners
Dillon Bowles has extensive experience advising private and public companies, Boards of Directors, and private equity groups in all facets of mergers and acquisitions, including sellsides, buysides, spin-offs, fairness opinions, and capital raising. Dillon joined Fidus Partners in 2009 and leads the firm’s Government Services and Defense practice. Fidus Partners is a middle market focused investment bank providing M&A and capital raising advisory services as well as investment capital through a $220 million mezzanine debt fund. Previously, Dillon was with Wachovia Securities, where he spent eight years in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group and served on the firm’s Fairness Opinion Committee.
Dillon has completed over 25 assignments across a broad range of industries with a particular focus on government services, defense, and business services, including representing SI International in its sale to Serco Group, New Mountain Capital in its acquisition of Camber Corp, and i2, Inc in its sale to Silver Lake Sumeru. |
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Michael Tinsley, CPA
Founder, Chief Executive Officer, NeoSystems
Michael Tinsley is the Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of NeoSystems Corp., a Managed Services Provider that delivers comprehensive, on-site, business accounting services to government contractors.
Michael founded NeoSystems in 2000 after 20 years of industry experience that gave him a vision for providing quality, efficient, and innovative accounting services. Under Michael’s leadership, the Tysons Corner-based firm serves more than 50 clients and employs approximately 100 professionals, who often manage the majority of a client’s accounting and financial work.
Michael’s career includes extensive financial and administrative management experience with high-growth companies and government contractors. Before establishing NeoSystems, he served as Vice President of Finance and Administration with Broadsoft, a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) solutions provider.
He also served as Chief Financial Officer for Scientific Research Corporation, a research and engineering firm specializing in defense communications systems. He also held senior positions with Digital Lightwave, Inc., and BTG, Inc. In addition, he owned and managed a private accounting practice and began his career at Price Waterhouse.
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Dr. Earl R. Smith II
Chairman, Dr. Smith & Associates
Dr. Smith serves as a strategic adviser and on boards of directors and advisory boards. He advises investors and CEOs and executive teams, sales teams and builds advisory boards as business development engines. His expertise includes innovation, governance, succession planning, mergers & acquisitions, team building, strategic planning, turnarounds and reorganization.
Dr. Smith also specializes in turnaround situations. His experience in building six for-profit companies and helping to launch two non-profit organizations allows him to help management overcome challenges that may seem daunting to them. His wide range of contacts allows him to tap into substantial pools of resources – including senior executives, highly effective professionals and sources of financial support.
Dr. Smith is a proven entrepreneur, seasoned senior executive, political and social theorist, published author and speaker. A veteran of Wall Street, he founded two non-profit and six for-profit companies. His experience includes designing and organizing companies, business/technology management, team building, strategic alliances, negotiating complex arrangements, governance & compliance, resourcing & financing, mergers & acquisitions, management/team/board assessment, coaching and strategic and tactical planning and implementation. |