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John C. Dickinson, Managing Director
Mr. Dickinson joined Harris Williams & Co. in 1994, and in 1998 launched the firm's Cobblestone | Harris Williams specialty group. Prior to joining Harris Williams & Co., Mr. Dickinson was a Corporate Operations Manager for Circuit City Stores, Inc., a specialty retailer of home electronics; a Division Controller for Cummins Engine Company, the world’s largest independent manufacturer of diesel engines; and a software engineer in the defense industry. Mr. Dickinson is a former partner in Document Warehouse, LLC, a full-service records management company that was sold to Iron Mountain Records Management (NYSE) in early 2001. Mr. Dickinson earned an M.B.A. from the Darden Business School of the University of Virginia and a B.S. degree in Mathematics from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia. He lives in Richmond with his wife and two children.
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Patrick E. Hanraty, Managing Director
Mr. Hanraty has over 15 years of investment banking and private equity experience. Prior to joining Cobblestone | Harris Williams, Mr. Hanraty worked with an economic development organization; an independent full service investment firm; and a Philadelphia-based middle market private equity firm. He was one of the founders of a commercial mortgage securitization firm, and has actively served the Philadelphia and Mid-Atlantic business communities through various speaking and leadership positions. He has also served on the national board for the Association for Corporate Growth, and served as the co-chair for the 2003 and 2004 Association for Corporate Growth M&A East Conferences, an M&A and growth conference which is co-hosted by Wharton Private Equity Network and The Deal.
Mr. Hanraty earned a B.A. from Yale University. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife and two children.
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David L. Hegeman, Managing Director
Mr. Hegeman has over 20 years of experience as a financial advisor and investment banker. He specializes in developing and executing transaction strategies for public and private companies including divestitures, acquisitions, capital raising and restructurings and has personally led over 60 transactions with an aggregate value of over $3 billion. Prior to joining Cobblestone | Harris Williams, Mr. Hegeman was a Managing Director and Co-Head of the Industrial Group with National City Capital Markets Investment Banking Group and was also a Partner and Managing Director with Ernst & Young Corporate Finance. Mr. Hegeman has developed a particular emphasis on private company sales and corporate carve outs, working with companies in the industrial products, plastics, chemicals, consumer products, and metalworking industries. Mr. Hegeman is also a Director of RJF International, a manufacturer of engineered polymer products. He earned a B.B.A. and M.B.A. from the University of Michigan. He lives outside of Cleveland with his wife and four children.
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Harold J. Williams III, Managing Director
Mr. Williams has over 20 years of transactional experience that spans investment banking, leveraged finance, and corporate financial management. Prior to joining Cobblestone | Harris Williams, Mr. Williams was a founder of Custer Williams and Company and Riverside Capital LLC, investment banks specializing in lower middle market transactions. Previously, he served as Chief Financial Officer of HALIS, Inc., a publicly traded healthcare technology and services company, where he integrated several acquisitions and managed two divestitures. Mr. Williams also spent seven years with Heller Financial's Corporate Finance Group, providing cash flow predicated senior and mezzanine debt, worked for the International Treasury Department of RJR Nabisco, Inc. structuring offshore debt and equity financings for the company's international subsidiaries, and oversaw SunTrust Bank's West Coast originations and portfolio management activities. Mr. Williams earned a B.S. in Commerce from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia, and an M.B.A. in International Finance from Georgia State University. He also holds the Accredited Valuation Analyst designation from the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts ("NACVA"). Mr. Williams lives in Richmond with his wife and two children.
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Jeremy P. Eberlein, Director
Mr. Eberlein has over 10 years of investment banking experience assisting publicly-traded and private companies with the completion of mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, and private placements. During his investment banking career, he has advised companies across many industries with particular concentration on metals, in addition to manufacturing, retail, and business services. Prior to joining Cobblestone | Harris Williams Mr. Eberlein worked as a Director at National City Capital Markets Investment Banking Group, Vice President with Resilience Capital Partners executing transactions both as an advisor and as principal investor, in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Restructuring Groups at McDonald Investments, and as a commercial banker at KeyCorp. Mr. Eberlein received his B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance, cum laude, from Ohio University. He lives in Cleveland with his wife and four children.
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Jonathan L. Ives, Director
Mr. Ives has over 12 years of investment banking and corporate finance experience in assisting publicly-traded and private companies with the completion of mergers and acquisitions, initial and follow-on public equity offerings, debt offerings, and private placements. Prior to joining Cobblestone | Harris Williams, Mr. Ives worked in the National City Capital Markets Investment Banking Group, where he advised companies on various capital market transactions including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, and debt and equity placements. Prior to National City, he worked at a number of investment banking and financial advisory firms including Credit Suisse First Boston, Lehman Brothers, and Merrill Lynch, where he successfully completed transactions with an aggregate value in excess of $5 billion. He also worked at Deloitte & Touche, where he provided advisory services to middle market companies including engagements involving IPO advisory, valuation services, and assistance in raising private equity. Mr. Ives has experience working with companies in several industry sectors including automotive, consumer products, distribution, energy services, healthcare, retail, security and defense products and services, steel, third party logistics, transportation, and trucking industries. Mr. Ives earned an M.B.A. with Highest Distinction from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. In addition, he graduated magna cum laude with B.B.A in Finance and B.A. in Spanish from Eastern Michigan University, where he was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma for academic honors. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). Mr. Ives lives in Cleveland with his wife and two children.
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David Allebach, Vice President
Mr. Allebach re-joined Cobblestone | Harris Williams following the completion of an M.B.A. from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Prior to business school, Mr. Allebach worked for five years as an Analyst and Associate with Cobblestone | Harris Williams on mergers and acquisitions transactions in a broad range of industries. Previous experience includes work as an Associate with Prairie Capital, a private equity group in Chicago; and in Financial and Strategic Planning at Washington Mutual, Inc. in Seattle. Mr. Allebach earned a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance, cum laude, from the University of Richmond.
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Matthew J. Mueller, Vice President
Mr. Mueller has significant experience executing mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, restructuring, and other advisory engagements. His experience spans a variety of industries, with particular emphasis in the automotive, chemical, engineered product, metalworking, and motion control industries. Prior to joining Cobblestone | Harris Williams, Mr. Mueller was a Vice President in the Industrial Group of the National City Capital Markets Investment Banking Group. Mr. Mueller earned a B.B.A. from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, an M.B.A. with Distinction from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. Mr. Mueller lives outside of Cleveland with his wife.
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Wayne A. Twardokus, Vice President
Mr. Twardokus has over 8 years of mergers and acquisitions transaction experience assisting closely held, public, and private equity-backed companies. Throughout his investment banking career, Mr. Twardokus has advised companies in a broad range of industries including distribution, building products, construction materials, general industrial, and business services. Previously, Mr. Twardokus was a Vice President in the Industrial Group of the National City Capital Markets Investment Banking Group. His prior professional experience also includes Brown Gibbons Lang & Company. Mr. Twardokus earned an M.B.A. from the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester and a B.S. in Business Administration, cum laude, from the State University of New York. He lives in Cleveland with his wife and son.
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Sterling Adlakha, Associate
Prior to joining Cobblestone | Harris Williams, Mr. Adlakha was a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Coast Guard where he served in several operational capacities and as the agency’s Operations Resource Manager. Mr. Adlakha holds an M.B.A and Certificate in International Business Diplomacy from the Robert McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
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Nathan R. Bouknight, Associate
Mr. Bouknight joined Cobblestone | Harris Williams after the completion of an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Bouknight earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, graduating with Highest Honors, from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Mr. Bouknight's previous experience includes working as an engineer and project manager in the industrial and power generation construction industry.
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Andrew A. Flanigan, Associate
Mr. Flanigan earned a B.S., cum laude, in Business Administration and Accounting with special attainments in Commerce from the Williams School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics at Washington & Lee University.
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Daniel F. Linsalata, Associate
Mr. Linsalata earned a B.A. in Economics with a concentration in Finance and a second major in French Literature from Dartmouth College. Previous experience includes two summers at Sterling, a private wealth management company.
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Norman J. Scherr, Associate
Mr. Scherr joined Cobblestone | Harris Williams after spending three years working as an Analyst in the National City Capital Markets Investment Banking Group. As a member of the Industrial Group at National City, Mr. Scherr executed a broad range of transactions spanning a broad range of industries including automotive, building products, diversified manufacturing, and metals. Mr. Scherr earned a B.B.A. with concentrations in Finance and Accounting from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, graduating with Distinction.
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Jonathan J. Taylor, Associate
Mr. Taylor has more than 8 years of experience in investment banking. Prior to Cobblestone | Harris Williams, Mr. Taylor was a Vice President in the Specialty Products Group at Capstone Partners, an investment banking firm in Boston; and an Analyst at Sheffield Merchant Banking Group, an investment banking firm in Connecticut. He has executed transactions in a broad range of industries including automotive aftermarket, building products, metals and mining, and technology. Mr. Taylor earned a B.S. in Economics with a concentration in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Joshua T. Broome, Analyst
Mr. Broome earned a B.S. in Business Administration and Accounting with special attainments in Commerce from the Williams School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics at Washington & Lee University. Previous experience includes work as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Leverage Finance Group at Deutsche Bank Securities.
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David H. Dorfman, Analyst
Mr. Dorfman earned a B.B.A. in Finance from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. Previous experience includes work as an Analyst at National City Capital Markets Investment Banking Group. He also Interned at General Electric, Bear Stearns & Co., and Mesirow Financial.
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Elisa Downey-Zayas, Analyst
Ms. Downey-Zayas earned a B.S.E in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. Previous experience includes work for the University of Pennsylvania Office of Investments.
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Christopher W. Ede, Analyst
Mr. Ede earned a B.B.A. in Finance, Investment, and Banking, Beta Gamma Sigma, from The University of Wisconsin-Madison. Previous experience includes work as an Analyst at National City Capital Markets Investment Banking Group and a Financial Representative with the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network.
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Sean E. Gillick, Analyst
Mr. Gillick earned a B.B.A. in Finance with an Accounting concentration, cum laude, from the Mason School of Business at The College of William and Mary. Previous experience includes work as an Intern at England & Company, a middle market investment bank.
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Elizabeth Ranz, Analyst
Ms. Ranz earned a B.A., magna cum laude, in Economics with minors in both Sociology and Corporate Strategy from Vanderbilt University. Previous experience includes work as an Intern in the 401(k) division of Horan Securities, Inc.
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William T. Tobin, Analyst
Mr. Tobin earned a B.S., magna cum laude, in Finance with a minor in decision sciences from Miami University. Previous experience includes work as an Analyst at National City Capital Markets Investment Banking Group and as an Intern at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.
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