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Steven Southwick
Freelance Interim CEO
A Chicago Booth MBA graduate and CFA charterholder, Steve has worked as a financial analyst, investor, and entrepreneur across the US and Latin America. He was a top-tier investment banking M&A analyst (Barclays Capital), with investing experience in both private equity (Sorenson Capital) and private credit (THL Credit). In addition to developing an education startup, Steve advises clients on capital raising, financing (including CARES Act related programs), and M&A transactions.
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Gary Calnan
Freelance Interim CEO
Gary is a serial entrepreneur with CEO and CFO experience. Before co-founding an aerospace startup in 2017, Gary was the director of finance at a $120 million revenue SaaS company, where he was responsible for the financial management of multiple departments and supported three mergers. Gary leverages his unique blend of finance and entrepreneurial experience across early and growth-stage businesses to add value to Toptal clients.
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Ryan Kuhn
Freelance Interim CEO
Ryan is an investment banker, private equity investor, and entrepreneur with experience across industries, including the industrials, energy, transportation and logistics, healthcare, and technology sectors. He has completed over US $5 billion in aggregate M&A and financing transaction value. Ryan enjoys working with entrepreneurs, corporations, and private equity clients to help create value.
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Giuliano Giovannetti
Freelance Interim CEO
Giuliano began his finance career in 1994. As the CEO of an insurance company, he underwrote nearly $10 billion in loans with no losses. As an entrepreneur, he founded internet and real estate startups. He is an expert in business planning, cash flow modeling, valuations, securitization structuring, insurance and banking regulation, and capital management. While advising insurers, he has expanded his expertise in technology and machine learning.
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Nirvikar Jain
Freelance Interim CEO
Nirvikar has helped raise $20+ billion of capital and built lines of business as an experienced CEO, banker, and strategist at ICICI, Citi, Bank of America, and FAB. An entrepreneur, Nirvikar is an active board member for startup companies, advising on strategic initiatives and capital raising. As a freelancer, he enjoys leveraging his background as an entrepreneur and executive to drive profitable growth at companies from various industries.
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Edward May
Freelance Interim CEO
Edward is a PE and investment banking principal with seventeen years of experience in investing and corporate finance as well as developing, financing, and operating energy and tech companies from early stage to maturity. Transaction experience includes serving as CFO for seed stage companies as well as structuring and financing an $800M purchase financing. Toptal allows him to pursue a number of interests and work with a variety of companies.
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Elliot Luchansky, CFA
Freelance Interim CEO
Elliot has been a finance executive, investor, and entrepreneur for 15 years. In recent roles as co-founder/managing partner of a PE fund and CEO, COO, CFO, and board member of PE-backed tech companies, he grew EV by an average of 12x ($361 million) and closed 31 M&A deals, working closely with PE firms (Advent) and i-bankers (Goldman Sachs). He has led tech companies with $80 million+ in revenues and 150+ FTEs, and he was CFO of a fintech company with $450 million in revenue and 550 FTEs.
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Erik Frederick
Freelance Interim CEO
Erik has served as the CFO of a $1.8 billion business unit at Staples and of venture-backed startups and private equity portfolio companies with $20 million to $700 million in revenue. He's also worked with management teams in profitability improvements, corporate strategy, financial models, and board reporting. As a freelancer, Erik enjoys bringing his seasoned, real-world operating experience to a variety of clients.
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Jack Barker
Freelance Interim CEO
A former McKinsey Partner and Carlyle Group Principal with 30 years of international experience, Jack has served as the president, CFO, and COO of two Carlyle companies and four others. He is a finance, strategy, and operations expert with deep experience in telecom, financial services, data centers, and manufacturing. Jack enjoys freelancing because it allows him to work on a wide variety of issues for companies of all sizes and many industries.
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