Andre Guardi

  • Advised 120+ companies in a variety of industries during his 25+ year career

  • Proven expertise in mergers & acquisitions, leveraged/management buyouts, debt & equity capital markets and principal investing

  • Experienced in advising a wide range of company types from public companies to lower middle market private companies

  • Previously managing director and/or partner at Moss Adams Capital, B. Riley FBR and Friend & Co

  • B.S. degree in Finance from the University of Utah where he was an All-American football player before entering the NFL

  • Holds Series 7, 24 and 63 FINRA licenses, and is a Registered Representative of Finalis Securities LLC Member FINRA/SIPC

Rich Sutton

  • 40+ years of financial services industry experience working with middle market companies

  • 24 years of Healthcare Industry experience including managing senior debt portfolios at both banks and finance companies nationwide

  • Principal with a Southern California private equity group, participating in the acquisition of 12 companies. Served as both director and operating officer for 7 of those companies

  • Former Board member for the California Commercial Finance Conference and currently active with the Association of Corporate Growth and the National Investment Conference

  • B.S degree in Accounting from the University of Indiana at Bloomington

 
 

Jim Mras

  • 40+ years of financial services experience advising middle market companies, with a focus on independent energy developers

  • 30+ years of experience in energy and power generation, including natural gas and renewable projects, with expertise across development capital, structured finance, and tax equity

  • Former Senior Vice President at GE and GE Vernova Financial Services, where he closed approximately $4 billion of debt and equity investments across energy companies in the western United States

  • 27-year tenure at GE, with extensive experience evaluating, structuring, and executing complex energy investments

  • B.S. in Business Management, University of Utah (captain of swimming and water polo teams)

  • MBA in Finance, California State University, Fullerton

  • J.D., Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (member of the California and Federal Bar – inactive)