Principals

Darrell W. Lauterbach

Darrell has been the M&A Head, CFO and President at both middle market and large public and private companies. He has led companies through consolidations, acquisition roll-ups, turnarounds and strategic repositionings that have culminated in rapid revenue growth, IPOs, private equity financings and strategic buyer acquisitions. Darrell has extensive experience in buy-side and sell-side deal making. He has negotiated and integrated over $1.5 billion of acquisitions throughout the US and Europe. He is a seasoned expert at helping services firms leverage their strengths to launch new services, markets and geographies. 

Highlights

•Darrell was Global M&A Head for Convergys (NYSE: CVG) a multi-billion dollar outsourcing company. He led the acquisition of 11 public and private companies bringing the company into new services and vertical markets.

•As CFO of Convergys’ HR outsourcing business unit, Darrell led the global financial operations in 20 countries that provided HR outsourcing services to fortune 1000 clients in 60+ countries and 35+ languages. 

•As head of M&A for Golden Telecom (formerly - NASDAQ: GLDN), Darrell led a consolidation and acquisition roll-up.  The company spun out from the parent and executed the first NASDAQ listed IPO of a Russian-based telecom company.

Darrell resides in McLean, VA with his wife and two children.

Dennis Taffe

Dennis is a senior executive with experience in mergers & acquisitions, corporate development, financial management and new business development.  He is an expert in buy-side and sell-side transactions and P&L, risk and treasury management.  He has succeeded in large organizations (AT&T, CBS Television Network, Convergys Corporation), smaller companies, start-ups and turnarounds.  His diverse industry background includes electronics, CRM software and related services, telecommunications (equipment and services), food processing equipment and more.

Highlights

•VP of Corporate Development, Convergys Corporation (NYSE: CVG) – Dennis provided visionary leadership to a team of directors focusing on new business development through M&A, JVs, alliances and equity investments worldwide.

•Mergers & Acquisition Executive, AT&T (NYSE: T) - AT&T is a $160 billion communications service provider.  During his tenure, the team acquired seven companies totaling more than $800 million in the USA, France, Australia and South Africa.

•CFO, PPM Technologies (Private) - PPM Technologies is a global supplier of equipment to the food processing industry.  Dennis was responsible for finance, accounting, treasury, IT and HR functions in a multi-currency environment.

•VP & Treasurer, Convergys Corporation (NYSE:CVG) - Convergys is a $3 billion global leader in relationship management.  Dennis led a group of 20 treasury, tax and risk management professionals.

Dennis earned his BSEE from Lafayette College and his MBA from the Kelly School of Business at Indiana University.  He lives in Cincinnati, OH with his wife and two children.