Dan is a Principal based in San Francisco and serves as the National and West Region Service Line Leader of the Transaction Advisory Services. Dan is also on the senior leadership team for the Firm’s Private Equity industry initiative and Grant Thornton International’s Leadership Board for Transaction Advisory Services. Dan has been involved directly, or as an advisor, to the private equity industry and strategic buyers for over 20 years and has advised on, or led, hundreds of transactions.

Dan has experience assisting clients during all phases of the acquisition including initial deal analysis, financial and tax due diligence, structuring, deal negotiation, analysis of valuation and identification of synergies and acquisition integration. He has also been extensively involved in post-acquisition processes such as the disposition process, including IPOs, sales to strategic buyers, sales to management and sales through an auction processes.

Prior to joining Grant Thornton, Dan led regional transaction advisory services practices for firms including Duff & Phelps and Arthur Andersen. Prior to that Dan was Vice-President of Merger and Acquisition Services for the private equity firm Fremont Partners (now Calera Capital) and Fremont Group.

Education
M.B.A., St. Mary’s College
M.S in Taxation, Golden Gate University
B.S. in Accounting, Santa Clara University