Adam C. Garcia

President and Managing Director

Adam Garcia is a proven business leader who helps organizations reach their highest potential. After spending nearly a decade on Wall Street, Adam has developed a propensity for driving business efficiency and profitability at start-ups, mature organizations, and everything in between. Adam’s background includes international roles in investment banking, private equity, corporate strategy, advisory and C-Level Leadership. He has successfully executed numerous middle market merger and acquisition deals with a combined transaction value of over $2 Billion. Most recently, Adam founded and served as the CEO of a national real estate and construction firm that was named #39 on the Inc5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in the Midwest.

Adam graduated with honors from DePaul University’s Driehaus College of Business with an Undergraduate Degree in Management and a Concentration in Entrepreneurship. He is a Leo V. Ryan Scholar and Member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. He completed Bank of America’s Analyst Rotational Program and was the 2013 recipient of Bank of America’s Apex Award. Adam is also a Board Member for Casa Kane County and an Entrepreneur and Practitioner Advisory Board member for the Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development.

Brad Kay

Managing Director

Brad is an experienced private equity & corporate development specialist with substantial experience in private equity, M&A, and public equity markets. Brad’s early career focused on M&A investment research developing Middle Market investment strategies for private equity / strategic clients. Brad sourced proprietary qualified investment opportunities that resulted in the closure of transactions totaling more than $500mm in enterprise value. Brad has also held a variety of corporate development roles working with leadership teams to drive growth by combining strategic and operational goals. In a corporate development capacity, Brad has worked on executed M&A deals totaling more than $1 Billion in transaction value. Brad most recently, is director of Corporate Finance & Strategy for New Path Construction & Consulting. Brad oversees internal controls, financial targets, and the enforcement of financial strategy aimed toward profitable long-term growth.

Brad graduated from The University Of Iowa Tippie College of Business with a BS in Finance. Brad also completed the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center Program earning a Certificate in Entrepreneurial Management with a focus on Entrepreneurial Finance.