Excendio Advisors is excited to announce that Dan O’Connor has joined our team as a Senior M&A Advisor.
Dan brings a wealth of experience to his Mergers & Acquisitions clients with 25+ years as a deal maker and in finance and strategy roles at privately owned and public companies. His experience includes work in verticals like IT Services, MSP, SaaS, and AI, as well as leadership roles at IBM and Accenture.
Dan directed the sale of Advantium to global IT consulting firm Accenture, and executed bolt-on acquisitions for midsize enterprises, structuring earn-out frameworks to accelerate timelines and de-risk outcomes.
As a dealmaker, Dan has led complex buy-side and sell-side transactions and integrations, delivering over $300 million in incremental shareholder value directing due diligence, valuation modeling, deal structuring, negotiation, and integration planning.
Dan partnered with private-equity sponsors to refine growth strategies, optimize balance-sheet structures, and fuel expansion. In addition, he has been instrumental in crafting exit roadmaps that secured premium valuations.
He is a past Board Member of Middough Inc. and Ammo, Inc. (Nasdaq: POWW).
Dan earned an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BBA in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame, Mendoza College of Business.
Dan is a published author, a licensed CPA in the state of Ohio, and a Past President of the Cleveland Treasurers’ Club.