Melanie McFaddin possesses 40 years of aggregate diverse finance experience, including over 30 years working within IT and human capital services and 27 years specifically in sell-side M&A.
Her areas of expertise encompass understanding deal valuation and structural dynamics, as well as the operational metrics and value-drivers for companies whose value is derived from the intangible assets of human capital, including companies providing IT staffing, consulting and solutions; management consulting; digital agency, digital transformation, and mobile development; business analytics and data; MSPs in staffing, IT and HR; BPOs in IT, legal, and human capital; and the software toolsets that touch these spaces.
Over the course of her career, she has been involved in the consummation of over 75 transactions with an aggregate value of over $1 Bn and has consulted on many others. She is well-known and respected for her expertise in marketing, negotiating, and closing transactions and possesses a tenured, strong, and varied group of industry-specific contacts in the space that includes both strategic and financial players.
Her other industry experience includes establishment and management of treasury function for Landmark Graphics Corporation, a $200MM multinational, NASDAQ-listed, IT product and services company that commercialized 2D and 3D seismic software and services in the Oil & Gas vertical and which was sold to Halliburton. In this capacity Ms. McFaddin was responsible for corporate planning and analysis, international business planning, currency and risk management, foreign and domestic trade finance, cash and investment management, and M&A assistance.
Prior to her experience at Landmark, she spearheaded the establishment of an IT lending practice for The Toronto Dominion Bank where she worked with such firms as Sun Microsystems, Advanced Micro Devices, and Apple in various lending activities, including lines of credit and structuring off-balance-sheet joint ventures to build their corporate campuses. She was also involved in corporate finance for an impressive list of clients, including Avery Dennison, Tenneco, Browning Ferris, and EDS.
Prior to this she was instrumental in the formation of the worldwide Project Finance group for Societe Generale, where she was involved in projects in independent power development, chemical plant construction, and other specialized structured financings with clients such as Cogentrix, Westlake Petrochemicals, Spacehab, James River, and Kronos.
She has spoken at many conferences and CEO roundtables covering such topics as building value through partnering with private equity, building value and valuation in the IT services sector, and the dynamics of M&A in the professional services sector. She has also been quoted in such publications as The Business Journals of Nashville, Washington DC, Atlanta, and Houston, The Wall Street Reporter, The Daily Deal, ComputerWire, Corporate Financing Week, Consulting Wire, and has been featured on both CNN and Bloomberg News.
She holds FINRA Series 7 and 79 licenses and both a BBA and an MBA with a concentration in Finance from the Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston.
Closing Transaction Press Releases
Wiley Bros.-Aintree Capital LLC Represents EXB Solutions in its Acquisition by Quest Global
Wiley Bros.-Aintree Capital LLC Represents iBridge Solutions Inc. in its Acquisition by CSI IT, Inc.
Wiley Bros.-Aintree Capital LLC Represents Lightwell Inc. in its Acquisition by Eliassen Group, Inc.
Wiley Bros.-Aintree Capital LLC Represents Bradford and Galt in its Acquisition by ettain Group
Wiley Bros.-Aintree Capital LLC Represents Vanick Group in its Acquisition by ProKarma
