Michael Ifraimov

Founder & Managing Director

Crown Peak Advisors

Dec 2025 - Current (8 months)

Crown Peak Advisors is a strategic and M&A advisory firm dedicated exclusively to the managed service provider (MSP) sector. Built by operators, advisors and investors for MSP founders, the firm advises founder-owned MSPs and investors pursuing platform and add-on acquisitions. Crown Peak combines deep MSP operating experience with institutional investment banking rigor, combining over three decades of experience across M&A advisory, platform building, investing and value creation. Blending operator-level strategic insight with disciplined execution, the firm serves as a true strategic partner, guiding founders through the transaction process to maximize both value and certainty of close. Crown Peak runs highly targeted, founder-centric pr

Vice President of Corporate Development

Netsurit

Jan 2022 - Current (4 years 7 months)

• Lead Netsurit’s acquisitive growth strategy, building key strategic relationships with company founders, C-level executives, investors and financing sources for the company’s M&A efforts • Work directly with the CEO, CFO, COO and Board in shaping the company’s M&A strategy and execution • Create acquisition development criteria and strategies, institutionalizing the internal processes around M&A, conducting financial modeling and analysis, negotiating transaction documents, leading due diligence and integration of acquired companies • Closed five accretive acquisitions in two years, significantly scaling the company and growing revenues, profits and margins • Streamlined capital structure and refinanced existing institutional debt with cr

Senior Vice President - Leveraged Finance & Financial Sponsors

Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking SGCIB

Jan 2018 - Dec 2021 (4 years)

• Led the overall transaction process from deal origination to structuring and leading the execution on leveraged finance transactions • Coordinated business development efforts, originated, underwrote and managed broadly syndicated, club and direct lending financings • Assessed new deals, spearheaded, managed and executed business, financial and legal due diligence, liaising with internal risk and credit committees, negotiated terms, performed and oversaw financial modeling, analysis and valuation • Created detailed credit memoranda identifying key credit highlights and risks, negotiated credit and other legal agreements and commercial terms • Developed complex projection models, analytics and sensitivities to drive credit and risk committ

Vice President - Technology, Media & Telecommunications Investment Banking

Barclays Investment Bank

Jan 2015 - Dec 2017 (3 years)

• Formulated and presented financing and strategic M&A alternatives to active and prospective clients, and actively managed transaction processes, leading teams across M&A advisory, debt and equity financing • Assessed acquisition opportunities for clients, building complex valuation models to evaluate a variety of M&A transactions and structures, and led deal negotiations, working closely with management teams and legal partners to draft, negotiate and finalize contracts and closing documents • Developed complex projection models and key analytics to deliver business insights and drive decisions • Managed, mentored and developed financial analysts and associates • Initiated coverage of geospatial imagery companies and through active callin

Vice President - Consumer & Retail Investment Banking

Stifel Financial Corp

Jan 2013 - Dec 2015 (3 years)

• Advised active and prospective clients on IPOs, follow-on equity and debt offerings and M&A transactions • Prepared internal and external memoranda, offering materials and prospectuses for equity and debt offerings • Spearheaded an Activism / Defense advisory calling effort for client situations involving activist activity • Recognized as a thought leader on valuation, and requested by the Head of Investment Banking to set standardized valuation guidelines and best practices and create valuation / modeling templates for the firm

Investment Banking Associate - Mergers & Acquisitions Group

Bank of America

Jan 2011 - Dec 2013 (3 years)

• Prepared offering memoranda, board presentation materials and financial models for M&A transactions • Created operating, financing, LBO and merger models under various operating and financing scenarios • Led due diligence and drafting sessions with clients, interacted with potential buyers and targets, and managed and facilitated investor due diligence processes • Drafted letters of interest and engagement letters and negotiated confidentiality agreements • Prepared presentation materials and financial analyses for the Group’s Activism / Defense advisory practice

Private Equity Associate

American Securities

Jan 2007 - Dec 2009 (3 years)

• Evaluated investment opportunities for a distressed fund that invests in public and private debt and equity, investing in over $3bn in bonds and bank debt across the capital structure • Prepared written memoranda and presented investment ideas to a five-member investment committee, and managed existing investments, monitoring their performance and recommending to increase or lower holdings • Created comprehensive operating, financing and LBO models with relevant return schedules, while working closely with senior management teams and leading financial and accounting due diligence sessions

Investment Banking Analyst

Houlihan Lokey

Jan 2005 - Dec 2007 (3 years)

• Performed financial modeling and analysis and developed valuation models across all product groups • Prepared comprehensive company valuations using several valuation techniques, performed accretion / dilution analyses and built LBO and merger models • Developed offering memoranda and management and board presentations for M&A transactions • Created presentation and marketing materials for M&A, restructuring and valuation engagements • Organized and actively participated in drafting and due diligence sessions with clients and counterparties

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