Kenneth Staut

Executive Vice President of Finance

ESW Capital

Mar 2020 - Current (5 years 4 months)

- Lead cross-functional organization of 100+ global finance professionals and serve as Global Head of FP&A Own corporate development strategic modeling and financial integration of acquired companies at high-velocity M&A (one acq/week), target EVs $1 - Simplify, standardize and automate finance processes (improved budgeting, variance analysis, cash flow forecast, SaaS metrics) - Key member of the Global Executive Team; develop and execute asynchronous change management strategy alleviating complexity Hired as top 1% of global applicants and scored in the 99th percentile on cognitive aptitude test

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Portfolio Manager & Strategist

USDR LLC

Jan 2014 - Dec 2016 (3 years)

- Partnered with two $1B investment aggregators, resulting in significant capital inflows ∙ Devised investment strategies, launched and marketed new funds, managed NY and Reno based investment and biz dev teams - Presented to hundreds of allocators, spoke on panels and conferences, wrote quarterly investor letters and white papers - Co-chaired investment committee meetings, built financial models, made investment, sizing and risk decisions in portfolio context Creditor Committee Member (Board Member) for Midwest Vanadium and Chukchansi (filed & won litigation)

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Founder & Chief Executive Officer

GROWTHFOUNTAIN LLC

Jan 2013 - Dec 2020 (8 years)

- Founded and launched GrowthFountain, secured $2M Seed and Series A financing, influenced legislation that created our market (cited 11 times by the SEC within the JOBS Act) enabling small businesses to raise capital via a new securities exemption - Identified compelling value hypothesis, developed go-to-market strategy and found product/market fit ∙ Initiated, negotiated and executed strategic partnerships with 7 financial institutions, increasing distribution by 1.1M members - Named a thought leader within the start-up ecosystem, providing strategic insight and perspective on TV, conferences & publications ∙ Identified M&A suiters, established valuation, negotiated terms, sold the company to a merchant bank and managed

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Partner / Managing Director

TIBURON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

Jan 2009 - Dec 2013 (5 years)

- Co-founded Tiburon Capital, outperformed our benchmark (HFRI indices), directed business development and raised $52M Identified M&A suiters, established our valuation, negotiated terms and sold the company to Gray & Company - Became an industry thought leader, myriad speaking engagements, published research and white papers Derived, researched and invested long/short in M&A, event/value/special situations equities, bonds, loans and options

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Senior Analyst

SCHULTZE ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC

Dec 2008 - Dec 2009 (1 year 1 month)

- Managed a $70M book of long/short equity, bonds and loans, generating positive P&L in ’07, ’08 and ‘09 Hands-on management experience at portfolio companies Tweeter (consumer electronics) and Propex (carpet backing and flooring) - Interfaced with management, negotiated with restructuring advisors and other lenders for debt/equity swap and 363 sale Built various valuation models, prepared waterfall recovery and liquidation analyses and worked on loan-to-own deals

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