University of Michigan-Flint

Founder and Head Trader at Tachyon Capital

Strategic Advisory and Due Diligence: Played an advisory role in serving multiple private equity firms focusing on healthcare contract manufacturers. Led comprehensive due diligence processes, critically evaluating potential deals and identifying key investment risks and opportunities.

Synergy and Deal Analysis: Provided creative strategies for potential synergy and future deal upside during the bidding process. This involved in-depth market financial modeling, forecasting, and leveraging industry insights to enhance deal value.

M&A Database Development: Developed and managed an extensive M&A target database. This tool was instrumental in identifying and assessing potential deals, aligning them with strategic goals to create synergies and drive growth.

Operational Assessments: Conducted thorough operational assessments for client companies. These assessments were crucial in identifying areas for improvement, streamlining operations, and ultimately enhancing profitability and operational efficiency.

Steadfast Partners

Advisor - M&A

Company Launch and Strategic Development: Launched an equity trading company, specializing in both discretionary and algorithmic trading. Demonstrated entrepreneurial initiative and strategic acumen in establishing, developing, and scaling the business.

Algorithmic Trading Systems: Developed and implemented algorithmic trading strategies, utilizing quantitative analysis, backtesting and programming skills. These systems are designed for capitalizing on market opportunities while employing risk management.

Discretionary Trading Expertise: Leveraged in-depth market knowledge and analytical skills in discretionary trading, making informed decisions based on technical analysis, market trends, economic indicators, and price action.

Risk Management and Optimization: Instituted robust risk management protocols to minimize losses and maximize returns. Continuously evaluated and optimized trading strategies to align with changing market conditions.

Tachyon Capital

Principal Investment Lead

Reporting to the Diagnostics Sector of Jabil and focused on large strategic growth initiatives.
Leader of multi-million dollar business development activities including strategy development, mergers & acquisitions, customer divestitures, and strategic partnerships.  

Accomplishments include:
- $100M acquisition of a Top 10 global diagnostic companies manufacturing sites.
- $50M acquisition of electronic assembly manufacturing site.
- Development of networking and awareness strategy for Customer divestiture activities.

Responsible for partnering with internal Business Units to identify opportunities (and targets), to expand market share, increase profitability, add capabilities and enter new markets.  

Led commercial cross-functional transaction teams through due diligence, synergy identification, negotiations and final execution.  Created qualitative and quantitative business case assessments and financial models.  Assisted corporate development teams with final cash committee and BOD approvals.

Jabil

Sr. Director, Strategic Business Development - M&A

Responsible for profit and loss for a $250M group of Healthcare Business Units.  
Pioneered Jabil's Healthcare offering and capability:
*Added nine major Healthcare OEM’s to Jabil's Healthcare sector
*Part of leadership team that grew the sector from less than $100M in 2003 to over $700M.
*Created iMED business unit concept enabling rapid growth of new customers
*Led the development of Jabil's first class 3 medical device customer and product
	
Commercial Business Management:
*15 years of increasingly responsible roles in Business Unit Management
*Sr. Director role responsible for 14 customer relationships and $250M in revenue
*Responsible for all commercial management aspects of Business Unit including strategy, business development, pricing, contract negotiation, execution, financials and customer satisfaction.

Sr. Business Unit Director

Skills: Account Executives · Negotiation · Manufacturing Operations Management · Pricing Strategy · Problem Solving · Financial Forecasting · Presentations · Financial Analysis · Business Strategy · Customer Acquisition · Business Management · Strategic Thinking · External Relationships · Sales · Leadership · Presentation Skills · Business Negotiation · Accounting

Business Unit Director

Skills: Account Executives · Manufacturing Operations Management · Pricing Strategy · Problem Solving · Financial Forecasting · Presentations · Financial Analysis · Customer Acquisition · Business Management · Strategic Thinking · External Relationships · Sales · Leadership · Business Negotiation · Accounting

Business Unit Manager

Skills: Manufacturing Operations Management · Pricing Strategy · Financial Forecasting · Presentations · Financial Analysis · Business Management · External Relationships · Sales · Business Negotiation

Business Unit Coordinator

Skills: Manufacturing Operations Management · Financial Analysis

Jabil Emerging Leaders MIT

Management level accounting professional
Managerial Accounting Responsibility:
-Plant and Business Unit level forecasting process and preparation.
-Actual P&L and Variance reporting for Plant and Business Units
-Various Financial Reports and Analysis

Financial Accounting Responsibility:
-All Cost of Goods related financial entries for multiple systems
-All standard cost system entries and price related accounting
-Fixed Asset Entries
-Project Accounting entries and system management

Proficient in SAP

Management Accountant

Various accounting and finance roles in Corporate office for 180 store retail chain:
-Handled all Inventory and Cost of Sales transactions
-Developed production backflush system and implemented new financial controls
-Created P&L's for all Corporate owned stores
-Developed Coffee forecasting system using statistical analysis of historical demand

David Atkinson