He has worked for the past decade in middle-market investment banking with several firms in the St. Louis area. During that time, he led a number of successful sell-side engagements representing privately owned businesses in aerospace/defense, professional services and craft brewing. Prior to his investment banking career, Dan served as senior vice president with Engineered Support Systems (ESSI), a St. Louis-based defense contractor, where he directed M&A activities and managed investor relations for this high-growth public company. In this role, he completed the acquisition of nine separate privately owned businesses generating combined annual revenues of $650 million and representing an aggregate transaction value of approximately $500 million.