Melanie McFaddin - President

Melanie McFaddin, President of The McFaddin|Metis Group, possesses in excess of 22 years of experience in various disciplines within the Professional Services sector and over 16 years in M&A in the space.  She established an Information Technology Services practice at one niche M&A firm and helped found another specialty M&A firms in the Professional Services space.  She has been involved in the consummation of over 45 transactions and involved in numerous others.  She is well known and respected for her expertise and skill in marketing, negotiating, and closing transactions and possesses a tenured, strong, and varied group of industry contacts. 

A selected list of the transactions in which she has been involved include:

Sell-Side

• Representation of ComFrame in its sale to NWN Corporation
• Representation of TwentySix NY in its acquisition by Tallan.
• Representation of Optimal Engineering in its acquisition by Symphony Services.
• Representation of Prolifics in its sale to Semantic Space.
• Representation of Employer Services Corporation in its sales to Beeline, a division of MPS Group.
• Representation of The MYTA Corporation in its acquisition by Ajilon Consulting.
• Representation of Cornell Technical Services in its acquisition by TMP Worldwide (now Hudson Highland).
• Representation of Iron Mountain Corp in its divestiture of Arcus Staffing Resources, Inc to Kenda Systems.
• Representation of The Avery Group in its acquisition by Metro Information Services, Inc (now Keane, Inc.).
• Representation of Software Services Corporation in its acquisition by Appnet Systems, Inc.
• Representation of Structured Logic Corporation in its acquisition by Staffmark, Inc. (now Spherion).
• Representation of Sequent Associates, Inc. in its acquisition by Romac International, Inc. (now kforce).
• Representation of Global Dynamics in its acquisition by Staffmark, Inc. (now Spherion).
• Representation of Career Enhancement International and Career Concepts in its acquisition by kforce).
• Representation of Command Technologies in its acquisition by COMSYS.

Buy-Side

• Representation of kforce) in its acquisition of UniQuality Solutions, Inc.
• Representation of kforce) in its acquisition of Professional Application Resources, Inc.
• Representation of COREComm (a division COMSYS, now
  Spherion) in its acquisition of Amundson & Associates.
• Representation of MPS Group (now Adecco) in its acquisition of IT Link Ltd.

Her other industry experience includes treasury management for Landmark Graphics Corporation, a $200 million multinational, NASDAQ-listed, Information Technology product and services company.  In this capacity Ms. McFaddin was responsible for development of a treasury department and had responsibility for corporate planning and analysis, international business planning, currency and risk management, foreign and domestic trade finance, and cash and investment management. 

Prior to her experience at Landmark, she spearheaded the establishment of an Information Technology lending practice for The Toronto Dominion Bank and 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. 

She has spoken at many of the industry's leading conferences, including TechServe Alliance, The IT Services Business Summit, NTSA, NEAPS, ITAA and Fulcru on topics such as raising 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 publications such as The Atlanta Business Journal, The Houston Business Journal, The Wall Street Reporter, The Daily Deal, Computerwire, Corporate Financing Week, Consulting Wire and Bloomberg News.

She holds both a BBA and an MBA with a concentration in Finance from the Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston.