Peter S. Kies

Managing Director
Head of Technology & Services Investment Banking

Peter Kies is a Managing Director in Baird's Global Investment Banking business where he is the Head of Equity Capital Markets and Head of Technology & Services Investment Banking. In his 20+ years at Baird, Peter has held several leadership positions, including Co-Head of Equity Capital Markets, Chairman of the Investment Banking and firm-wide Recruiting Committees, member of the Investment Committee of the Baird Venture Fund and a Director of the Baird Foundation. He has built and led several investment banking industry teams and has extensive experience in originating and executing mergers, acquisitions and equity transactions across a wide range of industries. He is a member of the Investment Banking Management Committee and Chairman of the Equity Capital Markets Committee.

Prior to joining Baird in 1992, Peter was a Director of Investments for The Equitable and on the Executive Staff of Governor Tommy Thompson. Peter received his BBA and MS from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is a member of the University of Wisconsin Foundation Board of Directors.

Daniel M. Alfe

Managing Director

Dan joined Baird in 2004 and is a Managing Director in the Technology & Services Group. Prior to joining Baird, he spent six years in valuation advisory and strategy consulting at A.T. Kearney and McKinsey & Co. covering the retail and consumer services sectors. Previously, he worked for a real estate and transaction advisory firm providing financial structuring and advisory services. Dan received his MBA degree from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and a BBA with highest distinction in Real Estate and Finance from the University of Michigan Business School.

Peter Augar

Director

Peter Augar is a Director in Baird's European Technology & Services Investment Banking team. Over the past seven years, Peter has worked on a variety of M&A and equity financing transactions for a broad range of publically-traded, financial sponsor owned and private companies in a variety of industries in Europe and the U.S. Prior to joining Baird in 2007, Peter worked for several years in Bear, Stearns & Co.'s investment banking practice. He holds a Masters degree in Chemistry from Oxford University.

Darren J. Bounds

Director

Darren Bounds is a Director in Baird’s Global Technology & Services team and a member of the Baird Government Services Investment Banking practice. He joined Baird in 2018 from Houlihan Lokey where he was a Vice President in their Government Services investment banking group. Prior to joining Houlihan Lokey, Darren was member of the Mergers & Acquisitions and Financial Institutions groups at Credit Suisse where he provided M&A and capital markets advisory to clients in a variety of industries. Prior to his career in investment banking, Darren served for several years as a Navy SEAL officer. Darren received a B.S. in Oceanography from the U.S. Naval Academy and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Rhett Braunschweig

Director

Rhett Braunschweig joined Baird in 2007 and currently serves as a Director on the firm’s Technology & Services Investment Banking team. He leads execution support on equity offerings, mergers & acquisitions and other financial advisory services. Rhett earned an M.B.A. with distinction from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, where he was a Baird Scholar and a McGowan Fellow. He also holds a B.B.A. degree in Finance, Investments & Banking and Economics from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Brian D. Cole

Managing Director

Brian Cole is a member of Baird’s Technology and Services Group. In his role, Brian leads M&A and capital raising transactions, advising premier tech-enabled outsourcing companies. Prior to joining Baird, Brian was a Manager in PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Transaction Services practice where he led M&A Advisory and Financial Due Diligence engagements for private equity and corporate clients including LBOs, mergers, carve-out divestitures, take-privates, and joint ventures.

In the community, Brian serves on the advisory board of the United Performing Arts Foundation, an umbrella charitable organization and the largest donor to the state’s performing arts organizations. Brian received his M.B.A. from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business and a B.S. in business from the same institution with honors.

Brian S. Doyal

Managing Director

Brian Doyal is Co-Head of Baird’s Global Investment Banking business where he jointly oversees the firm’s global corporate finance and M&A activities. In addition, Brian is a member of the executive committee of Baird’s board of directors. Previously, Brian was the Head of the Technology & Services and Healthcare Investment Banking teams at Baird.

Before joining Baird in 2004, Brian worked 14 years at Credit Suisse First Boston where he was co-head of the Global Services group. From 1992 to 1994, Brian worked for the Corporate Finance group of General Electric Capital Corporation, where he was responsible for making equity investments and loans to highly leveraged companies.

Brian received a BA in Economics from Northwestern University and an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Thomas Fetzer

Managing Director

Thomas Fetzer is Baird's Head of DACH Investment Banking in Frankfurt where he is responsible for overseeing the firm's Europe investment banking activities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Prior to joining Baird, Thomas was European Head of Industrials Investment Banking at Jefferies International in Frankfurt where he was responsible for the firm's regional investment banking activities across a broad range of Industrial sectors. He also spent four years as a Managing Director in the Europe Industrials Group at UBS Investment Bank in London and six years as Principal at Greenhill & Co. where he was a founding member of the firm's Frankfurt office. Thomas earned a BA in European Business Administration from the European School of Business, Reutlingen (D) and London and an MBA from Harvard Business School in Boston.

Jeremy Fiser

Director

Jeremy Fiser joined Baird in 2010 as a member of the Technology & Services Team.  Prior to joining Baird, Mr. Fiser was a senior consultant with FTI Consulting in their Corporate Finance Restructuring Group.  Mr. Fiser began his career with KeyBanc Capital Markets.  Mr. Fiser received his M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management and his B.S.B.A. with honors in Finance and Accounting from The Ohio State University.

Christopher W. Hildreth

Managing Director

Chris is a Managing Director in Technology & Services Investment Banking at Baird, where he provides mergers and acquisition advisory and capital-raising services to corporate clients. Prior to joining Baird in 2005, he spent approximately five years in Business Services Investment Banking at Deutsche Bank Securities in New York, where he worked on a variety of financing and M&A transactions.

Before entering investment banking, he worked as a CPA for Ernst & Young in Indianapolis. Chris received a BS and MBA with distinction from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.

Macie House

Managing Director

Macie House joined Baird in 2017. She is a member of the Equity Capital Markets team and leads the firm’s equity origination efforts in the Technology & Services sector. Macie comes to Baird with 25 years of investment banking and corporate development experience. The bulk of her career was spent at Pacific Crest Securities where she was most recently a Principal and Director in the equity capital markets division of the firm’s investment banking business. In this role, she was directly responsible for originating and executing public and private offerings within Software (SaaS), Security, Internet and IoT, Industrial Technology, Consumer and Communication sectors. During her 20-plus years with Pacific Crest, she participated in underwriting over 100 public offerings, raising over $60B in proceeds. Macie is an active supporter and Board member of The Children’s Cancer Association. She is a graduate of Marylhurst University.

Mathew Kessler

Managing Director

Matt Kessler is a Managing Director in Baird’s Technology and Services Investment Banking Group with a focus on IoT, Industrial Software and Energy Technology.  Matt is currently based in San Francisco but has spent the last 15 years working across various Baird offices including London and Milwaukee, where he began his career on Baird's Industrial team.  After completing his MBA  at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, Matt shifted his focus to technology and software business models, particularly those for industrial end markets.  For the last eight years, Matt has been a key part of building Baird's technology practice and West Coast coverage efforts.  Matt also holds B.S. degrees in Finance and Marketing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he graduated with highest honors.

Jordan Klein

Managing Director

Jordan Klein joined Baird in 2012 and is a Managing Director in Baird’s Technology & Services investment banking practice. Jordan is focused on the Corporate Outsourcing and Travel & Leisure sectors. Jordan has 14 years of investment banking experience advising clients on a wide range of M&A and capital raising transactions. Previously, Jordan was a Vice President with Lazard based in New York, where he focused in the healthcare industry. Prior to Lazard, Jordan worked as an analyst and associate, focused on healthcare, for Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. and JP Morgan. Jordan received his B.S. in Finance and International Business from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.

John R. Lanza

Managing Director
Mergers & Acquisitions

John Lanza joined Baird in 2000 and has extensive experience in executing mergers, acquisitions and capital raising transactions.  John spent his first year in Baird’s Investing Banking Group and then worked as an analyst in the Equity Research Department.  He rejoined investment banking in 2003 at which time he founded the Industrial Services practice to capitalize on the growing interest in construction, engineering, infrastructure and environmental services industries.  John maintains an active dialogue with a broad group of services firms and is the primary relationship banker for Andy Wittmann’s Industrial Services coverage universe.  John’s experience also includes five years as an auditor with Deloitte & Touche where he ultimately reached the level of manager.  He earned an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business Administration.  In addition, he received his undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland College Park where he was an honors student.

Martin Luen

Managing Director

Martin Luen is a Managing Director in Baird’s European Technology & Services investment banking team.  He has significant experience advising clients on sell side and buyside M&A transactions, and has a particular focus on advising private equity firms, entrepreneurs and public companies. Since Martin joined Baird in May 2013, he has advised on over ten deals amounting to more than $2.5 billion in transaction value.  Prior to joining Baird, Martin worked at Hawkpoint and Deloitte, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant.

Mike Magluilo

Managing Director

Mike Magluilo is a Managing Director in Baird’s Technology & Services Group with a focus on the technology sector. Mike's career includes 20+ years as an investment banker, corporate executive and technology investor. In addition to a 12-year career as an investment banker with Kidder Peabody, Robert W. Baird and Daniels & Associates, he held senior corporate development roles with Level 3 Communications and VIA Networks. Mike’s prior role with Baird involved several years as a senior investment banker in London helping build Baird’s European investment banking practice. Immediately prior to re-joining Baird in 2014, Mike was a growth stage private technology investor with Delta-v Capital, where he participated in the firm’s investments in Borderfree, Cloud Sherpas, Lytx, LogRhythm, Zayo and Kony. He was also involved in the firm's exit of its investment in Drillinginfo. Mike graduated summa cum laude with a BS in Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he was an Evans Scholar.

Satoshi Matsumoto

Managing Director
Director of Japan Mergers & Acquisitions

Satoshi is a Managing Director and Director of Japan M&A. In his role, Satoshi leads the firm's cross-border M&A origination and execution efforts involving Japanese companies, working across all of Baird's industry groups and geographies. During his career, Satoshi has successfully completed 50+ M&A transactions totaling over $20 billion in value, the vast majority of which are cross-border deals involving Japanese companies. Prior to joining Baird in 2012, Satoshi was a Managing Director at Barclays Capital. Prior to joining Barclays in 2009, he was a Managing Director at Nomura Securities, which had acquired Lehman Brothers' former Asian & European operations. Prior to Nomura, Satoshi spent 11 years at Lehman Brothers in Tokyo and New York. Prior to joining Lehman Brothers in 1997, Satoshi worked at Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan. Satoshi has a B.A. in Economics from Keio University, Tokyo.

John Moriarty

Managing Director

John joined Baird in 2007 as a Managing Director and Head of Baird's Palo Alto Investment Banking office. Prior to joining Baird, he spent 13 years in the investment banking group at AG Edwards (now Wachovia Securities) and established AG Edwards' West Coast Technology Investment Banking practice. During his tenure at AG Edwards, John led his clients in a variety of transactions including public and private equity financings, convertible securities offerings, buy-and sell-side merger and acquisition assignments and other financial advisory activities. From 1989 to 1992, he worked for KPMG Peat Marwick where he was a senior level auditor responsible for public and private company financial audits.

John received a BS degree in Accounting, cum laude, from Georgetown University, and a MBA in Finance and Marketing from The Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. He is also a graduate from the Securities Industry Institute at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Zach Mueller

Director

Zach Mueller joined Baird in 2018 and is a Director within Baird’s Global Investment Banking group in London leading execution support on European and Transatlantic transactions. Prior to joining Baird, Zach spent just over 3 years at Phoenix Equity Partners, a UK mid-market private equity investor, covering the Business Services and Industrial sectors. He initially qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte in 2010, before joining the London office of Harris Williams in 2012. Zach holds a BSc Hons degree in Politics from the University of Bristol.

Kristy Obuchowski Wallen

Director

Kristy G. Obuchowski Wallen joined Baird in 2004. Kristy is currently a member of Baird’s Business Services Investment Banking Team. She provides analytical and execution support for mergers and acquisitions, equity offerings and other financial advisory services. Prior to Baird, Kristy was an Associate at LaSalle Capital Group, a lower middle market private equity fund in Chicago.

Kristy received her M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and her B.S. in Finance with a minor in Accountancy from DePaul University.

Brad Page

Managing Director

Brad Page joins Baird from William Blair where he was previously a Partner and Managing Director having established and led the firm’s Environmental Services Investment Banking practice. During his nine years at William Blair, Brad partnered with public and private companies across M&A and debt and equity capital markets to complete over 35 transactions.

Representative past assignments include the sale of StormTrap to Warren Equity Partners, the sale of BluSky Restoration to Dominus Capital, the sale of GeoStabilization to KKR, the sale of Lakeshore Recycling to Goldman Sachs, the acquisition of Winters Bros of CT on behalf of IMPERO Waste Services, the sale of Wind River Environmental to Gryphon Investors, the acquisition of Airgas-Refrigerants, Inc. on behalf of Hudson Technologies, and the sale of ENTACT to PPC.

Additionally, Brad is a member of the President’s Council of the Shedd Aquarium, the MBA Alumni Advisory Council at Georgetown University, and a board member of the Ethan M. Lindberg Foundation.

Kiran Paruchuru

Managing Director

Kiran joined Baird in 2004 and is a member of Baird's Technology & Services Group. He spends the majority of his time with companies in the Business Process Outsourcing / Outsourced Customer Care industries.

Prior to joining Baird, Kiran spent three years as an Associate at Salomon Smith Barney, where he provided financial and advisory services to corporate clients primarily in the energy industry. He received his MBA degree from The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and graduated with a BS degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois. He is also a CPA.

Simon Pearson

Managing Director

Simon is a Managing Director on Baird’s Global Technology and Services team, focusing on the TMT space. Pearson has extensive experience leading software M&A, fundraising and other corporate finance advisory transactions. He has advised on many leading technology transactions in Europe that involved software applications across a range of verticals, including oil & gas, gaming, healthcare, image processing insurance, HR, procurement, payments, hosting, cloud cyber and digital infrastructure. Prior to his role at EY, he was a director at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he helped establish the firm’s business in Central Europe. He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Exeter.

Justin Prichard

Managing Director

Justin is a Managing Director on Baird’s Global Technology and Services team, focusing on the TMT space. Prichard has led transactions across many areas of the TMT space, including news/research/analysis & data in agriculture, automotive, CGR (compliance, governance & risk), financial markets, insurance, pharmaceuticals & life sciences and property. He also has extensive experience in telecoms infrastructure, payments software, and technology and services in the broadcast and media industry. Prior to his role at EY, he was the director of corporate development at a venture-backed technology start-up company and also held various investment banking roles at EY and Macquarie Bank. He earned an MBA from Cass Business School, as well as a bachelor of commerce degree from the University of Otago.

Peter Robbins

Director

Peter Robbins is a Director in Baird’s Technology and Services Investment Banking Group with a focus on the Facility, Industrial & Rental (“FIR”) Services effort. Since joining the firm in 2012, he has advised on dozens of equity offerings, mergers and acquisitions and other transactions. Before joining Baird, Peter worked as an analyst in the Risk Department at Morgan Stanley & Co based in New York. He received his M.B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business with a concentration in Finance and Investment Banking and his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School. Peter graduated magna cum laude from Boston College with a B.A. in Economics.

Craig Rogowski

Director

Craig brings more than 17 years of investment banking and corporate development experience to Baird. Most recently, he spent over 10 years focused on the software sector at Pacific Crest Securities, the tech division of KeyBanc Capital Markets. In this role, Craig worked on a broad range of M&A advisory, private placement and public offering transactions and played a key role in building the firm’s software practice. Earlier in his career, Craig worked in a corporate development role at Seagate Technology, a data storage company, and held investment banking positions at UBS and Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.

Chase Sanders

Managing Director

Chase Sanders is a Managing Director in Baird’s Technology & Services group, where he focuses on Enterprise Software, SaaS and Healthcare IT. Chase has 23 years of total experience, including 18 years as an advisor to technology businesses and five years as CEO of a growth company. Prior to joining Baird, Chase was a partner and Managing Director with Signal Hill Capital Group, a boutique investment bank focused on growth stage IT companies. Prior to that, Chase was CEO of Atlantis LLC, a consumer home services company that he took from start-up to operations in eight states before successfully exiting the business.

Previously, Chase was the senior east coast software banker with Bear, Stearns in New York, and also served in the media and telecom investment banking group at Bank of America Securities. Chase began his career as a corporate and M&A attorney with the leading law firms of DLA Piper and Hogan Lovells. Chase received a BA in Economics from the University of Virginia, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, a Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and a JD cum laude from Harvard Law School.

Breton A. Schoch

Managing Director

Bret manages the Human Capital Services practice within the Technology & Services sector covered by Baird. Since joining Baird in 1992, he has been active in a variety of private and public financing, and buy- and sell-side strategic financial advisory assignments, primarily for clients in services industries.

Before joining Baird, Bret worked in the Commercial Banking Department at the American National Bank of Chicago. He received an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and a BA in Economics from DePauw University.

Alex Sevilla

Director

Alex Sevilla is a Director in Baird’s Global Technology & Services team and a member of the Baird Government Services Investment Banking practice. He joined Baird in 2018 from Houlihan Lokey where he was a Senior Vice President in their Government Services investment banking group. Prior to joining Houlihan Lokey, Alex was an Assistant Vice President in BB&T Capital Markets’ Aerospace, Defense and Government investment banking team, and spent several years at a boutique investment bank where he provided M&A advice to companies in the government services sector. Alex is an active member of the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce and the Maryland Technology Council. He holds a B.S. in Management and Finance from the University of Miami.

David M. Silver

Managing Director
Head of European Investment Banking
Head of European Mergers & Acquisitions

David is the Head of Baird’s European Investment Banking team and Head of European M&A. He has extensive experience advising private equity clients, corporations and entrepreneurs in the United States and Europe. Before joining Baird in 1998, David practiced as a corporate and banking lawyer at Berwin Leighton. He earned an MBA with distinction from London Business School and a law degree from Leeds University. David is a trustee of The Renal Association.

Andrew K. Snow

Managing Director

Andrew is a Managing Director focusing on the Technology & Services sector, where he has coverage responsibility for both the Education and Marketing and Information Services industries. Before joining Baird in 2004, Andrew spent nine years at Credit Suisse First Boston, in both New York and Chicago.

At CSFB, he was a senior member of its Business Services group, working with a variety of Marketing, Information and Education services companies. Andrew received a BA cum laude from Middlebury College and an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

John Song

Managing Director

John Song is a Managing Director in Baird’s Global Technology & Services team and Co-Head of the Baird Government Services Investment Banking practice. He joined Baird in 2018 from Houlihan Lokey, where he co-led lead their government services investment banking team, along with Jean Stack. Prior to Houlihan Lokey, John was a management consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton and spent several years working in structured finance at firms such as Credit Suisse First Boston, Deutsche Bank, and Bankers Trust. He is a board member of the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce as well as the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) National Capital. He holds a B.A. from Boston University and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Jean Stack

Managing Director

Jean Stack is a Managing Director in Baird’s Global Technology & Services team and Co-Head of the Baird Government Services Investment Banking practice. She joined Baird in 2018 from Houlihan Lokey, where she was a founding member of their Aerospace, Defense & Government Services (ADG) Group and co-head of their Government Services practice. With more than 20 years of investment banking experience, Jean has expertise advising industry-leading companies on mergers and acquisition (M&A), capital-raising, and other key corporate strategies. She has deep experience in working with companies in a broad range of technology and services sectors, serving clients of founder-owned businesses, private equity-owned companies, and U.S. and international corporate divestitures. Jean is a Board Member and Executive Committee Member of the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC). She graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Economics from Duke University and studied at the London School of Economics.

John Sun

Managing Director

John Sun is a Managing Director in Baird’s European Technology & Services Investment Banking team. John has extensive experience in working with clients across a number of technology and services sub-sectors including financial and corporate services outsourcing, testing/inspection/certification/compliance (“TICC”) and critical industrial / facility services. Prior to joining Baird in 2010, John was an Associate with Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the Multi-Industries Investment Banking team. John started his career as an Investment Banking Analyst at a Canadian investment bank in Toronto. John received his MBA from INSEAD.

Eric Winn

Managing Director

Eric is a Managing Director in Baird’s Global Technology & Services Investment Banking team, covering internet and software. He joined Baird in 2018 from KeyBanc Capital Markets, formerly Pacific Crest Securities, where he served most recently as Managing Director and the head of internet & enabling software investment banking. With more than 20 years of investment banking experience, Eric has broad-based transaction experience, working on behalf of clients such as: Shopify, DoubleVerify, Alibaba Group, Wayfair, Yext, Zillow, Homeaway and many other notable names. Earlier in his career, Eric was a vice president in the technology investment banking group at Bear Stearns where he focused on software. He also held technology investment banking roles at FBR and Salomon Smith Barney (Citigroup). Eric graduated from the University of Oregon with a B.S. in Business Administration.