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From the Founder

In business, the ability to make a decision that successfully divides the line between a long-term and short-term investment is critical.

 

What do you think when you hear the phrase "Do I lease or do I buy?"

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Most people think of an office space, equipment, vehicles, or even facilities.

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But the choice of whether to lease or buy also applies to people. â€‹ 

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Many businesses need a partner to solve an imminent opportunity, an imminent risk, or to be an ongoing resource without the cost of a full-time or permanent commitment.

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I established HVG to fill that gap.

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My Story

Prior to founding HVG in 2026, I spent over 15 years building multi-billion-dollar businesses and leading teams of 50+ people. The two organizations that I spent most of my career with started out as small to mid-size businesses focused on distribution, manufacturing, and trading. Both organizations multiplied in size during my tenure. One grew from a primarily U.S. national operation into a Fortune 500 multinational with nearly $10 billion in revenue. The other grew from a U.S. regional operation into a $4 billion revenue business that moves product throughout all of the Americas and established its first foreign operation in 2024.

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For the majority of my career, I have worked from a remote base in Dallas-Fort Worth while traveling often to company offices and operating locations - whether to integrate a new business or simply to spend priceless in-person time with colleagues.

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My most valued accomplishment: Being a mentor and a guide to a talented group of people that trusted me to lead as we adapted to constant change.​​

My Experience

  • Complex Transactions 

    • Over $700 million of asset acquisitions, business combinations, divestitures, and restructures. Full deal cycle - engagement, diligence, negotiations, closing, and integration.​

  • Strategic Projects

    • Established companies to expand into new markets and provide synergies with existing operations

    • Completed ERP system replacements​

    • Overhauled finance processes for accelerated period-end closes

    • Software development and business intelligence oversight to create systems for daily P&L, risk, and other reporting

  • Team Builds​

    • Built the treasury function for a $2 billion revenue PortCo​

    • Established credit risk and taxation & regulation teams; expanded controllership, financial accounting, and FP&A

  • Specialties

    • Distribution, Manufacturing, Commodities, Trading, Foreign Currency, Grain, Energy, Acquisitions, Banking & Treasury, GAAP Accounting, FP&A, Credit Risk, Systems​

    • Technical and analytical ability to work with vast amounts of data with minimal resources

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