Doug Ellis is a founder and Managing Partner of DecisionPoint International. Ellis has over 20 years of experience in investment banking and technology. Prior to founding DecisionPoint he was Managing Director and head of global M&A for a boutique investment banking firm. Ellis also served in management roles with Lucent Technologies, AT&T, and AMSCO Engineering Services. He has closed transactions with companies such as CIENA, Pomeroy, NIIT, and USinternetworking. Ellis currently serves on various corporate boards and technology committees. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business / Finance from Wake Forest University.

DEllis@DecisionPointInt.com
704.248.1122

John Nash is a founder and Managing Partner of DecisionPoint International. Nash brings over 19 years of technology investment banking and securities experience to DecisionPoint. Prior to founding DecisionPoint, Nash was the Senior Managing Director of technology M&A at an international investment bank. Nash has focused his expertise on transactions, domestic and international, in the IT Services, Communications and Software sectors. Recent accomplishments include deals with Agilysys, Sanmina, Xircom and SilverStream Software. He is a member of various associations relating to M&A and technology and is active in the technology community. He has also been a guest lecturer for entrepreneurial/finance classes regarding M&A and business valuations. Nash holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Wake Forest University.

JNash@DecisionPointInt.com
704.248.1123

Randy Grigg is a Managing Director at DecisionPoint and manages the firm’s Midwest office in St. Louis. Prior to joining DecisionPoint, Grigg was Vice President of Corporate Development for Edgewater Technology, Inc., a publicly-traded IT and business services firm. In addition to overseeing joint venture and minority investment opportunities, Grigg led all acquisition activity for Edgewater, which purchased over 40 companies over a three-year period. Transactions totaled $1.6 billion in revenue and included the acquisition of a $250 million publicly-traded UK firm, the purchase of a $80 million privately-held US firm and the divestiture of a $630 million subsidiary. Previously, Grigg was Director of Corporate Development for Koch Industries International, a $40 billion energy company, where he oversaw acquisition and investment opportunities in Asia for a major business unit. He also served as an Assistant Vice President for Bank of America, where he provided financing for leveraged acquisitions. Grigg serves on the Board of Directors of Consolidated Vendors, Inc. He has been a guest lecturer on mergers and acquisitions at various universities and serves on the College of Business Finance Advisory Board at the University of Missouri. Grigg holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance, summa cum laude, from the University of Missouri, and a Masters of Business Administration, high honors, from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

RGrigg@DecisionPointInt.com
636.537.7825

Don Holbrook is a Managing Director at DecisionPoint and manages the firm’s West Coast office. Based in Orange County, CA, Holbrook is responsible for advising active clients through the M&A transaction process. With an extensive background in technology M&A, Holbrook’s industry contacts and deal experience proved crucial in the recent sale of Strata Group to Spire Capital, Saratoga Systems to CDC Software and MyITgroup to Visionary Integration Professionals. Holbrook joined DecisionPoint in 1999 from a technology investment banking firm, where he served technology-related M&A clients for five years. During his investment banking tenure, Holbrook has cultivated successful engagements and transactions with client’s such as Ericsson, CSC, Perficient, Emtec, ITresources, PSSI and Visionary Integration Professionals. Holbrook holds a BS in Business from Roger Williams University and a Masters of Business Administration from the McColl School of Business.

DHolbrook@DecisionPointInt.com
949.365.5700

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