If you want to acquire a business,
I know how to find one.
Most buyers in the sub-$25M market are building the acquisition process from scratch. I've run it before — for one of the most prolific acquirers of small businesses in the world. I can help you skip the hard part.
CREDIBILITY
Ran M&A origination for a major acquirer — outbound to founders, PE firms, and operators, with over $1B in active pipeline.
Spent years as a COO inside founder-led businesses. Know what breaks after close because I've been the one to fix it.
Work with buyers building a pipeline and founders preparing to sell. That cross-perspective makes me more useful to both.
M&A Origination
Most deals in this market don't come from bankers. They come from relationships you built two years ago.
Most buyers in the sub-$25M market are building the acquisition process from scratch. I've run it before — for one of the most prolific acquirers of small businesses in the world. I can help you skip the hard part.
That's what I build. A repeatable origination process tailored to what you're looking for, run with the discipline I developed running this machine at scale.
HOW IT WORKS
What this looks like in practice
From first conversation to signed LOI.
01 — Define your acquisition thesis Get specific about what you're looking for — type of business, size, geography, model — so you're not chasing noise.
02 — Map and prioritize targets Build a real universe of companies that fit. Rank them. Know which ones to approach first and why.
03 — Run disciplined outreach Reach founders the way that actually works — direct, not transactional. Build the relationship before you need it.
04 — Qualify and move When something's real, move fast. Evaluate quickly, structure the conversation, and get to LOI without fumbling it.
EXIT PLANNING
If you're thinking about selling, I know exactly what a buyer is going to find.
Founders preparing to exit often don't know what the process will expose until it's too late to fix. I help you see your business the way an acquirer will — and close the gaps before you go to market.
→ Clean up operations and reporting before diligence starts → Build the financial visibility buyers expect to see → Fix what quietly kills deals or compresses multiples → Position the business clearly for the right type of buyer → Stay involved through close so nothing falls apart at the end
ABOUT
I've been the operator, the acquirer, and the person cleaning things up after close.
Most people advising on M&A have seen the process from one side. I've been inside it from several — as a COO running a turnaround, as a BD rep hunting deals for one of the most prolific acquirers of small businesses in the world, and as the operator brought in post-acquisition to make things actually work.
I ran origination outbound to founders, PE firms, and operators — building a pipeline of over $1B in active opportunities. I was ranked at the top of a BD org across a 15,000-person company, and recognized personally by the CEO in my first week for the best start in the organization's history.
Before that, I spent years as a COO in founder-led businesses — running turnarounds, rebuilding teams, fixing delivery, restructuring financials. I know what breaks inside these companies because I've fixed it. That makes me a different kind of advisor when it comes to both finding targets and preparing companies to be acquired.
MBA, University of Miami.
Career timeline: 2023 – 2025 · Constellation Software — Director, Strategic Planning & M&A Origination 2021 – 2022 · HomeCu — Interim COO, digital banking 2016 – 2021 · FedComp — COO, full operational turnaround of credit union software 2015 – 2016 · TWD Tech — CEO, secured $2M seed funding.
TESTIMONIAL
“Anna is incredible. Exactly what we needed. She has the education, confidence, and vast array of experience to navigate complex internal and external structures and situations. We are very thankful for the opportunity to work with her.
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Get in Touch
Worth a conversation.
If you're actively looking to acquire or starting to think about an exit, a short call is usually enough to figure out if I can help.