Building the Right Capital Stack: Financing Growth at Every Stage

Lew is the director of Sullivan's Corporate Department in Boston. He regularly represents public and private companies and funds in equity and debt financings, joint ventures, domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters. Industries include renewable energy, advertising, health care, communications, manufacturing and software/SaaS. Lew is the co-author of Mergers & Acquisitions: A Step-by-Step Legal and Practical Guide (2nd edition) (Wiley).

Matt Bresnahan is the CEO of North Haven Capital's (NHC) HVAC/Home Services platform NorthEast Elements Inc. Prior to joining NHC Matt served in leadership roles in commercial construction and custom automation. He brings extensive knowledge in the development and deployment of business standards that set the bar for customer and company success. NorthEast Elements is focused on the consolidation of companies in residential and small commercial trades.

Andrew is a seasoned commercial vertical construction executive with 15+ years of diverse experience in the leadership, business development, pre-construction, cost estimating, project management, and site supervision fields of the Subcontractor/General Contracting industry. As a construction and business development executive, Andrew has overseen the continued growth and management of $600mm+ P&L’s in several urban infill markets for one of the largest commercial general contracting firms in the country.

Currently, Andrew serves as President/CEO of Boston Fire Sprinkler and Plumbing Company, a full service union mechanical firm which operates throughout New England. Andrew co-sponsored the acquisition of Boston Fire Sprinkler and Plumbing Company 4 years ago.

Prior to BFSP, Andrew served as a Senior Project Manager for Suffolk Construction in Boston, MA and oversees multiple large scale commercial construction projects in the Boston, Florida, and Big Sky-Montana Markets. Suffolk Construction, based in Boston, MA, is one of the top 20 largest Commercial General Contractors in the country with revenues in excess of $5bn annually. Prior to his move back to Boston, Andrew served as the Director of Preconstruction/Business Development for Suffolk Construction in Northern California where he helped grow the revenue of the office from $150mm to $600mm.  During his three year tenure in the Bay Area, Andrew successfully led several $200mm+ pursuits including 1629 Market and The Chicken Ranch Casino projects. Andrew was voted 40 Under 40 in San Francisco in 2019.

Andrew graduated Cum Laude from Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a degree in Civil Engineering – with concentrations in Structural Engineering and Project Management. At WPI, Drew served as a Captain for the Varsity Football Team. Mr. Canniff also holds an Unlimited General B Construction License in the State of Nevada. Finally, Mr. Canniff was on the National Board of Directors for The Giving Circle Charity and a member of The Guardsmen Organization, a philanthropic group which supports underprivileged youth.

Vikram Mansharamani is the founder and CEO of Goodwell Foods, a premium private label manufacturer of frozen pizza. Dr. Mansharamani is a former academic who taught at Harvard at Yale, has written three books, and was twice listed by LinkedIn as their #1 Top Voice for Global Economics and Finance. He has served on public, private, and non-profit boards and was profiled by Worth Magazine as one of the 100 most powerful people in global finance.

Brent Mathews provides cash flow, leveraged loans to smaller (<$5MM EBITDA) businesses for growth and recapitalizations with special expertise in acquisitions by privately owned companies, private equity groups, family offices and independent sponsors.

Since 2003, Brent has worked across different credit products including factoring, private label credit cards, owner-occupied commercial real estate, and asset-based lending at large commercial finance companies, a small privately owned lender and entrepreneurial banks.