Jeffrey Galgano

Jeff Galgano is a C-level entrepreneurial executive and board member with approximately 35 years of operational and transactional experience. Mr. Galgano spent 18 years as an Investment Banker, then over 15 years as a strategic CFO for 2 private equity backed companies. As CFO, he was an integral member of the ownership and executive teams overseeing all strategic and operational matters of the companies. He presently is a member of the Board of Directors for Ent Credit Union ($10 billion in assets) and The Crisis Center (provides emergency shelter and services for victims of domestic violence).

In 1998, Mr. Galgano moved to Denver to open and lead A.G. Edward's Corporate Finance office. He then led Stifel Nicolaus' Denver Corporate Finance office until 2006. During the course of his Investment Banking career, he was involved with over 75 public and private capital raising, and merger and acquisition transactions.

In 2006, he was a principal in the leveraged buyout of Tidel Engineering and became its CFO. Over the 12+ years as CFO, Tidel was bought and sold by 4 private equity companies, created and spun-off a successful division, and participated in multiple dividend recaps. In 2018, he joined Grease Monkey as CFO. During his tenure, the company was sold by a private equity company and purchased by another and completed over 35 acquisitions with Mr. Galgano leading the M&A team for most of the transactions.

Mr. Galgano earned his MBA from Northwestern University's J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management and his BS from DePaul University. He was named one of the Denver Business Journal's "40 Under 40". He has been and continues to be a guest speaker in multiple business and alumni forums.