David Slayton is a director in BRG Corporate Finance specializing in performance improvement and restructuring.
He has over twenty-five years of experience spanning executive leadership within high-tech-growth companies, along with several years of consulting services experience focused on performance improvement, liquidity and capital structure assessment, working capital management, and debt and equity restructurings.
Mr. Slayton has expertise in providing restructuring and advisory services to both public and private companies. His services have included identifying and evaluating strategic alternatives, developing and implementing profit improvement plans, leading processes to sell businesses or underperforming assets, and securing financing.
Mr. Slayton has served as senior management for organizations ranging from high-growth companies to companies that were underperforming and reorganizing. He also has served as a member of several public and private boards of directors and board committees. He has a balanced, independent, and creative approach to difficult and complex situations and has extensive experience with recruiting and leading executive management teams through difficult and challenging situations, including financial distress.
Before joining BRG, Mr. Slayton was part of the Business Recovery Services practice of a Big Four firm and the chief financial officer and chief operating officer of several successful startup and growth technology and business services companies. He also has traded distressed and special situation investments for a private hedge fund.
Employment History
Ovative Group, LLC
Chief financial officer
2013-2020
Alice.com, Inc
Co-Founder / EVP and CFO/COO
2008-2013
Shavlik Technologies, LLC
EVP and chief financial officer
2005-2008
Haviland Partners, Inc.
Co-Founder / managing director
2003-2005
NameProtect Inc.
Co-Founder, EVP and chief financial officer
2000-2003
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Director
1991-1997, 1998-2000
Tribeca Investment
Vice president
1997-1998
Sonic Foundry, Inc.
Public board, Audit Committee, Special Committee
2017-present
Hopster.com, Inc.
Private board
2012-2014
Jellyfish,Inc.
Private board
2006-2007
Business Filings, Inc.
Private Board
1996-2002