Chris Labatt-Simon

Fair Winds Strategies, formerly Tech Valley Consulting, is a one stop shop with predictable costs for small and medium businesses to find unified support in strategy, operations, finance, human resources, marketing, technology and other business functions.

Management of the Application Development, Creative/Web Design, IT and Community Operations departments, in addition to supporting legal, corporate operations and finance components of the company. Led several successful high tech acquisitions including due diligence, negotiations, legal oversight, financial oversight, closing and post-acquisition integration. Implemented standards, operational policies/procedures improving employee/departmental accountability, visibility, communications.

Post-transition of the D&D Consulting acquisition, my focus was on market development, customer development/retention, product development and on M&A activities. Identify acquisition/investment targets and perform due diligence to understand their offerings and opportunities, industry, competition, investment requirements, investment return, marketing and sales, delivery, owner/management/employee details, specific company logistics (licenses, certifications, etc.), terms of sale, and financial aspects.

D&D Consulting was acquired by a private equity firm with holdings in cloud computing and managed services. My initial focus was on transition, integration, product development and business development involving advanced technologies.

During this time my primary role was to position D&D Consulting for acquisition. Identified organizations that could be considered a potential suitor of D&D. Developed relationships with these organizations and positioned D&D as a strategic fit for acquisition. Developed pitch decks and documents. Developed financial statements, forecasts, cost analyses, utilization reports and other financial and operational documents for use in due diligence. Analyzed, proposed and negotiated deal structures with suitors

In this role I established and grew a technology organization from no revenue and capital to near $10mm in top line revenue including $1.8mm in professional services. D&D Consulting focuses on providing IT solutions and consulting services to midsize and large government and private sector entities.