Tom Vaughn
Managing Partner
Tom is also a managing partner in Business Acceleration Partners of Montana. He has extensive experience in all things finance, buy-outs, and entrepreneurship. Tom also has extensive experience working with companies in energy production, manufacturing, and agriculture.
Tom Can Help You With:
- Operations Management
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Business Sale Prep
- Securing Funding
- Business Planning
Tom's many accomplishments can be found below:
- Degree in Economics from Montana State University (MSU)
- Planning Officer at Citicorp Leasing for U.S. Market Budget Development
- Professional development at Citicorp
- Established a secured lending and leasing presence for Citicorp in Denver, CO early in his career
- Worked at Heller Financial, GE Capital, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Merrill Lynch Capital, US Bank and The CIT Group
- Entrusted with many large Merger & Acquisition activities
- Developed a computer rental company in the 80s
- Prepped many businesses for sale
- Helped develop companies in North Dakota's Bakken fields
- Chief Restructuring Officer at major U.S. bank for cash flow management issues for a fracking water disposal company
- Worked with a hedge fund to provide a high-yield note to finance capital expenditures and working capital to a food-industry start up
- Functioned as an administrative officer for a startup polyethylene company. Duties included setting up accounting and generating audits through external accounting firms. Hired key administrative personnel
- Set up banking relationships
- Performed key industry analysis to identify and source natural gas liquid inputs