Profiles

Steven D. Blumreich

Steve has more than 25 years of merger and acquisition experience in a wide variety of industries and four years of public accounting experience. Before founding BKD Corporate Finance in 1994, he was director of the special business services group of Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange investment banking firm.

Steve is a registered general securities principal with FINRA and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, with a B.S. degree in accounting.

Patrick M. Hayes

Pat is responsible for managing corporate finance engagements, including mergers and acquisitions, company divestitures and debt and equity financing. He has written merger and acquisition-related articles for several different publications. Pat also has the distinction of being one of the first 100 people to obtain the prestigious certified in mergers and acquisitions (CM&A) designation from the Alliance of Merger and Acquisition Advisors.

He previously worked in the finance department of Tracker Marine, Springfield, Missouri, and served in the United States Navy.

Pat attended Missouri State University, Springfield, where he graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. degree in finance. While attending Missouri State University, Pat was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, a national honor society for collegiate schools of business, and Phi Kappa Phi, a national honor society.

Anthony L. Schneider

Tony joined BKD Corporate Finance in 2009 and is responsible for managing corporate finance engagements including mergers, acquisitions, debt and equity capital financings and sales of companies in BKD, LLP’s eastern region.

Tony has been involved in middle market corporate finance activities for more than 20 years. Most of his experience was with a merger and acquisition advisory team and predecessor organizations. In 1996, he was named the managing partner for a predecessor in Indianapolis. He had a full spectrum of corporate finance products, including mergers and acquisition advisory, private placements, high yield indebtedness, loan syndications, interest rate hedging products, industrial revenue bonds and leveraged finance.

In early 2002, he cofounded his own firm, a leading boutique corporate finance advisory firm based in Indianapolis. Tony worked on client engagements involving merger and acquisition advisory and capital raising assignments across a broad spectrum of industries.

Anthony M. Giordano

Tony joined BKD Corporate Finance in 2007 and is responsible for managing corporate finance engagements including mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financing, company divestitures and strategic option analysis.

He has more than 20 years of experience providing mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, bankruptcy transaction and financial advisory services. Tony has applied his knowledge in many diverse industries including technology, telecommunications, media, manufacturing and distribution, retail, restaurant, health care and insurance.

In 2003, he founded Santana Partners, LLC, a Denver-based investment banking consulting firm. As its managing partner, Tony provided investment banking and management consulting services to small and middle market companies including mergers and acquisitions, capital formation and financial advisory services. Before 2003, he was a partner and vice president with Daniels & Associates, L.P., a leading investment bank serving the communication industry, and a commercial banker with The Fuji Bank, Ltd., The Sumitomo Bank, Ltd. and United Jersey Bank.

Tony is a 1984 graduate of Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut, with a B.S. degree in marketing. He is a 1987 graduate of Regis University, Denver, Colorado, with an MBA degree. In 1992, he completed the Certificate Program for Advanced Study in Business - Corporate Finance at Fordham University, New York.

Patrick M. Huse

Patrick joined BKD Corporate Finance in 2009 and is responsible for managing corporate finance engagements including mergers, acquisitions, debt and equity capital financings and sales of companies in BKD, LLP’s eastern region.

Patrick excelled in corporate banking roles and in 1999 joined a merger and acquisition advisory team where he worked on merger and acquisition and capital raising assignments. In early 2002, he cofounded his own firm, a leading boutique corporate finance advisory firm based in Indianapolis. Patrick worked on client engagements involving merger and acquisition advisory and capital raising assignments across a broad spectrum of industries.

Patrick is a 1994 graduate of DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, with a B.S. degree. He is a 2004 graduate of Indiana University, Bloomington, with an MBA degree.

Jason A. Corson

Jason joined BKD Corporate Finance, LLC as a financial analyst in June 2002 and was promoted to vice president in 2011.  He assists in managing corporate finance engagements, including mergers and acquisitions, company divestitures and debt and equity financing.

In July 2007, he completed the Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors® program to become a Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor® (CM&AA®),
a premier advanced credential available to business advisory professionals.

Austin G. Propst

Austin joined BKD Corporate Finance, LLC as a financial analyst in February 2007 and was promoted to senior analyst in 2010. As a registered Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) investment banking representative, Austin assists in managing corporate finance engagements, including mergers and acquisitions, company divestitures and debt and equity financing.

Austin is a 2006 cum laude graduate of Missouri State University, Springfield, with a B.S. degree in finance, and in 2007 received his M.B.A. degree.

Wyatt B. Jenkins

Wyatt joined BKD Corporate Finance as a financial analyst in December 2010. He researches and analyzes company and industry data used by clients interested in mergers, acquisitions or divestitures or those seeking debt and equity financing. He will also assist in managing corporate finance engagements.

He is a 2004 magna cum laude graduate of Missouri State University, Springfield, with B.S. degrees in accounting and general business, and a 2005 graduate with a master’s degree.

Chelsea Davidson

Chelsea joined BKD Corporate Finance, LLC as an analyst in October 2011. She researches and analyzes company and industry data used by clients interested in mergers, acquisitions or divestitures or those seeking debt and equity financing.

She is a 2011 cum laude graduate of Missouri State University, Springfield, with a B.S. degree in general business.