901 Advizers

David

Director, M&A Advisory

PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC

New York University
University of San Diego, MScGL and MBA

David has over 20 years of leadership and management experience, and 10 years in mergers and acquisitions advisory in the areas of buy-side and sell-side due diligence as well as post-announcement integration and divestiture management.
USD Knauss School of Business

USD Knauss School of Business

MBA
Consulting & Related Professional Services
Technology
Consulting
Film, Media Arts, Visual Arts
Veteran

Q1Career path

Management Consulting

Corporate Finance

Mergers and Acquisitions

2:21

"Grad school, corporate finance internship at 20th Century Fox, which I then, you know, leveraged to get, uh, an interview and job at Oliver Wyman."

Q2Main responsibilities

Team Leadership

Client Management

Mergers and Acquisitions

1:19

"You're running the day-to-day projects, uh, but you're not on one project. You're expected to be on multiple projects."

Q3Day in the life

Client Management

Mergers and Acquisitions

Team Leadership

1:40

"I could start my days as early as six 30 sometimes when I've got European clients."

Q4Most important skills - role

Communication Skills

Client Relationship Management

Financial Modeling

1:39

"How do you make your clients feel like they're a priority to you? Being responsive to them...and then just maintaining relationships."

Q5Favorite parts - role

Global Collaboration

Team Development

Mentorship

0:45

"The thing I enjoy most is, is developing my team."

Q6Biggest challenge - role

Bandwidth Constraints

Client Management

Workload Management

0:59

"Sometimes I would say that bandwidth becomes a constraint and a challenge."

Q7Favorite parts - industry

Technology

Consulting

M&A Advisory

0:47

"Technology touches everything we do every day. And I just enjoy being on the front lines of that."

Q8Who thrives in industry

Intellectual Curiosity

Hard Work

Detail-Oriented

0:48

"They tend to be people that are intellectually curious."

Q9Wish known before - industry

Leadership

Mergers and Acquisitions

Workload Management

1:13

"I always seek out more responsibility and more leadership opportunities, and I have that."

Q10Entry-level positions

Graduate Roles

Undergraduate Roles

Entry-Level Positions

1:31

"We're always filling up our pipeline with new graduates. So there's opportunities out there."

Q11Significant lesson - career

Client Prioritization

Relationship Building

Communication Skills

1:25

"It's the relationship piece you need to be in order to be successful and consulting long term. Uh, it's all about relationships."

Q12College ideas for success

Networking

Consulting Industry

Relationship Building

0:54

"Networking, networking, networking."