Mr. DeSanto is a Managing Director at KippsDeSanto & Co. and has a broad base of experience in providing transaction advisory services.
Prior to founding KippsDeSanto & Co., Mr. DeSanto was a Senior Vice President in Houlihan Lokey’s Washington, DC office and a member of Houlihan Lokey’s Aerospace·Defense·Government industry investment banking group.
Mr. DeSanto has deep experience advising shareholders, boards of directors and management teams of over 100 companies in connection with strategic alternatives assessments, acquisitions, sales and divestitures, going-private transactions, raising of private debt and equity financing, fairness opinions, solvency opinions, and general corporate planning.
Mr. DeSanto was recognized in 2011 with the award for Dealmaker of the Year – Investment Banker by the Association for Corporate Growth’s National Capital Chapter. With respect to technology companies and merger & acquisition trends, Mr. DeSanto has been a frequent speaker and is often quoted in various publications, including Washington Technology, Government Computer News, and Fortune Magazine.
Mr. DeSanto received a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. He is registered with FINRA as a General Securities Registered Representative and Principal (Series 7, 63, 24).
The following are representative companies to which Mr. DeSanto has provided transaction advice:
- ADG Creative
- Agile Defense
- Alion Science & Technology
- AlphaSix
- Altamira Technologies
- Asynchrony Solutions
- Avantus
- B3 Group
- BTS
- Buccaneer Computer Systems
- Catapult Technology
- CWPS
- Datatrac
- Dragon Development Corporation
- Ducommon
- EDC Consulting
- eGlobalTech
- ForceX
- Germane Systems
- Global Protocols
- Gray Research
- Harding Security Associates
- High Performance Technologies
- HHB Systems
- Information Innovators
- InScope International
- Invertix Corporation
- IPKeys Technologies
- Kadix Systems
- Kforce Government Solutions
- L-3 Communications
- LMI
- Maricom Systems
- MOSAIC Technologies Group, Inc.
- NABCO
- Novii Design
- OAO Technology Solutions
- Oberon Associate
- OnPoint Consulting
- Project Performance
- Quality Research
- RGS Associates
- SecureForce
- Seneca Resources
- Smartronix
- Spatial Business Systems
- SRI
- Tapestry Technologies
- Titania Solutions Group
- WBB Consulting
- Xcelerate
