Our Team Evolve Capital

Jeff Baker

Joined Evolve Capital in November 2005.
Before coming to Evolve, he worked as an attorney for what is now Locke Lord as well as DLA Piper.
Represented various private equity funds in acquisitions and investments through leveraged recapitalizations and management buyouts.
Experienced in public and private stock acquisitions and debt and equity financings, asset sales and corporate mergers; venture capital transactions; business organization formations; and federal and state securities law compliance.
BA in Government and JD, both from the University of Texas at Austin.

Joined Evolve in April 2016.
Before coming to Evolve, Matt worked with Volex plc, public traded company, as CEO of Data Division and a member of executive team.
Prior to Volex, orchestrated turnaround as CEO of KVT Koenig, LLC, a private equity owned small business.
Experienced leadership in global / multi-site P&Ls, change management, operational efficiency, value creation, growth and integration of acquisitions in a variety of market sectors.
Previously worked at Siemens VDO / Continental for 13 years in a variety of roles in Engineering, Operations, Program Management and Sales.
Bachelors degree in Physics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and graduate of Siemens AG Executive Business Leadership program.

- Joined Evolve in June 2008.
- Prior to the LBO world, Ben worked as a collateral asset examiner for Wells Fargo Business Credit focusing on loans of $25 million and smaller.
- Prior to Wells Fargo, Mr. Mackay founded and served as the COO of the Rosebud Group, a real estate investment fund focused on mixed-use commercial properties in emerging western recreational towns.
- MBA from Babson in Wellesley, Mass and BA from Colby College in Waterville, Maine.

Joined Evolve Capital in February 2006.
Prior to joining Evolve, served as general accounting and administration at Transition Capital Partners, Ltd.
Worked at Renshaw Davis & Ferguson in accounting, administration, legal research and human resource roles prior to TCP.
Attended Texas A&M University – Commerce.

Joined Evolve in October 2006.
Worked approximately five years with Glass & Associates prior to Evolve.
Duties included advising the boards of directors and other stakeholders of middle market companies on divestiture opportunities, equity and debt issuance, short-term and long-term cash flow management, operations initiatives, valuation analysis, and business model and plan development.
Worked as interim CFO during tenure at Glass & Associates.
Previously worked at Ernst & Young’s Mergers and Acquisition practice and with Ernst & Young’s audit group.
BBA and Master of Professional Accounting degrees from the McCombs School of Business at University of Texas at Austin.

David Becker

	Served as Chief Financial Officer for three U.S. publicly traded companies and one Canadian company. Led Adams Respiratory Therapeutics through its initial public offering, resulting in the most successful healthcare IPO for 2005 according to the Wall Street Journal. Industry expertise includes pharmaceuticals, consumer products, manufacturing, and distribution companies. Over the course of his career, served as Chief Financial Officer for several privately held companies on a full-time and interim basis. Previously served in various capacities at Ernst & Young, LLP, including both audit and mergers & acquisitions practices. A certified public accountant and certified treasury professional.

Brent Anderson

	Joined Evolve in April 2019 Worked at SSAB for 12 years. Led Internal Audit for the division for 4 years. Previously, responsible the IT service desk, infrastructure support, IT security, and IT risk management services in the division. Worked on several special projects related to IT integration, IT divestiture, data center migration, and IT managed services. Worked at KPMG for 7 years in the Information Risk Management practice. Led several engagements related to Sarbanes-Oxley, IT risk management, and business process improvement. Also performed several IT due diligence assessments for the M&A practice. BBA in Management Information Systems from the University of Texas at Austin.