Don't waste your time listening to 'so-called' experts who've never been a key player in an actual merger or acquisition in the architecture or engineering industry. At PSMJ's AEC Mergers & Acquisitions Success Workshop, your facilitators know exactly the challenges you face because they have been there!   

Mitchell Mafra, CM&AP
M&A Advisor | PSMJ Resources, Inc.

Mitch Headshot bwMitchell Mafra is an M&A Advisor at PSMJ Resources where he focuses on firm valuations and advising both sell-side and buy-side clients. He has a proven track record working over 20 M&A deals in the AEC space, including transactions with publicly-traded firms, private equity, family office, and various strategic buyers. He also contributes to PSMJ's monthly M&A Insider update and teaches the M&A Essentials program, an educational workshop for firm owners. Prior to joining PSMJ in 2021, Mitchell worked at Adage Capital Management, L.P., a major hedge fund in Boston with over $44B in assets under management with a focus on industrial and energy sectors.

Mitchell has a dual degree from the University of Massachusetts where he graduated Summa Cum Laude with degrees in Management with a Finance Concentration and Economics. 

 

Kevin Pitts, CPA, MSF
M&A Advisor | PSMJ Resources, Inc.

Kevin PittsKevin provides advisory support to the valuation, ownership transition, and mergers & acquisitions practices at PSMJ. As both a finance executive and advisor, he has deep experience with founder-led and private equity–backed companies on buy-side and sell-side M&A, valuations, financings, and ownership transitions totaling more than $11 billion in transactions. He brings a unique combination of corporate development, finance, and advisory expertise to PSMJ’s mergers and acquisitions, valuation, and ownership transition practices. Kevin’s experience spans professional services, infrastructure, energy, industrials, and construction, where he has consistently helped founder-led and private equity–backed companies execute effective growth, transition, and exit strategies.

Kevin began his career in public accounting before moving into finance, M&A, and project development roles. His first exposure to complex transactions came at Competitive Power Ventures, a private equity-backed energy developer, where he closed more than $7 billion in project financings, refinancings, and sales of landmark projects.

He later advanced into senior finance leadership roles in healthcare and industrials, where he supported acquisitions and financings exceeding $2 billion through innovative capital structures.
Recently, Kevin served as Vice President of Finance at Health Management Associates, a fast-growing private equity–backed healthcare consulting firm. There he built and led the M&A and finance function, partnering with corporate development and investors on all aspects of acquisitions that tripled revenue and EBITDA in under four years. He executed complex structures including 338(h)(10), 351, and F reorganizations, while leading financial modeling, diligence, negotiations, capital raising, and integration.

Kevin holds a B.B.A. in Accounting from Iona University, is a Certified Public Accountant, and earned a Master of Science in Finance from Brandeis University.

 

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