Ian Schworer

Managing Director

2014 - Current

Provide customized debt financing and direct equity investments to emerging, high growth technology companies

Associate, Technology, Media and Telecom Group

2011 - 2014

- Deal Execution Services: Led the execution of several debt, equity and M&A transactions in the technology sector including, (i) accounting and business due diligence, (ii) financial and operating trend analysis, (iii) potential investor/buyer search and selection, (iv) financial modeling and forecasting, (v) valuation, (vi) prospectus drafting, (vii) deal negotiation, and (viii) financial transaction closing - Financial Modeling: Built complex models to analyze the pro forma financial statement, valuation and leverage ratio impact of proposed transactions - Business Development: Managed pitch book creation process and performed detailed industry diligence to strengthen relationships with potential clients and led the development of several bakeoff presentations to win new business for the Barclays TMT team Client Management: Participated in meetings with senior bankers and clients providing guidance on transaction structures, financing scenarios and various strategic opportunities (capital raises, M&A, LBO)

Summer Associate, Technology, Media and Telecom Group

2010 - 2010

Associate

2005 - 2009

- Consulting: Provided a wide range of technology and management consulting services to both federal and commercial clients across the finance, transportation, communications and defense industries - Program Management: Served as a technical program manager for several key stakeholder engagements to ensure successful design, development and deployment of strategic technology initiatives - Leadership: Served as administrative and tasking manager for 3 junior consultants. This involved staffing employees on projects, developing their consulting and technical skill sets, conducting annual assessments, and serving as their mentor and impartial confidant. - Marketing: Developed several new technology service offerings for Booz Allen Hamilton including Cloud Computing, Unified Communications, IPv6 and Sensor and Mesh Networking. Involved numerous marketing activities including conducting market research and vendor surveys; developing whitepapers, slicksheets, and technology demonstrations; speaking at industry conferences and interfacing with potential clients. Initiative led to new business development and new staff positions for my team. - Business Development: Worked several government proposals (RFPs) and commercial pitches in order to develop new business for Booz Allen Hamilton. - Team Development/Staffing: Served on the University and Industry Recruiting Team conducting interviews for Booz Allen Hamilton. Traveled to core recruiting schools (VT, CMU, MIT, UVA, PSU, UMD) to assess and acquire new talent.

Systems Engineer

2004 - 2004

- Provided systems engineeing support for the US Navy MMH-60R/S Helicopter - Created and gave a presentation on the MMH-60R/S Helicopter Radar Altimeter problem to upper management providing potential technical solutions while accounting for scheduling and budget constraints - Performed two formal trade studies and write ups on the Fiber Channel Hub and Link 16 communication systems for the MMH-60R Helicopter - Designed a software program used in establishing metrics that tracked design change activity for the 771 Helo System

Computer Engineer

2001 - 2002

- Provided pre-silicon validation and product acceptance testing for Intel’s next generation high-end server chipsets and PCI-X I/O interface chips with the goal of finding design and environment level bugs. - Leveraged software engineering skillset to developed various tools using UNIX scripts that eased platform test porting and provided a cost savings and decreased time to market for chipset and I/O products