Our Team

Jeff Showalter

Jeff Showalter, a Managing Director at SierraConstellation Partners, has over 30 years of experience leading transactions, turnarounds, and building world class finance and accounting teams. Jeff’s ability to rapidly digest a company’s strategy and operations allows him to make an immediate impact on profitability through process improvement, right sizing, and optimizing resource utilization. Jeff’s extensive transactional experience with institutional investors gives him deep insight into the nuances of such ownership and excels at bridging the gaps often found between owners and investors.

Jeff’s experience ranges from startups to established industry leading companies valued in the billions. His background extends across a wide variety of industries including investment banking, professional sports, entertainment, chemicals manufacturing and distribution, publishing, and biotech with well know companies such as Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions, Napster, Fannie Mae Candies, and Halo Top Ice Cream.

Mr. Showalter received his MBA from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California and his Bachelor of Art’s Degree in Economics from Washington University in St. Louis.

Notable Assignments

  • Golden Boy Promotions: Successful advisory engagement to raise $12.5M in seed capital led to full-time employment as head of the company’s FP&A department, publishing the iconic Ring Magazine, and closing transactions such as (i) a 25% interest in MLS franchise Houston Dynamo (and subsequent stadium build), (ii) interests in Univision, Impremedia, Fontainebleau Hotel and Mexico’s largest tequila distillery, and (iii) multiple brand licensing and endorsement deals valued upwards of $100M.
  • inDinero: Successful turnaround of a 12-year-old international tax and accounting firm with nearly 400 employees, generating the company’s first profitable quarter within 6 months of engagement, hiring permanent CEO and CFO, and restructuring the company’s balance sheet.
  • ACCESS Destination Services: Completed a merger of 5 entities to create the nation’s largest Destination Management Company.
  • Fannie Mae: Successful sale of the iconic candy brands, Fannie May and Laura Secord, to Alpine Confections and Gordon Brothers, respectively, for $50M.
  • Pillowtex Corporation: Successful sale of the company’s assets to GGST for $126M.
  • RSA: Sale of a niche lighting manufacturer to Cooper Lighting.
  • Halo Top: Special advisor to Founders in acquiring a $200M revolving credit facility and ultimate sale of the company to Wells Food Services for $167M.
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