Stephen joined Topspin LBO in January 2008. Prior to joining Topspin LBO, Stephen worked at Harvard Business School and helped develop a new course on Private Equity Finance.  He authored several cases that examined topics ranging from industry roll-ups to the emergence of new transaction structures in private equity.  Prior to Stephen’s affiliation with Harvard Business School, he spent nearly three years with Spherion Corporation as the Manager of Sales Strategy and Operations Support.  Stephen began his career with Bain and Company, a global strategy consulting firm, where he focused on business services and manufacturing firms.

Stephen has an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a George F. Baker Scholar, and received his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering with highest honors from Georgia Institute of Technology, where he was a President’s Scholar.