Michael Parham

Our founder, Mr. Michael Parham, has been involved in over 100 transactions over the past 30 years, totaling over $2.0 billion. Mr. Parham is widely regarded as an expert in the mid-cap mergers and acquisitions industry. With prior experience as a financier, equity investor, C-Level executive, and entrepreneur, Mr. Parham has experienced capital raising and M&A from all sides. On the corporate side, he has worked at Deloitte Touche, Daiwa Securities, Peter J Solomon, Credit Lyonnais, McGladrey, and US Bank. On the entrepreneurial side, he was a CEO, CFO, and Co-Founder for a variety of companies including health care, technology, oilfield services, and a chain of bars/restaurants. This multidisciplinary knowledge base has powered the firm’s growth as a premier financial consultant firm.

Our services span a wide spectrum and typically coalesce into an integrated solution for our clients. With broad financial consultant experience, we understand the underlying needs of most growing, midsized companies.

Since starting Sheridan during the financial crisis of 2009, the firm has become a leader in middle market M&A as well as mezzanine finance. We are typically engaged as financial consultants by clients. We have become trusted advisors to scores of companies who have come to repeatedly rely on the quality of our counsel and consistency of our execution.

Mr. Parham has also served his community in Orange County, California as an elected school board member for more than 14 years. Mr. Parham is a CPA and earned his MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University. Mr. Parham earned his BA with Honors from Dartmouth College in 1991 and is fluent in several languages.