A Grand Rapids-based firm that specializes in mergers and acquisitions has hired former Cornerstone Alliance economic development manager Shane Kissack and made him their Mergers and Acquisitions Advisor for Northern Illinois and Southeast Wisconsin.
Calder Capital of Grand Rapids is a full-service mergers and acquisitions firm specializing in advisory services for businesses located in the Midwest across a number of industries. Their mission is to provide the highest level of professional service to help clients achieve their desired results.
Calder has played a key role in hooking up growing, expanding and evolving businesses with private equity firms and other businesses interested in acquiring or being acquired. They’ve worked with a number of businesses in Michigan’s Great Southwest including Midwest Timer of Benton Harbor, C.N.C Products of Niles, G.P. Manufacturing of Buchanan, Brammal Industrial Supply of Benton Harbor, and The Rental Branch of St. Joseph.
Kissack joined Calder Capital last, as an entrepreneurial-minded business development and strategy advisor to small and mid-market business owners. He had been with Cornerstone Alliance in Benton Harbor from October of 2016 until last November.
He has over 20 years of business experience playing multiple roles in a variety of industries. He began his career in the golf industry running operations for multiple private clubs in the Chicago area. He then shifted to business owner when he started, operated and ultimately entered the sphere of Mergers & Acquisitions on the sell-side as he sold the first of two businesses in 2012.
After selling his businesses, Shane became an investor and advisor in a growing retail beverage operation while temporarily living abroad in Varese, Italy. Upon return to the U.S., he served as an economic development manager with Cornerstone Alliance. In that role, he administered development incentives for small to mid-size commercial real estate developments and guided the recruitment, retention, and expansion of local manufacturers.
Calder Capital officials told MiBiz in Grand Rapids that by hiring Kissack in the Chicago area, they hope to expand into new Midwest markets, adding that Kissack will work markets seeking to represent middle-market companies that are pursuing a sale. He is the first adviser for Calder Capital outside of Grand Rapids.
They say that in bringing on Kissack, “Calder Capital looks to establish a market presence in a large economic hub surrounding the Chicago area and to enhance the pool of potential buyers for the sellers the firm represents.”
