Taylor Devine

Certified Business Intermediary
Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor
Certified Business Counselor
Series 7 General Securities Broker
Licensed Real Estate Agent

Taylor is the managing partner in our Virginia office. He brings a long and distinguished career functioning in both domestic and international business to the firm. Taylor has been involved in the growth of multimillion dollar private and public companies as an owner and/or executive, including leading a very successful IPO while President and CEO of a company.

Early in Taylor's career, he was part of the management team that helped build Saga Corporation (Menlo Park, CA) into what became a national company with in excess of $1 billion in revenue. After leaving Saga, he joined Arthur D. Little, Inc. in Acorn Park, MA as a Senior Consultant, where he specialized in Strategic Planning, Strategic Management and the Strategic Management of Technology. Subsequent to Arthur D. Little, Taylor was recruited by Debbi and Randy Fields (Fields Financial, dba: Mrs. Fields Cookies) to expand that company on a national basis with all company owned stores. Having successfully established, along with Debbi and Randy, a national footprint and highly recognized brand, Taylor went on to establish one of the first national, voice mail and data interface with IBM 36's and 38's rental companies in the United States. Soon after that, he was recruited by the new ownership of Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation to expand Blockbuster Video nationally and internationally. It was during this time that Taylor moved to London and, as Vice President for International Operations, established Blockbuster internationally through company owned operations, joint-venture operations, and franchise operations. Returning to the United States, he invested in and served as President, CEO, and/or Chairman of several early stage companies. In 2001, Taylor formed Corporate Development International, LLC dba: The CDI Group, a Mid-Atlantic M&A and Consulting company for middle market companies. The CDI Group works with private company owners in the area's of: Corporate Development, M&A, Exit and Succession Planning, and Valuation and Value Enhancement.

Mr. Devine earned a BA from Hillsdale College, an MBA from University of Chicago, and has done additional post-graduate work at Colombia University. He holds CM&AA (Certified Mergers and Acquisition Advisor), CBI (Certified Business Intermediary), CSBA (Certified Senior Business Analyst), and CMEA (Certified Machinery and Equipment Appraiser). He is active in the M&A Source, Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors, Association of Corporate Growth, and the Business Alliance of George Mason University.  Mr. Devine also holds a Series 7 Securities License and conducts transactions requiring securities licensing through Hunter Wise Financial Group, LLC and Hunter Wise Securities, LLC. Hunter Wise is a FINRA registered broker/dealer. For more information, see: www.hunterwise.com.