Mr. Van Beuren is a Managing Director in Houlihan Lokey’s Industrials practice, overseeing the firm’s government services and technology clients. He brings to his position more than 25 years of experience helping middle-market companies maximize value through mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Van Beuren is based in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office.
Mr. Van Beuren was a Managing Director and Partner at Bluestone Capital Partners prior to its merger with Houlihan Lokey in 2017. He started his investment banking career at Windsor Group, LLC, in 1998 and was serving as a Managing Director in 2005 when the market-leading firm was sold to BB&T Capital Markets. Over the course of his long tenure and focus on the government services and technology sector, Mr. Van Beuren has closed more than 100 transactions, including with many of the most revered companies in the industry, such as American Institutes for Research, Booz Allen Hamilton, Guidehouse, and ICF and to private equity groups such as Arlington Capital, The Carlyle Group, Macquarie Capital, WCAS, and Veritas Capital.
Mr. Van Beuren is a former board member and past President of the National Capital Region of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), an organization that has recognized him as an Investment Banker of the Year.
Prior to starting his career in investment banking, Mr. Van Beuren was a Strategy Consultant with Dove Consulting, a Business Analyst with American Management Systems (AMS), and a Marketing Analyst with CyberMark, a Sallie Mae company.
Mr. Van Beuren holds a B.A. in History from Loyola University and an MBA from American University. He has also completed coursework in negotiation strategies at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.