Thomas B. Whipple, CBI, M&AMI
Managing Principal

Tom is the founding member of Falcon bringing more than twenty-five years of executive operating, marketing and sales experience with traditional middle-market manufacturing and distribution companies to his mergers and acquisitions practice. Prior to founding Falcon, he served as Managing Principal for a nationally recognized private middle-market M&A firm for five years. In that capacity, Tom has worked closely with owners and senior management of privately owned, middle-market companies throughout the United States advising them on growth and exit strategies in such diverse industries that includes: electronics equipment manufacturing, plastic molding, trucking, contract machining and tooling, electrical contracting, professional employer organizations and chemical blending/packaging/distribution, publishing, and consulting services. His practice is focused on adding value by concluding transactions that meet his client’s objectives, even in complex, difficult or troubled situations. As an extension of his practice, Tom often works with owners and their professional advisors to develop succession plans and exit strategies including implementation of ESOPs, Management Buyouts and other special strategies.

As a specialist in changing business environments, Tom brings to his practice turnaround and operating expertise. As Executive Director of Universal-Automatic Corporation, an integrated manufacturer of automated secondary application machine tools; he assembled and led the management team that completed a successful operational turnaround in a post acquisition environment. Previously, he held various marketing and sales leadership positions over a highly successful twenty-year period at a $500 million metals distribution company headquartered in the Midwest.