Matthew C. Hicks has more than 19 years of experience in private equity investing and financing middle market companies. Prior to forming Excellere Partners, Mr. Hicks served as a Vice President of Stone Arch Capital, LLC (“SAC”), an Upper Midwest focused middle private equity firm. Prior to SAC, Mr. Hicks was an investment professional at George K. Baum Merchant Banc, LLC (“GKB”), a private equity firm focused on a buy and build investment strategy primarily within the food and beverage, consumer products business service industries. Prior to GKB, Mr. Hicks was an investment professional with Bank of America's private equity subsidiary, BankAmerica Capital Corporation. Prior to that, Mr. Hicks was a financing professional with Bank of America's Leverage Group. Mr. Hicks has participated in numerous buy and build investment platforms in food and beverage products, outsourced marketing services, consumer products, office furniture products, healthcare services, and industrial and municipal produ serves on the board of directors of Advanced Pain Management. Mr. Hicks earned an MBA with a concentration in entrepreneurship, finance and strategic management from The University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business and BS in Finance from the University of Utah.