David S. Sozio - Managing Director 704.953.5591 sozio@naviscentgroup.com
Dave has nearly twenty-five years of diverse experience in a variety of corporate finance and financial services roles, advising companies and their senior executives and investors on strategic transactions including acquisitions, restructurings, recapitalizations, and refinancings. Dave’s professional background includes executive-level roles with major financial institutions in Capital Markets, Investment Banking and Corporate Banking. He has also worked in leadership roles with management advisory teams, including situations where he was part of the team directing clients through restructuring/turnaround situations. Dave has experience serving as an advisor to privately-held middle-market companies as well as large, well capitalized public companies. He has worked closely with clients raising capital for acquisitions and growth, as well as those that are recapitalizing, restructuring, and refinancing their businesses. Dave has extensive experience within the Capital Markets, including the senior loan, second lien, mezzanine, high yield, and private equity markets, as well as knowledge of the relevant investor bases and market conditions within each. During his career, Dave has raised over $20 billion of capital in connection with over 150 transactions. He has extensive experience across a highly diverse range of industries, and has in-depth knowledge of the Business Services, Software, IT Services, Information and Data Services, and Defense and Government Services sectors.
Previously, Dave was a Managing Director and Group Leader within Wachovia Securities’ Leveraged Finance Group, a Managing Director and founder of Wachovia’s Defense and Aerospace Corporate Finance Group and a Senior Vice President with NationsBank. He received his BA in Economics from Wake Forest University and his MBA in Finance from The College of William and Mary. Dave is a member of the Association for Corporate Growth. Dave has FINRA/NASD Series 7, 63 and 24 licenses.
