Ben Olsen is an executive leader whose versatile skills are based on deep financial and operating experience. Services provided by Ben have largely focused on corporate development, merger and acquisitions (buy-side advisory support, searches, and diligence, as well as sell-side advisory), capital formation, cash flow forecasting and development of stakeholder financial and KPI reporting metrics to private equity and entrepreneur-backed companies. These services have spanned a variety of industries including transportation, industrial manufacturing, staffing and permanent placement, e-commerce, consumer products, wholesale distribution, business process outsourcing, telecommunications, specialty contractors, and medical equipment. Prior to Tarsus, Ben served as Managing Partner for The DVS Group LLC, a social impact investment bank specializing in small business and lower middle market mergers and acquisitions. He led a niche practice area focused on buy-side services to not-for-profit clients nationwide which led to multiple engagements across 6 organizations and 6 successful transactions. Other projects included a multi-transaction buy-side engagement with a family office, a 4 year preparation process resulting in a sale to a private equity-backed portfolio company, and numerous successful buy-side projects for executives accomplishing “Entrepreneurship through Acquisition.” Ben has a Bachelor of Arts in Latin American Studies from Yale, where he met his wife.