TRANSFORMATION ACQUISITIONS - Key Persons


Allen DAngelo M.

Job Titles:
  • Founding Partner

Allen DAngelo M.S.

Job Titles:
  • Founding Partner
Allen DAngelo, M.S. advises companies, including portfolio companies, on growth strategy, business positioning, go-to-market strategy, mergers and acquisitions, global digital advertising and marketing, and exit planning--while offering insights into industry dynamics and due diligence support. Allen brings life, energy and growth to businesses. He is adept at putting together deals and is always looking for businesses to acquire, invest in, re-position and sell. Strategic partnerships and clients include Ingram Book Company, Mondelez, Nestle USA, and Pro-Beauty Association.

Amber Soukkala

Job Titles:
  • Deal Team Ten Member
Amber Soukkala Areas of Expertise: Financial data repair and presentation. Industries ranging from specialty trades, manufacturing, distribution, to mortgage banking Education: Undergraduate: Honors Bachelors of Science at Roosevelt University Chicago Experienced business financial consultant and bookkeeper with 23 years of experience supporting several hundred businesses. Skilled in recovering financial records to procure an understandable financial portfolio of a business; establishing protective measures and continuous improvement. Strong data-driven professional with a science-based statistical background. Amber's specialty is determining weak data points and rebuilding inaccurate information to create a functional and understandable explanation of events. Amber discovered a high rate of misled business owners and created her own business consulting firm to build entrepreneurial awareness. As a result, successfully regenerating companies from a completely failed state, educating start-ups, and enlightening established companies.

Brian "Buzz" Park

Job Titles:
  • Deal Team Member
Brian "Buzz" Park has spent the last 15 years working with companies in Los Angeles to help them succeed with their marketing goals. Buzz is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and a former Navy helicopter pilot. He was a Tactical Instructor and part of the team that built the helicopter Weapons and Tactical Instructor (WTI) program, based on the Navy Top Gun program. He has been awarded a Navy Commendation Medal, 2 Navy Achievement Medals, and the rare Master Training Specialist, among other awards.

Kaylin Meller M.

Job Titles:
  • Business Analyst

Kaylin Meller M.S.

Job Titles:
  • Business Analyst

Linda Meller

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Assistant to the Executive Team
Areas of Expertise: Information Technology, Communications and Meeting Development Linda Meller is an elite Assistant with 23 years' experience of providing intelligent and proficient support to executives. She has experience in running and maintaining datarooms, managing closing documentation and meeting development for corporate finance deals as well as for mergers & acquisitions for clients of Transformation Acquisitions. Linda brings a strong desire to help entrepreneurs and executives from all types of businesses achieve their business goals. She has successfully worked with seven and eight figure businesses bringing with her the gained experience, dedication, efficiency, personality and the discipline that one must possess to provide exceptional service at this level.

Matthew Mocorro

Job Titles:
  • Deal Team Member
Matthew Mocorro worked as Chief Revenue Officer for MTI, a leading Inc 5000 company in the field of financial software and education. Matthew led the creation of key business units, including the flagship back-end sales team, that doubled revenue for the company. Over the years, he launched dozens of new product lines and sales strategies along with marketing strategies that put MTI on the Inc 5000's fastest growing companies for 4 years in a row. Matthew lead revenue, product and sales initiatives taking the company from $6M to over $73M in 10 years.

Robert Soukkala

Job Titles:
  • Chief Human Resource Officer
  • Deal Team Member
Robert Soukkala serves as our Chief Human Resource Officer. He has served as a senior executive providing services for multiple Fortune Global 100 financial services firms and as a contract manager for HUD. Robert has over 20 years of experience establishing and managing complex, large-scale operations throughout the United States.

Scott Shagory

Job Titles:
  • Deal Team Member
Areas of Expertise: Technology, IOT, AI and SaaS, Cybersecurity, Senior Systems Engineer, Intelligence and Information Services

Terrence Dunn

Job Titles:
  • Founding Partner
Terrence Dunn Areas of Expertise: Financial Services, Federal Government, IT and Large-Scale Process Education: Undergraduate: The University of Chicago Terry co-founded Transformation Acquisitions based on the fundamental belief that profound transformation comes from business combinations and acquisitions. Terry has over 24 years of experience providing consulting, M&A services, and strategy support to C-Suite clients and business owners. Terry has led large, complex integration programs, process re-engineering, and system implementations. He is a former Managing Director at Accenture providing Finance, HR, and Supply Chain consulting and technology services to clients in government, finance, software, and IT services. Terry has over 20 years experience implementing over 30 software packages, Call Center, Financial, Human Resource, Analytics, and Cyber Technology solutions to enable key merger objectives and business strategic outcomes. Terry has led large complex technical, business and operational programs with over 250 staff, 60 projects, and oversight of $65M in annual P&L accountability. Terry managed a $300M vertical sales portfolio of Oracle product solutions and services and has sold and managed 4 high value $250M+ contracts.