Bruce Craig has over 25 years of venture capital, M&A, operations management and technical experience in the energy, communications, and industrial technology industries.
Prior to joining England & Company, he was a General Partner at Ideal Partners Fund, an energy and communications technology venture capital fund. Prior to Ideal Partners, he was Vice President of E3 Ventures, a hybrid venture-investment and strategic advisory firm, and Director of Utility Regulation and Environmental Affairs at the Natural Gas Supply Association. Previously, Mr. Craig worked in corporate finance with Conoco Inc., as a Director in program development within the US Environmental Protection Agency’s energy efficiency and pollution prevention programs and led engineering and business development teams for American Meter Company/Ruhrgas AG.
Mr. Craig earned his BS in Industrial Engineering from Lehigh University and his MBA in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Joel Strauch has over 25 years of experience in M&A, capital raising, and strategic advisory services. Mr. Strauch has extensive experience working with companies in a range of technology sectors with a focus on SaaS and cloud and infrastructure software.
Prior to joining England & Company, Mr. Strauch was a Managing Director at DC Advisory and Signal Hill Capital, and a Partner at Updata Advisors. Over the course of his time at these three firms, Mr. Strauch developed and established a leading practice advising privately held growth companies in the infrastructure software segment. Mr. Strauch also has capital markets and debt financing experience from previous investment banking roles at FAC Equities, H.C Wainwright, and Alex. Brown & Sons. He also served as a manager arranging project financings at Mission Energy.
Mr. Strauch earned his BS in Finance at Loyola University.
Glenn Tofil has over 25 years of experience in investment banking and strategic consulting. Mr. Tofil has been an advisor to both public and private companies in numerous mergers, acquisitions and restructuring transactions.
Prior to joining England & Company, Mr. Tofil was a co-founder and Managing Partner of Founders Growth Advisors, an acquisition and strategic advisory firm serving middle market companies in the infrastructure and industrial technology markets. Prior to Founders Growth Advisors, Mr. Tofil directed First Union Securities’ Corporate Finance practice focused on electrical, electronics and related industrial technology companies. He has over ten years of investment banking experience with First Union Securities, EVEREN Securities, and Ernst & Young. Prior to entering investment banking, Mr. Tofil spent six years as a consultant with Harlan Brown & Company, a Washington, DC-based strategic advisory firm assisting clients in the assessment of acquisition opportunities and new business development initiatives.
Mr. Tofil received his BA in Economics from The College of William & Mary and his MBA from the University of Chicago with concentrations in Financial Management and Accounting.
Erik Augustson has more than 15 years of M&A advisory experience in New York, London, Hong Kong, and Washington, DC. Over the course of his career, Mr. Augustson has closed transactions across a wide breadth of industries, including Energy, Chemicals, Industrial Manufacturing, and Aerospace & Defense, with cumulative executed transactions totaling over $12 billion.
Prior to joining England & Company, Mr. Augustson was the Director of M&A at the boutique investment bank Taylor Advisory, LLC for over 10 years. Erik started his career in the M&A division of Citigroup, Inc.
Mr. Augustson earned his BA from Brown University with a double major in Business Economics and Organizational Behavior Management with honors and his MBA in Finance from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Scott Cousino has over 30 years of investment banking experience primarily focused on the healthcare sector where he has completed a wide range of M&A, strategic advisory, and capital markets transactions.
Prior to joining England & Company in 2013, Mr. Cousino was a Managing Director at Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, where he had served as Head of its Healthcare Investment Banking Group. He also served as a Managing Director and Head of Healthcare Investment Banking at Legg Mason prior to its acquisition by Stifel in 2005. In addition, Mr. Cousino served as Chairman of the Fairness Opinion Committee at Stifel and Legg Mason for over ten years.
Mr. Cousino earned his BBA and MBA in Finance from the College of William and Mary. He has been active on numerous non-profit boards and currently serves on the Finance Committee of the Y of Central Maryland.
