Education Graduate: Emory University, Goizueta Business School, Atlanta, GA, M.B.A. Undergraduate: U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, B.S. U.S. Naval Nuclear Power School, Charlestown, SC, B.S. Eqv.

Since joining Taylor Consulting Group, Mr. Branch has been involved in a wide variety of financial advisory and business valuation engagements. Those engagements include fairness opinions for planned public company acquisitions, investigative accounting for Fortune 100 companies, as well as valuations of closely held businesses, employee stock option plans (ESOPS), and public company intangible assets for SFAS 142 impairment testing.

Mr. Branch has worked with clients in numerous industries with an emphasis in the food and beverage, healthcare (including life sciences), technology services, marketing and advertising, and nonprofit industries. He also utilizes his engineering background as a specialist in the Cost Segmentation Services and Capital Budgeting Services areas.

Prior to joining TCG, Mr. Branch assisted on several acquisitions at the John H. Harland Company, an $850 million technology and printing corporation, where his responsibilities included financial due diligence and valuation modeling. His other duties included competitor and industry research, company-wide revenue tracking, and analyzing company-wide telecommunications contract alternatives.

Before attending business school, Dan spent five years as an officer in the U.S. Navy, where he specialized in communication technology and nuclear power. While serving as a Surface Warfare Officer, he concurrently managed divisions of up to 85 personnel on various warships and was consistently ranked as the top performer in his peer group. He is a Six Sigma Green Belt and is currently pursuing the Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) designation from the American Society of Appraisers.