The Stax Advantage: Why Mid-Career Professionals Choose This PE Consulting Firm

Are you a mid-career professional looking to break into private equity consulting? Whether you come from consulting, finance, or industry, Stax offers a unique opportunity to work on high-impact, data-driven projects with top private equity investors and Fortune 500 companies - and the firm is actively hiring.

Join us on Thursday, March 27 at 3PM ET for an exclusive conversation with Darren Buskirk, Managing Director at Stax, to learn why experienced professionals thrive at Stax. Darren will share insights on:

• The work: How Stax partners with private equity firms and corporations on commercial due diligence and strategy engagements
• The culture: What makes Stax different from traditional consulting firms
• Career growth: How mid-career professionals successfully transition into and advance within private equity consulting
• Hiring insights: What Stax looks for in experienced candidates and how to stand out in the application process

If you're looking for a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment where you can work on high-stakes projects without sacrificing your weekends, this is your chance to explore if Stax is the right fit for you.

Spots are limited - RSVP now and submit your question for Darren with your registration.

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Darren's Bio

Darren Buskirk is a Managing Director at Stax in our Chicago office. He has over a decade of consulting experience focused on supporting private equity investors in the healthcare ecosystem. He specializes in buy-side and sell-side commercial due diligence, as well as advising private and public organizations on business unit and corporate strategy.

Darren has led more than 100 diligence engagements within the healthcare sector, with expertise in provider and HCIT assets. His provider experience includes PPM investments across specialties including emergency medicine, pediatrics, cardiology, and orthopedics, as well as retail health assets like physical therapy and urgent care. Additional areas of focus include behavioral health (e.g., SUD, ABA therapy) and non-physician providers including dental and optometry.

Within HCIT, Darren’s expertise spans across providers and payer-focused solutions. Provider HCIT includes tech-enabled RCM, specialty PM/EMR, and provider operations (e.g., governance, risk, and compliance). Payer IT expertise ranges from core administrative processing systems (CAPS) to software utilized to optimize Medicare Advantage risk adjustment scores.

Prior to joining Stax, Darren was most recently at McKinsey & Company supporting its Healthcare private equity practice. Darren started his career in private equity at American Capital.

He holds an M.B.A. from The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and a B.S. in Finance from the University of Maryland, College Park.

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