David A. Blender
Senior Advisor

Contact David at: blender@masiltd.com

Mr. Blender has more than 20 years of industry, business management and consulting experience. Most recently, he was President of Mustang Capital, LLC., an advisory, intermediary, and consulting services firm providing a broad array of client services concentrated in mergers, acquisitions, funding alternatives, capital plans, strategic business management, litigation support, and general advisory services.

Prior to the formation of Mustang Capital, LLC., David was Senior Executive of IPA Advisory & Intermediary Services, LLC, responsible for managing merger, acquisition, and corporate finance client activities on behalf of IPA Advisory & Intermediary Services, LLC. Prior to joining IPA Advisory & Intermediary Services, LLC, he was the Managing Director of The Princeton Consulting Group, Inc. providing strategic management consulting services such as: strategic business planning, market and economic feasibility studies, mergers, acquisitions, and divestiture assistance, corporate financing, competitive and industry assessments, business reengineering, revenue and profit enhancement analysis, and other general business management services for a wide range of emerging clients in diverse industry sectors.

David has more than nine years combined experience with the former “Big Eight”, now “Big Four”, international management consulting and accounting firms. He was instrumental in providing strategic consulting for a wide variety of clients in the Dallas, Texas office of Arthur Andersen & Co. Additionally, he assisted with the growth of Arthur Andersen’s emerging consulting practice on a global basis. He was responsible for establishing consulting practice standards, practice development, and seamless delivery of consulting services to clients throughout the United States, Mexico, Canada, Europe and Asia.

Dave has also worked with KPMG (formerly KPMG Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.) and served in the Strategic Management Services and Professional Development practices in the Dallas and New York-executive offices, respectively. His responsibilities and experiences included: management and delivery of strategic business and market planning projects, feasibility studies, competitive and industry assessments, customer-focused analysis, litigation support and expert witness testimony, insolvency and turnaround assistance, merger, acquisition and decision support, capital financing plans, alternative corporate growth strategies and general business management assistance.

In addition, David founded and served as an officer of a strategic management consulting and financial advisory services firm and a merchant banking and acquisition holding company.

Mr. Blender is graduated with a B.B.A. degree and a B.S. degree from Southern Methodist University. While attending college, he was employed in the transportation-marketing department with Trailways, Inc. (formerly held by Holiday Inn Corporation) and served in the Deregulation Taskforce, which assessed the de-regulating of the U.S. ground transportation industry.

Mr. Blender has served as Vice President for the Dallas Chapter – The North American Society for Corporate Planning. He is an active member with The National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders, Inc. (NAGGL), he has served as board member for diverse startup and emerging technology-oriented companies and has been a guest speaker to various educational institutions and trade associations.