Jeff Noland

Jeff Noland is a partner in the Dallas/Fort Worth office of SeatonHill. Mr. Noland is an experienced financial leader with nearly 20 years of experience in senior management and executive roles in technology, real estate, and financial services firms with broad experience in small- to mid-sized companies, startups, private equity sales and M&A. Jeff’s experience include extensive work in commercial real estate (acquisitions, development, repositioning, and asset management), technology (data center and enterprise software), financial services (M&A, investment banking, valuation, commercial finance, expert witness services, etc.), and most recently he sold an industry-leading edge data center real estate company to a top private equity firm in the telecom and data center infrastructure space. Additionally, Jeff serves in academia as a top-rated professor at three different leading US universities over the last 13 years and sits of the Global Board of Directors for the Association for Corporate Growth. Data Center:

As founder and Chief Operating Officer/Chief Financial Officer, Jeff successfully led and closed a $1.5 million seed round to finance the buildout of first small-footprint data center real estate properties. He also led and closed a $3.0 million Series A financing round to facilitate continued growth in the business, a $5.0 million Series B financing round and, most notably, a $40.0 million private equity recapitalization of the business. Jeff accomplished the acquisition and full financial/operational integration of a $5.0 million data center engineering and services business, leading all aspects of finance and operations, including data center asset management, capital raising, mergers & acquisitions, investor relations (multiple family office and institutional investors), establishment of key corporate and legal strategies/ frameworks, real estate lease and licensing negotiations, strategic partnerships, channel partnerships, corporate finances, etc. He was recently named to the “Finvest 50: The 50 Global Finance Leaders in Data Centres” _by Data Economy Magazine. Capital Real Estate L.P. As Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Financial Management Jeff oversaw all financial aspects of the company, including bank relationships and reporting, Investor Relations (numerous high net-worth investors), IT, etc. He maintained P&L responsibility for a $40+ million (assets) commercial finance business.

For Mergers & Acquisitions, Jeff led and closed the acquisition of a commercial finance company, gaining all required bank group approvals and consents, constructing all pro forma financials, managing transaction accounting, etc. For Capital Raising, Jeff negotiated and closed a $30 million non-recourse credit facility in a five-bank syndicated transaction during the height of the 2008-10 credit crisis, leading all aspects of the fund-raising and closing process, and serving as primary contact for all lenders and attorneys. He led efforts to launch a $50 million distressed debt and commercial real estate fund, and created all fund-related documents including PPM, subscription agreements,