OUR TEAM

Operator-Led. Deal-Driven.

Decades of hands-on industry experience driving superior outcomes for buyers, sellers, and investors.

Our Team:
The Deal Makers.

Thirty Years of Transaction Certainty

As the premier boutique for technology M&A, N2M Capital combines three decades of operator expertise with AI-powered deal intelligence to deliver superior outcomes. We bring hands-on industry knowledge to every transaction — across Technology & AI, MSP, Healthcare & Life Sciences, and Aerospace & Defense.

Executive Team

N2M Capital is led by veteran operators who have spent decades navigating technology M&A, healthcare, and MSP transactions. We don’t just advise — we bring the perspective of those who have built, scaled, and sold these businesses.

Katherine Frazier

Senior Managing Director

As a founder of N2M, Katherine serves as Senior Managing Director of N2M Capital Advisors, the firm’s technology M&A advisory practice, and leads the firm’s Operations and Marketing practice. She also oversees N2M Advisory, the affiliated technology due diligence and value creation firm serving private equity firms and their portfolio companies. A veteran of the technology sector with more than three decades of experience, Katherine has guided enterprises through critical growth milestones, from market expansion and innovation to high-stakes mergers and acquisitions. Her leadership across both firms gives clients a single team that supports them from transaction through value creation.

 

Paul Laverty

Executive Advisor

Paul serves as Executive Advisor to N2M Capital Advisors and N2M Advisory. A Certified Public Accountant with more than thirty years of global and domestic experience in finance, information technology, administration, and project management, Paul spent twenty-five years in executive roles at Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), where he led the global Oracle, PeopleSoft, and NetSuite practices. Paul currently serves as the President of the board of Onalaska Water and Gas Supply Corporation.

Cynthia Coker

Executive Advisor

Cynthia serves as an Executive Advisor to N2M Capital Advisors. A three-time founder and CEO, she built and successfully exited her own technology services company before founding a specialized M&A advisory and investment banking firm. In Silicon Valley’s venture capital ecosystem, she launched new ventures for other companies and advised high-growth technology and healthcare companies through scaling, IPOs, and exits. A veteran of the full transaction lifecycle with more than three decades in technology, she has held executive roles with Oracle and McKesson and has guided multiple exits and large, global M&A transactions. She advises private equity firms, strategic acquirers, founders, and portfolio companies.

Michael Del Priore

Operating Advisor

Michael serves as an Operating Advisor with N2M Advisory and N2M Capital Advisors, performing buy-side and sell-side due diligence, guiding technology and organizational strategy, and helping private equity firms drive value from their investments. He has been a member of the senior leadership team at two PE portfolio companies that completed successful IPOs and subsequent strategic exits, and has served as CIO at three companies: Diversey, Catalent, Church & Dwight, and as Head of IT, North America, at Roche Pharma. Michael has successfully integrated more than 30 acquisitions as part of company growth agendas and has participated in more than 50 due diligence projects.

David Tanacea

Operating Advisor

David Tanacea serves as an Operating Advisor with N2M Advisory and N2M Capital Advisors, performing due diligence and working with portfolio companies to build the operating model and organization needed to scale. With more than 30 years in technology, David began as a software engineer and later grew Tallan from 35 people to 600 employees and $120M in revenue before its successful exit. He co-founded a crowdsourcing technology company that also exited successfully, led EMC Global Services’ global application consulting organization, and most recently served as CTO of two mid-size companies.

OUR OPERATIONAL PHILOSOPHY

Eliminating The Execution Gap To
Close
Your Deal

Direct Partner Execution

Every engagement is led by a senior partner from Day 1 through close. We intentionally limit our mandates to ensure our principals are deeply embedded in your transaction — providing the high-touch deal expertise and sector knowledge that generalist firms simply cannot match.

Technical & Financial Bilingualism

Our team speaks both the language of technology and the language of capital with equal fluency. We connect operators and institutional buyers — ensuring your business value is never lost in translation and is fully reflected in the final deal structure.