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Built by operators, not investors

The Team Behind the Structure

The same team, from first call through closing. No handoffs, no middlemen.

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Built by operators, not investors

The Team Behind the Structure

The same team, from first call through closing. No handoffs, no middlemen.

meet the team

explore careers

Built by operators, not investors

The Team Behind the Structure

The same team, from first call through closing. No handoffs, no middlemen.

meet the team

explore careers

01 Founders

THREE PRINCIPALS

CEO & Co-Founder

Marcus Wendt

Leads deal architecture, negotiation strategy, and long-term growth planning.

Directs seller negotiations, physician recruitment, and advisory relationships

Designs acquisition frameworks that protect physician ownership and clinical autonomy

Designs post-close operational playbooks and long-term practice growth strategy

CEO & Co-Founder

Marcus Wendt

Leads deal architecture, negotiation strategy, and long-term growth planning.

Directs seller negotiations, physician recruitment, and advisory relationships

Designs acquisition frameworks that protect physician ownership and clinical autonomy

Designs post-close operational playbooks and long-term practice growth strategy

CEO & Co-Founder

Marcus Wendt

Leads deal architecture, negotiation strategy, and long-term growth planning.

Directs seller negotiations, physician recruitment, and advisory relationships

Designs acquisition frameworks that protect physician ownership and clinical autonomy

Designs post-close operational playbooks and long-term practice growth strategy

CIO & Co-Founder

Michael Irizarry

Leads capital relationships, investor engagement, and external business development.

Manages investor introductions and capital partner pipelines

Drives external business development and partnership growth

Builds lender relationships and structures deal financing

CIO & Co-Founder

Michael Irizarry

Leads capital relationships, investor engagement, and external business development.

Manages investor introductions and capital partner pipelines

Drives external business development and partnership growth

Builds lender relationships and structures deal financing

CIO & Co-Founder

Michael Irizarry

Leads capital relationships, investor engagement, and external business development.

Manages investor introductions and capital partner pipelines

Drives external business development and partnership growth

Builds lender relationships and structures deal financing

CTO & Co-Founder

Shady Tammam

Built the technology and data infrastructure powering Verdira's acquisition intelligence.

Architected Rogue, Verdira's proprietary sourcing and evaluation platform

Engineered a nationwide physician intelligence database from federal disclosure data

Designed automation and structured data pipelines for deal sourcing

CTO & Co-Founder

Shady Tammam

Built the technology and data infrastructure powering Verdira's acquisition intelligence.

Architected Rogue, Verdira's proprietary sourcing and evaluation platform

Engineered a nationwide physician intelligence database from federal disclosure data

Designed automation and structured data pipelines for deal sourcing

CTO & Co-Founder

Shady Tammam

Built the technology and data infrastructure powering Verdira's acquisition intelligence.

Architected Rogue, Verdira's proprietary sourcing and evaluation platform

Engineered a nationwide physician intelligence database from federal disclosure data

Designed automation and structured data pipelines for deal sourcing

One Team, End to End

The people who answer your first call are the same people who sign at closing.
Nobody hands you off.

02 Senior Team

Finance & Legal

CFO (CPA, CFE)

Uzair Afzal

Provides financial oversight, proforma validation, and compliance across every transaction.

Audits cash flow, margins, and accounting practices pre-acquisition

Validates proformas and flags financial inconsistencies

Guides tax strategy and documentation integrity

CFO (CPA, CFE)

Uzair Afzal

Provides financial oversight, proforma validation, and compliance across every transaction.

Audits cash flow, margins, and accounting practices pre-acquisition

Validates proformas and flags financial inconsistencies

Guides tax strategy and documentation integrity

CFO (CPA, CFE)

Uzair Afzal

Provides financial oversight, proforma validation, and compliance across every transaction.

Audits cash flow, margins, and accounting practices pre-acquisition

Validates proformas and flags financial inconsistencies

Guides tax strategy and documentation integrity

Legal Acquisitions & Risk Strategy

Paige Szymanski

Runs legal strategy and contract development for Verdira's acquisitions.

Designs and negotiates acquisition agreements and partnership structures

Identifies risk exposure and enforceability gaps before close

Manages legal diligence and regulatory compliance across every deal

Legal Acquisitions & Risk Strategy

Paige Szymanski

Runs legal strategy and contract development for Verdira's acquisitions.

Designs and negotiates acquisition agreements and partnership structures

Identifies risk exposure and enforceability gaps before close

Manages legal diligence and regulatory compliance across every deal

Legal Acquisitions & Risk Strategy

Paige Szymanski

Runs legal strategy and contract development for Verdira's acquisitions.

Designs and negotiates acquisition agreements and partnership structures

Identifies risk exposure and enforceability gaps before close

Manages legal diligence and regulatory compliance across every deal

Senior Legal Analyst Healthcare M&A

Kanishk Joshi

Manages legal documentation and diligence coordination for acquisitions.

Drafts operating, compliance, and transaction documents

Coordinates diligence materials and document control across deal stages

Builds scalable M&A documentation templates

Senior Legal Analyst Healthcare M&A

Kanishk Joshi

Manages legal documentation and diligence coordination for acquisitions.

Drafts operating, compliance, and transaction documents

Coordinates diligence materials and document control across deal stages

Builds scalable M&A documentation templates

Senior Legal Analyst Healthcare M&A

Kanishk Joshi

Manages legal documentation and diligence coordination for acquisitions.

Drafts operating, compliance, and transaction documents

Coordinates diligence materials and document control across deal stages

Builds scalable M&A documentation templates

03 Clinical Advisory Board

Physician oversight

Founding Member, Clinical Advisory Board

Dr. James Kelly

Primary physician voice guiding how Verdira evaluates and transitions ophthalmology practices.

Founded Kelly Vision Center, a leading NY refractive practice since 1998

Director of Refractive Surgery Education at Northwell Health

Over 100,000 procedures performed

Founding Member, Clinical Advisory Board

Dr. James Kelly

Primary physician voice guiding how Verdira evaluates and transitions ophthalmology practices.

Founded Kelly Vision Center, a leading NY refractive practice since 1998

Director of Refractive Surgery Education at Northwell Health

Over 100,000 procedures performed

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The Team Behind the Structure

The Team Behind the Structure

The Team Behind the Structure

01

Founders

Founders

Marcus Wendt

Marcus Wendt

Marcus Wendt

Michael Irizarry

Michael Irizarry

Michael Irizarry

Shady Tammam

Shady Tammam

Shady Tammam

The people who answer your first call are the same people who sign at closing. Nobody hands you off.

The people who answer your first call are the same people who sign at closing. Nobody hands you off.

The people who answer your first call are the same people who sign at closing. Nobody hands you off.

02

Senior Team

Senior Team

Uzair Afzal

Uzair Afzal

Uzair Afzal

Paige Szymanski

Paige Szymanski

Paige Szymanski

Kanishk Joshi

Kanishk Joshi

Kanishk Joshi

03

Clinical Advisory Board

Clinical Advisory Board

Dr. James Kelly

Dr. James Kelly

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The people who answer your first call are the same people who sign at closing.
Nobody hands you off.

The people who answer your first call are the same people who sign at closing.
Nobody hands you off.

The people who answer your first call are the same people who sign at closing.
Nobody hands you off.