Dena Jalbert leverages nearly 20 years of success in building, scaling, and buying and selling businesses to accomplish her clients’ goals. A CPA and MBA, her career experience spans many years in “Big 4” public accounting and consulting firms, in addition to holding executive positions with Fortune 500 and hyper-growth middle market companies. As an M&A expert, Dena has facilitated over $3 billion of buy and sell-side transactions, including acquisitions involving companies such as Visa, Bank of America, Hewlett Packard and Google. Dena has been recognized as a leader in her field, earning distinction as a rising star of M&A by M&A Advisor Magazine and one of the top 25 Women in Mid-Market M&A by Mergers & Acquisitions Magazine. She and the firm have been featured in top-tier publications such as Fast Company, Inc, and Entrepreneur, and Align was named the best mid-market M&A consultancy in the Southeast for the past 4 years. ​