Matthew Brakora

Background

About Matthew Brakora

Corporate development and strategy executive with a track record leading M&A, restructuring, and growth across technology, industrials, and services. Experienced in complex acquisitions, capital raises, and turnarounds—partnering with CEOs, boards, lenders, and investors to scale businesses and unlock value. Dual-track background across Corporate Development and Chief of Staff roles in both high-growth, PE-backed environments and distressed special situations. Proven ability to align strategy with execution, drive integration and synergy capture, and lead financial and operational transformations. Recent highlights include leading strategic acquisitions and post-merger integration in environmental services, and spearheading the turnaround of a distressed machine learning company—restructuring operations, revamping GTM, and repositioning the business as a scalable AI platform. Focused on building operational leverage, organizational clarity, and durable enterprise value across growth and special situation environments.