Dena Jalbert leverages nearly 20 years’ success in building, scaling, and buying and selling businesses to accomplish her clients’ goals. Holding a CPA and an MBA, her career experience spans many years in the “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, Jalbert has facilitated nearly $2 billion of buy- and sell-side transactions, including acquisitions involving companies such as Visa, Bank of America, Hewlett Packard, and Google. She 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 and Entrepreneur. Align was named the best mid-market M&A consultancy in the Southeast in 2019.