Mr. Beam joined American Capital in October 2001 as Director of Financial Due Diligence, Valuations and Portfolio Monitoring (FACT Group) in the Bethesda office. He has more than 18 years of due diligence, finance and accounting experience. Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Beam was the Chief Financial Officer of a venture-backed specialty finance company. Mr. Beam was also the co-founder and executive vice president of a due diligence subsidiary of the healthcare division of Heller Financial, Inc. (formerly Healthcare Financial Partners). While at Heller, he built a team of more than 30 Certified Public Accountants and other finance professionals to perform all accounting and financial due diligence engagements, both pre-loan and recurring engagements, on behalf of Heller's healthcare division. He has supervised, managed and participated in over 400 due diligence engagements throughout his career. Mr. Beam's other experience was partner and founder of a local consulting and accounting firm; he has also worked for several public accounting firms in both the audit and tax departments, including the Washington, DC branch of a former national accounting firm.
Mr. Beam holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Maryland and is a Certified Valuation Analyst and Certified Public Accountant. |