Andy Garza
- Buy-Side M&A Analyst
- Calder Capital
School Information
School: GVSU
College Major: Business
Years at College Works: 2024
Career Information
Working For: Calder Capital
Title: Buy-Side M&A Analyst
Industry: Banking
Brief Description of Duties / Responsibilities:
Contacting with clients and determining their needs. Contacting business owners to see if they are interested in selling. Selling business owners on selling their company. Building presentation material. Building financial models. Writing IOI’s and LOI’s.
What Has Been Your Proudest Accomplishment Post-CWP?Joining my dream career.
College Works Career Impact
In one sentence, what has CW meant to you?
College Works Painting taught me a lot about hard work, time management, and selling.
How did your CW experience impact your career? Immediately after graduation? Now?
My College Works Painting experience got me an internship which led to more internships.
What do you want to tell your clients about what it meant to work with them and how it has helped you get to where you are today?
Bill was my favorite and he pushed me to keep going and was the house that righted the ship.
What was the greatest lesson you learned from your CW experience?
The greatest lesson I learned from College Works Painting was time management.
If you had to come up with a one line slogan for CW, what would it be?
Work hard, play hard,
Advice
What advice do you have for potential CW participants? Current CW participants?
Work as hard as you can with the expectation of learning.
Many college students struggle to choose between an internship specific to their target industry or doing CW. What advice would you give them on this subject if they wanted to enter your career field?
College Works Painting will prepare you for that internship but networking will get you that internship.
What’s your best advice for someone interested in entering your career field?
Learn your technicals early and network network network.
What’s your favorite memory from CW?
Playing kickball at the camping retreat.