Managing Director
Meet David Purinton
MBA, CM&AA
After working in M&A advisory and corporate financial consulting, I was fortunate to co-found Spero Recovery, a provider of drug and alcohol recovery services with over 100 beds in its continuum of residential, outpatient and sober living care. As its CFO, I led the company to significant revenue and margin growth while ensuring it adhered to the strictest principles of integrity and client care. After selling Spero, I remained in leadership with the buyer as its CFO and quickly realized accretion and integration. I earned my MBA with distinction in finance from the University of Denver, but one of the most profound lessons I learned was a real-life realization: the importance of investing in my staff and clients. I learned that the numbers on a spreadsheet represent humans, families and dreams, which was a radically different paradigm from investment banking.
At VERTESS, I am a Managing Director providing M&A and consulting services to the behavioral health, substance use disorder treatment and other verticals, where I bring a foundation of financial expertise with the value-add of humanness and care for the business owners I am honored to represent.
