Lou Brothers is a principal at RSM US LLP, advising private equity investors and corporate acquirers in their information technology, software product, cybersecurity and human resources diligence processes. With a background in corporate enterprise assessment and improvement, Lou works to identify growth capabilities, identify impediments and risks, and structure solutions to remediate issues and enable investment thesis achievement.
Lou brings nearly 20 years of consulting experience in operations and strategy to his role as transaction advisor and national practice leader for operations diligence. He has performed over 500 diligence reviews across nearly every sector of the market. His industry specialties include insurance, industrial manufacturing and e-commerce. Before working in diligence, Lou spent 14 years in strategic planning, operations assessment, digital transformation and operating cost reduction.
He advises acquirers through the buy-side process as well as the sell-side process of the merger and acquisition life cycle. Using an operations-focused view, assessing the processes the company uses to transact business, he layers technology and other lenses to identify capabilities or issues within technology, cybersecurity and human resources that enhance or limit those operations’ functions. He places specific emphasis on helping his clients understand how the technology platform enables differentiation in product or operations, enables future acquisitions to onboard effectively and enables end-customer satisfaction.
He advises clients on immediately post-close, first 100 days, first-year and during-hold improvement opportunities to mitigate issues, realize additional value in achieving new revenue opportunities, reducing operating costs and improving scale efficiency.
At RSM, Lou is responsible for building a high-performing team of advisors who are passionate about helping private equity and corporate clients. He is a member of the firm’s STAR and Pride employee network groups.
Bachelor of Science, management science and information systems, The Pennsylvania State University
Master of Business Administration, strategy and leadership (valedictorian), Stern School of Business, New York University
