Gene A. Wallace - Managing Director

Mr. Wallace is a Managing Director at Barrier Advisors, Inc. with nearly 30 years of investment banking and corporate finance experience. He advises companies on M&A, equity and debt placements, and specialty finance transactions across a broad range of industries.

Prior to joining our firm Mr. Wallace was a Senior Managing Director, Investment Banking-Corporate Finance, in the Capital Markets Division at Commerce Street Capital, LLC. He held a similar position with its predecessor company, SAMCO Capital Markets, Inc. Prior to this he was head of Corporate Finance at Rauscher Pierce Refsnes, now RBC Markets. Prior to Rauscher Pierce Refsnes, he was head of the Dallas Corporate Finance Department for Lehman Brothers.

Representative clients include Texas Instruments, Texas Utilities, Centex, Southwest Airlines, UCCEL, Ken Davis Industries, Intecom, Enterprise Products, L.P., Vintage Petroleum, Clipper Oil and Gas, Doskocil Manufacturing, Rent-A-Center, Belmont Homes, Play-by-Play Toys, NCI Building Systems, Service Drilling and Varel Manufacturing.

Mr. Wallace holds an M.S. and B.S. degree, each from the University of Illinois at Champaign. He served as a navigator with the rank of Captain in the United States Air Force.

PROFESSIONALS

Investment Banking - Corporate Finance - Restructuring - Corporate Performance