John Lanza joined Baird in 2000 and has extensive experience in executing mergers, acquisitions and capital raising transactions. John spent his first year in Baird’s Investing Banking Group and then labored as an analyst in the Equity Research Department. He rejoined funding banking in 2003 at which period he founded the Industrial Services follow to capitalize on the growing interest in construction, engineering, infrastructure and environmental providers industries. John maintains an active dialogue with a broad group of companies firms and is the primary relationship banker for Andy Wittmann’s Industrial Services protection universe. John’s experience also consists of 5 years as an auditor with Deloitte & Touche where he ultimately reached the extent of manager. He earned an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business Administration.