Martin DeZell

Portfolio Operations at Platinum Equity

Chicago, Illinois, United States

About

I have over a decade of professional experience across strategic advisory and operating roles helping clients and management team partners solve problems and increase enterprise value. An engineer by training, I began my career in a technical role at a healthcare software company, working with clients to improve clinical workflows and develop business intelligence capabilities. After obtaining my MBA, I spent 7+ years with Bain & Company working across industries and spending my time on three types of work: M&A (both due diligence and post-merger integration), growth strategy, and performance improvement/cost takeout. In my current role at Imperial Capital, I both lead the Value Creation team and work directly with a subset of our portfolio companies as a transformation resource, supporting management in execution of value creation plans. The foundation of my approach lies in structured problem-solving and a collaborative, hands-on approach that helps establish trusting relationships with the teams I support. I also have extensive experience leading and managing teams, with managerial roles at each station of my career.

Experience

  • Portfolio Operations at Platinum Equity
    Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

  • Imperial Capital Limited (Chicago, Illinois, United States)
    • Principal, Value Creation
      Jan 2024 - Sep 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos

    • Director, Value Creation
      Dec 2022 - Jan 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Bain & Company (7 yrs 1 mo)
    • Associate Partner
      Jul 2021 - Oct 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos

    • Senior Manager
      Aug 2018 - Jun 2021 · 2 yrs 11 mos

    • Case Team Leader
      Sep 2017 - Jul 2018 · 11 mos

  • Summer Associate at Bain & Company
    Jun 2014 - Aug 2014 · 3 mos

  • Epic (2 yrs 11 mos)
    • Reporting Coordinator Team Leader
      Apr 2012 - Jul 2013 · 1 yr 4 mos

      • General Management: Managed a team of analytics product managers; monitored performance, workload, customer interactions; received consistent praise from team members for delivering both positive and constructive feedback • Product Development: Improved processes for software development to better incorporate customer feedback; customer adoption increased and KLAS, an external rating agency, noted an improved customer perception of the product line’s direction • Project Management: Coordinated implementations of analytics tools as part of multi-million dollar electronic medical records installs; customers commended me on my patience, judgment, and ability to coordinate groups with differing priorities • Strategic Planning: Worked with customer leadership to form vision and plan for improved use of Epic’s software to drive organizational change

    • Reporting Coordinator
      Jun 2011 - Apr 2012 · 11 mos

      • Data Analysis: Led customers in use of Epic’s analytics tools to improve patient care and increase revenue; customers were able to save, in some cases, millions of dollars through the use of Epic’s analytics tools • Public Speaking: Presented product enhancements to large customer and internal audiences both in person and via regular webcast; customer attendance continually increased from roughly 300 to over 400 monthly viewers of the primary webcast I owned • Process Improvement: Improved internal documentation and training for employees to increase knowledge of analytics tools • Customer Relationship Management: Frequently worked with escalated customers to identify key issues and reach resolution quickly

    • Technical Services Engineer
      Sep 2010 - Jun 2011 · 10 mos

      • Technical acuity: Understood languages used to develop software; customers complimented my ability to explain difficult technical concepts in a simple manner in teaching them to support the tools on their own • Prioritization: Managed issues across multiple customers and appropriately balanced customer projects and internal initiatives