Rick Murphy is the founding CEO and Managing Partner of Cogent Growth Partners, LLC. Since the company's inception in 2010, Cogent has closed more than 180 acquisition transactions for our firm's clients in the Technology Service Provider sector across the USA; and still counting. A long-time entrepreneur with deep merger & acquisition experience in the technology space, Rick leads the 12-person Cogent team as we work through the transaction life-cycle, from initial candidate recruiting, due diligence, financial modeling, valuation, deal negotiation and transaction structuring, to the creation and completion of all the transaction documentation required; while always providing thoughtful consultation with the parties on both sides of the table, helping everyone make it through to a successful closing.