Having joined ACME Business Consulting just over a year ago from Deloitte, David Ehlen has already made a name for himself at the Portland- and Seattle-based firm, putting his extensive M&A experience to use at the helm of ACME's new Transaction Services practice. Under his leadership, ACME has grown to 50 people, and this yea r is positioned to reach a growth target two times larger than last. Ehlen says the recent flurry of activity in the M&A market is continuing this year as confidence in the economy continues to improve. Ehlen says the practice is aggressively staking its claim in the space, and that it could represent 10 to 15 percent of ACME's total revenue in the next few years. Consulting One on One caught up with Ehlen recently.
Consulting: Heading into this year, M&A activity was starting to heat up. Is that a trend continuing so far this year?
