PALADIN CMS

About Us

Paladin CMS is an internationally-connected, boutique M&A and business advisory firm. We understand how skilled people working with proven methods and the latest technology can realize greater value through financial efficiency to companies operating in the lower-middle market. Since 1990, Paladin CMS has served an extensive and diverse corporate clientele ranging from green-field start-ups to established $100+ million companies. We believe that business is first about people, then about numbers and, strategic value before financial value. Our methods follow stringent standards of integrity, confidentiality and professionalism. Our team possesses significant multi-disciplinary business skills, experience and esteemed credentials. Paladin means to "champion a worthy cause". Helping our clients realize the value in their businesses is our purpose.

Calvin Hughes is the founder of Paladin CMS and for the last 20 years has actively served as its President. Since 1979, his career has developed through the financial, valuation and management consulting industries honing his skills with people and analytics. His direct leading roles include: sell- & buy-side intermediator, negotiator, mergers analyst, trusted advisor, governance educator, exit and transition planner, employee share ownership planner/facilitator, corporate finance advisor, promoter, marketing & feasibility analyst, professional valuator, manager, principal owner, corporate & value development facilitator, strategist & business planner, financial modeler, management consultant, coach, teacher, husband and father. Through serving hundreds of micro to middle-market clients, his field experience spans a vast array of industry sectors, including: manufacturing, distribution, services, construction, real estate, high technology, environmental, engineering, energy, mining, logistics, communications, health servcies, retail and wholesale. He is known for his honest, straightforward and insightful approach to relationships and business dealings in pursuit of addressing often difficult, real world challenges facing businesses today.

Calvin's professional credentials and affiliations include:

CM&AA - Certified Merger and Acquisition Advisor, Alliance of Mergers & Acquisitions Advisors.
CMC - Certified Management Consultant, Canadian Association of Certified Management Consultants.
MBA - Masters of Business Administration, University of Calgary.
BA - Bachelor of Arts (University of Manitoba).
Broker, Real Estate Council of Alberta, Paladin Group CMS.
Management Consultant - Business Development Bank of Canada.
MAI - Member Appraisal Institute (USA)(retired).
Accredited Appraiser Canadian Institute (retired).
Accredited Member - Broker Service Network Inc.

Stephen Gyorgy is a valuation analyst and management consultant with an emphasis on planning, marketing, valuations and strategy.

Mr. Gyorgy’s education includes a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) from the University of Calgary, and a Master of Business Administration (strategy and marketing strategy) from Queens University. His professional experience, prior to consulting, includes being a partner in a multi-million dollar national sporting goods distributor, and commercial lending experience in term and subordinated debt.

He has provided consulting services on the subjects of planning, management, business valuation, and marketing strategy. This includes developing lender-ready, and investor-ready, business plans. Clients include firms in financial services, oil and gas services, retail, tourism, manufacturing, and start-ups. Stephen enjoys working with small to medium size businesses. Beyond this he is involved with the community and is currently a volunteer management consultant with Centrepoint in Calgary, Alberta.

Craig Tennock is a business advisor and M&A intermediary with 25 years experience at management, director and principal shareholder levels.

Specialized areas include advice-management-forensics on a contract or stakeholder basis with regard to finances, financial management, buyouts, capitalization issues, sales, growth strategies and business plans. His business contacts with executives in transportation, engineering, environmental technology, construction, manufacturing, high-tech, wireless, pulp & paper, lumber, sport & leisure and government span USA, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Central America, Asia and China.

Prior to 2005, Craig held the position of CEO/President at SFE Global, a field service environmental engineering company with offices in Canada and the United States, which he founded in 1990. The company specializes in environmental monitoring, engineering studies and infrastructure assessments and improvements. Throughout his tenure SFE Global enjoyed majority market share, double-digit, average-annual growth thru 15 years of business.