Ardis Tabb, Director

Role at Baird

Ardis Tabb is a Director in Baird’s Global Technology & Services Investment Banking Group with a focus on the Infrastructure and Environmental Services sectors within our Facility, Industrial, Residential and Environmental Services (FIRE) practice. View our recent FIRE transactions.

Professional Experience & Education

Ardis has partnered with publicly traded companies, private companies and private equity firms across a range of financial transactions including M&A, public debt and equity offerings and private placements. Representative transactions include the sale of Helix Traffic Solutions to Nonantum Capital Partners; the sale of RailWorks to Bernhard Capital Partners; the sale of Lone Star Disposal to Waste Connections; the sale of Frontier Waste to Concentric Equity Partners and Summer Street; and the acquisition of Curtis Bay Medical Waste Services by Aurora Capital Partners.

Prior to joining Baird in 2019, Ardis worked as a Vice President at Piper Jaffray. He also served as the Chief of Staff at Aeris, a telecommunications company. Prior to his operating experience, Ardis worked in the Investment Banking Groups of Baird and Houlihan Lokey.

Ardis received a bachelor’s degree in business and finance from the University of Southern California and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Outside the Office

Ardis is a Board Member of the Horizons For Youth and was previously a Board Member of the Teach for America – Greater Chicago Leadership Circle.