Brent Lorenz

Brent Lorenz, a Vice President in The McLean Group’s headquarters office, has more than 15 years’ experience driving business development, sales and product management for such high technology companies as Texas Instruments, IBM and venture capital-funded startups. He focuses on M&A for embedded software firms and semiconductor manufacturers and specializes in smart phone, mobile consumer device, and enterprise telephony markets. Specifically, he targets firms developing products centered around technologies such as VoIP, Video software, DSP software, code development tools, graphical user interface (GUI) tools, and device management software.

At Texas Instruments, Mr. Lorenz managed a $50 million product line for semiconductor processors and software used in IP phones at top infrastructure original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide, in addition to spending several years in sales and business development. He worked with such market leaders as Cisco, Avaya and Ericsson, with global responsibility for customers primarily in North America, Western Europe and Asia.

Mr. Lorenz partnered with Telogy Networks’ and Texas Instruments’ sales teams prior to Texas Instruments’ acquisition of Telogy for approximately $500 million in 1999. He continued to work in the Telogy division post-acquisition. Mr. Lorenz also has a long history working with embedded software firms including Wind River (acquired by Intel) and Trinity Convergence (acquired by Maxim and Freescale).

Prior to joining The McLean Group, Mr. Lorenz acquired, operated and successfully sold a General Nutrition Center retail franchise business. He also has held sales roles calling on such US Federal government agencies as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Defense (DoD).

Mr. Lorenz holds an MBA from the University of Maryland with a concentration in entrepreneurship, and a BS in electrical engineering from Kansas State University.

Professional Credentials

• FINRA Registered Representative (Series 63, 79)