Role

Solange Velazquez is a Managing Director in Technology focused on transportation. She joined the firm in 2024.

Experience

Solange brings to Solomon significant experience from her previous position as Managing Director in the Technology Investment Banking group at William Blair & Company, where she spent 12 years advising clients on M&A transactions. She is focused on the transportation technology subsector, and most recently led her prior firm’s coverage effort.

As a result of her deep market expertise and strong relationships with key investors and clients, she was selected as one of the “2023 Most Influential Women in Mid-Market M&A” by Mergers & Acquisitions magazine. Throughout her career, Solange has been a key deal team member in 30+ transactions and created over $20 billion of value for her clients.

Select transaction experience includes:

  • Sell-side co-advisor to Spireon and Greenbrier in transaction to Solera
  • Sell-side advisor to Businessolver and Warburg Pincus in transaction to Stone Point Capital
  • Buy-side advisor to CVC in GlobalTranz merger with Worldwide Express
  • Sell-side advisor to Transflo and Carousel Capital in sale to TrueWind Capital
  • Sell-side advisor to OEConnection, a Ford and GM joint venture, in a sale to Providence Equity
  • Sell-side advisor to T2 Systems, a Pamlico Capital portfolio company, in connection with its sale to Thoma Bravo

Solange began her career at Genworth Financial (formerly GE Financial) as a senior finance analyst and in their Finance Leadership Development Program.

Education

Solange holds an MBA with concentrations in Finance, Accounting, and International Business from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance and a second major in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.