Guy Barudin is a Director at Chardan Capital Markets providing capital raising and M&A advisory support to emerging growth companies with an emphasis on SPAC transactions. Chardan led and advised more than 170 SPAC IPOs and mergers with more than $38 billion in transaction value since the firm was founded in 2003. Prior to joining Chardan, Mr. Barudin was Managing Director at Terrapin Partners, a private equity investment firm and SPAC sponsor where he was Chief Operating Officer of several Terrapin-sponsored SPACs and worked to close two SPAC business combinations with combined transaction value exceeding $2 billion. Prior to Terrapin, Mr. Barudin held business development positions at Medco Health Solutions and MasterCard International where he focused on strategic alliances and M&A in the pharmacy, healthcare information technology, and payments industries. Prior to Mastercard, managed corporate development, finance, product management, and M&A in venture-backed technology companies serving the energy and industrial controls industries.