Our Foundational Thesis

Keenan McCollom founded Alexander Hunt in 2020 to advise growth and lower middle market companies on M&A, capital raises, and strategic transitions. He brings over a decade of experience in investment banking and corporate finance, including founding and building the internal investment banking practice at NOW CFO, a nationwide fractional CFO and accounting firm. Keenan has advised companies across the full lifecycle, from seed-stage financings through growth equity and M&A, spanning technology, business services, specialty manufacturing, and other sectors. He has worked closely with founders, boards, and investors to structure transactions, position businesses for institutional capital, and navigate complex strategic outcomes. With a background in engineering and entrepreneurship, he applies a data-driven, highly organized approach to transaction execution. Keenan is based in Southern California and enjoys cars, golf, and water sports in his spare time.

​Steve brings decades of entrepreneurship and technology investing experience to advising business leaders. At 23, he founded California Cheap Skates, which became a leading action sports retailer before its acquisition by Foot Locker (Nasdaq: FL). He later joined the founding team of C2B Technologies, an early product search engine acquired by Inktomi (Nasdaq: INKT). Steve co-founded Integrity Partners, and was a founding investor in Baidu (Nasdaq: BIDU), where he served as a Director and supported its landmark IPO. He also co-founded MarketRiders, later acquired by SoGo Financial Group. Recently, Steve served as Managing Partner at Serra Ventures, leading investments across various verticals. Steve has been married to Dr. Sally O’Leary-Beck for over 40 years and is the proud parent of two children and two grandchildren. He is also a passionate athlete enjoying mountain biking, surfing, and skiing around the world.

Seth lends his strategic, interpersonal, and technical know-how to help drive value for Alexander Hunt’s origination process. His experience spans entrepreneurship, venture capital, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, and advisory across various sectors including tech, real estate, transportation, retail, finance, and more. Over the span of his career he’s been involved with a wide range of projects involving SMB, mid-market & enterprise parties, public entities, and institution-sized capital investments. Seth can often be found enjoying snow sports, bicycle sports, hiking, learning, reading, creating, and traveling. 

Alicia brings a diverse and extensive background to Alexander Hunt. With a professional history in law, corporate development, sales & marketing, healthcare, and finance, Alicia provides a creative perspective that benefits our clients and their capital pursuits greatly. At AH, Alicia leverages her experience to guide the capital and growth strategies for our clients. Before joining us, she served as Director of a commercial lending firm, managing a $152MM portfolio and supporting a $50MM RE fund I buildout. Her unique blend of skills fosters innovative and effective financial solutions that our clients highly value. Outside of work, Alicia enjoys traveling, yoga, fly fishing, and helping charitable organizations scale.