Vadim Tsysin

Managing Director
20+ years of experience in performance improvement and synergy assessment
PEPI Sell-side and Education Lead
​​​​​​​Executed 100+ transactions with values up to $16 billion
Chicago
@alvarezmarsal
LinkedIn
Copied!
Vadim Tsysin is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Private Equity Performance Improvement Group in Chicago. He is the Education and Sell-side Lead and specializes in performance improvement, carve-out and TSA advisory and operational due diligence, as well as overall M&A and capital markets advisory.

With over 20 years of experience, Mr. Tsysin has executed 100+ transactions ranging from $1.2 million to $16 billion. He has substantial cross-border deal experience, having executed deals in Brazil, Mexico, Russia, the U.K. and Australia. His engagements center around merger advisory, integration execution, carve-out execution, pre-acquisition synergy assessments, operational due diligence, and integration and separation planning.

Mr. Tsysin has extensive experience working with education clients. His notable EdTech engagements include advising Leeds Equity Advisor on the sale and performance improvement plan of Campus Management Corp and Edcentric; handling buy-side synergy assessment for Edmentum’s acquisition of Apex Learning; and doing buy-side due diligence for San Joaquin Valley College and the Meritas group of private K-12 school in the U.S., Europe and Asia.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Tsysin spent six years with DeVry Education Group in Chicago, serving most recently as Head of M&A, Integration and Capital Markets. He directed corporate M&A related activities, worked with the Senior Leadership Team on strategy initiatives and co-led operational assignments.

Previously, Mr. Tsysin worked with Bank of America Merrill Lynch as an Investment Banker, focusing on corporate finance and capital markets advisory in the packaging industry. Before that, he served as an M&A Consultant in the post-merger integration practice of Deloitte Consulting LLP.

Mr. Tsysin earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance from Roosevelt University and a MBA (with distinction) from the University of Michigan Ross School of business. He is a licensed CPA in Illinois and holds Series 7 & 63 designations. Mr. Tsysin is fluent in Russian.

Insights By This Professional

A global ed-tech company sought to optimize its marketing strategy and reduce inefficiencies in their ad spend. A&MPLIFY helped develop a more effective measurement framework, delivering $12M–$16M in savings and aligning the organization around a unified marketing approach.
A&M Private Equity Performance Improvement Managing Director Vadim Tsysin recognized by The Consulting Report as one of the Top 25 Education Consultants and Leaders of 2024.
As an estimated 25 million students pursued higher education at domestic institutions this past fall, the U.S. Department of Education formalized its most recent set of rules and regulations aimed at protecting students from what it considers to be low-performing educational programs.
Higher education in the United States is at a critical juncture. The ballooning cost of a four-year degree, record student loan debt and the income disparity among various disciplines and those who pursue them are all unsustainable and a potential drag on the nation’s global competitiveness as well as a wake-up call for educational institutions.
Latest insights The latest insights from Vadim Tsysin's team
Thought Leadership
Discover the state of infrastructure investment, as uncertain markets adjust to higher interest rates and cost of capital, and supply chain disruptions.
Contact me
FOLLOW & CONNECT WITH A&M