Strategic advice, execution, and support—for every transaction

Tom Roland serves as Highspring’s consulting practices leader, driving strategy and team development to execute Highspring’s solutions for its clients. Highspring prides itself on delivering successful transformation engagements driven by events such as mergers, divestitures, emerging technology, process re-engineering, regulatory changes, and rapid growth or expansion—serving both the largest global companies and hyper-growth organizations creating cutting-edge technologies. 

In his role, Tom works closely with clients, client delivery teams, and Highspring leaders to understand the opportunities and challenges driving client needs. He refines solution delivery approaches and methodologies, incorporating advancements in emerging technologies and AI while seamlessly integrating Highspring’s deep expertise. Tom played a key role in developing Highspring’s proprietary delivery toolkits, built from thousands of successful client engagements, to enhance efficiency, effectiveness, and differentiation in the Highspring impact. 

With over 20 years of client service delivery experience at Highspring and its predecessor companies, Tom is known for his hands-on, action-oriented approach solving new problems with battle-tested solutions. He began his career in public accounting before leading projects at a multinational telecom network company, addressing material weaknesses, transfer pricing, and operational performance challenges. Tom holds a degree in Accountancy from the University of Notre Dame. 

Anil Persad leads Highspring’s New York office and is a recognized accounting advisory leader who specializes in leading IPO and public company readiness transactions, as well as delivering high-quality technical accounting and audit preparation services. Anil is a true collaborator and trusted advisor to his clients, and his specific areas of focus include all things IPO, preparing companies for initial and ongoing financial statement audits, SEC reporting, registration statement preparation, and assisting with complex technical accounting transactions.

Before joining Highspring, Anil spent several years with PwC, most recently within the firm’s National Quality Organization (National office). There, he collaborated with the firm’s clients on transactional matters such as revenue recognition, business combinations, goodwill, long-lived asset impairments, equity and debt instruments, segment reporting, stock-based compensation, carve-out financial statements, SEC comment letter responses, restatements, and interpreting SEC rules and regulations.

Anil has dedicated his time to sharing his expertise with others, having presented at seminars to industry professionals at various CPE events on SEC hot topics, industry trends, and other technical matters. He is also an avid promoter of financial literacy and has worked with various non-profit organizations to educate individuals and groups on financial well-being. Anil earned his B.A. in both accounting and economics from the City University of New York – Queens College and holds a CPA license in New York. 

Jawad Hussain is the Senior Managing Partner and Strategy & Growth Leader for Highspring’s consulting business, overseeing go-to-market execution, strategic planning, and growth initiatives across industries. He also serves as Highspring’s Private Equity Market Leader, specializing in the full M&A lifecycle and partnering with private equity sponsors and portfolio companies to accelerate value creation. His expertise spans finance, technology, and operations, driving transformation across executive functions.  

Before joining Highspring (formerly MorganFranklin Consulting), Jawad worked at CrossCountry Consulting, where he led M&A integration strategies to help clients scale their operations. He holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from George Mason University.