Martin Podorsky
Director

Martin Podorsky is a financial and operational turnaround / value creation professional with over twenty years of experience partnering with operators, sponsors, hedge funds, and venture capital firms to provide innovative management consulting, strategy, and flexible financing solutions. Core competencies include leveraged finance, capital markets, M&A, corporate finance, credit analysis, deal origination, and execution.

Prior to partnering with Blackthorn Strategic Advisors, Martin was co-head of Flexport Capital, a technology supply chain and logistics company, where he led an international team of professionals across the sales, underwriting, portfolio management, and operations divisions servicing enterprise and high-growth SMB companies. In addition to managing the day-to-day operations and risk management of the division, Mr. Podorsky was also responsible for cross-functional treasury and capital market activities of the firm.

Mr. Podorsky was a lead underwriter at LBC Credit Partners, a direct lending private credit firm. While at LBC, he performed extensive financial analysis, due diligence, structuring, industry research, and drafting of credit agreements for lower middle market private credit and equity investments.

Mr. Podorsky managed a multi-billion global fixed income hedge fund within the treasury division of Google. He oversaw over 100 investment grade fixed-income positions and was responsible for generating macro portfolio positioning, yield curve posturing, and trading ideas to maximize alpha generation. Additionally, Mr. Podorsky held various buy and sell side positions within investment banks and hedge funds.

Mr. Podorsky earned his Bachelor of Science in Finance from Indiana University – Kelley School of Business and his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is a member of the Leadership Council of the Evans Scholars Foundation.