Meredith Ruble is a Managing Director at Maximus Partners with more than 25 years of experience in financial management, investment banking, strategic planning, and executive leadership. She has worked with venture-backed startups, private equity-supported education companies, and organizations preparing for growth. During her career, she has helped raise more than $150 million in debt and equity through 11 capital rounds and has supported merger and acquisition transactions across several stages of business development. Meredith has built her professional approach around financial analysis, operating discipline, and collaboration with leadership teams. She works with executives, investors, and staff members to help companies improve reporting, strengthen processes, and make better decisions. Her experience includes performance analytics, budgeting, forecasting, operational integration, and KPI development. She has also helped connect finance with business operations so companies can track progress and respond to change. Meredith currently serves at Maximus Partners, where she supports private equity investors and executive teams. Her work draws on fifteen years of investment banking experience and ten years of experience as a chief financial officer. In this role, she helps growth-focused companies improve financial operations, prepare for scale, and manage business priorities. Her career has included work in education, services, technology, and investment banking. Meredith began her career in 1993 at CMS Companies in Philadelphia, where she worked as an Analyst and later as a Senior Analyst. In 2000, she joined Stifel Financial Corporation and advanced through several roles in the Education Group, including Associate, Vice President, Principal, and Managing Director. Her work focused on investment banking transactions involving education operating companies and education technology service businesses. Meredith later served as Corporate Development Advisor and Chief Financial Officer at Noodle Partners PBC in New York. She supported capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, investor relations, and strategic planning. During her time there, she helped guide a business shift from managing third-party vendors to providing broader services to universities. The company grew revenue from $1 million to more than $90 million, completed four acquisitions, and raised $120 million through debt and equity rounds.