Kimberly Valentine-Poska
Ms. Valentine-Poska has served as a director of Iteris since July 2023. Ms. Valentine-Poska has over 30 years of experience in investment banking and financial services, and extensive experience advising technology and software companies.
Currently, she serves as Managing Director for Global Capital Markets, Inc., a global middle-market investment bank with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial restructuring and valuations. She joined the firm in 2017 when she was hired to establish and run the company’s Technology and Healthcare Practices for North America. Prior to that, Ms. Valentine-Poska was Partner and Founder of Valentine Properties, working with investors in the areas of real estate investment and financial services. Previously, Ms. Valentine-Poska worked for Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”), where she served as a Partner and managed the Investment Banking Group in Los Angeles and Orange County, advising technology, software, and real estate companies on mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, and debt and equity financing. Prior to Deloitte, Ms. Valentine-Poska founded her own financial advisory firm, focused on technology and real estate, which she successfully sold after four years.
In 2023, Ms. Valentine-Poska was recognized nationally by Opus Connect as one of the “Top 25 Women in M&A”. Currently, she serves on the Board of Directors of Empire Valuation Consultants, Inc., a New-York-based independent valuation firm, as well as the Advisory Board at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, an interdisciplinary facility for genomics research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Additionally, Ms. Valentine-Poska has served on various nonprofit boards.
Ms. Valentine-Poska has an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. from University of Southern California, where she graduated summa cum laude and Valedictorian.
Key Competencies & Expertise:
• Financial Sophistication
• Growth and Value Creation
• Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets
• Technology
• Sales & Marketing
