Leadership Team
Learn more about BaseRock’s leadership team. Our team is composed of industry leaders with decades of experience serving the engineering & construction industry.
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Meet the team
Dustin Bass
Co-Founder & Partner
Matthew Drake
Co-Founder & Partner
Scott Duncan
Co-Founder & Partner
Dustin Bass – Co-Founder & Partner
A construction industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience serving construction firms in both an operational and advisory capacity. Prior to co-founding BaseRock Partners, Dustin was a managing director at FMI Corporation, where he led the company’s business development efforts and served as management consultant on strategy, operational, and complex projects.
Mr. Bass maintains extensive operational experience, having served as a Vice President at Lathan Company and W.G. Yates Construction where he pursued and procured federal government construction projects in both the United States and internationally.
Dustin serves on the Association of General Contractor’s (AGC) Service and Supply Council, as an advisor to AGC of Colorado’s Board of Directors, and is on the Executive Committee at University of Colorado Boulder’s Construction Engineering Management Advisory Board.
Mr. Bass holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science/Business and a Master of Science in Building Construction from the University of Florida and Master of Business Administration from the University of Mississippi.
Dustin currently resides in Castle Rock, Colorado with his wife Nancy, son Jackson Story, and daughter Lilly Katherine.
Matthew Drake – Co-Founder & Partner
Matt brings nearly two decades of corporate finance advisory experience to BaseRock Partners. Matt has extensive experience in advising middle-market companies in mergers & acquisitions and other internal ownership transitions. Matt is also an industry leader in the structuring and execution of ESOP buyouts. Prior to founding BaseRock Partners, Matt’s experience included leading global financing, strategy, and M&A for a publicly traded renewables firm; leading M&A and ESOP transactions for Prairie Capital; and as a Managing Director at FMI Capital Advisors, where he advised clients on M&A and internal management buyouts as well as leading the company’s ESOP advisory practice.
Matt has completed more than 50 transactions in his career and is a frequent speaker on topics including ownership transfer, mergers and acquisitions, and ESOPs. Matt is a recipient of the 11th Annual Emerging Leaders Award of 2020 presented by The M&A Advisor (formerly known as the M&A Advisor’s 40 Under 40 Award). Mr. Drake is a graduate of the University of Iowa and received his MBA from DePaul University.
Matt currently resides in Kirkwood, Missouri with his wife Kristin, son Nolan, daughter Evelyn and dog Wrigley.
Scott Duncan – Co-Founder & Partner
Scott is a co-founder and partner of BaseRock Partners. Scott brings more than 20 years of financial advisory experience to BaseRock, including 15 focused exclusively on construction and construction materials M&A transactions.
Prior to co-founding BaseRock, Scott was a Managing Director at FMI Capital Advisors, where he co-managed the company’s construction materials group. Prior to FMI, Scott led corporate strategy and mergers and acquisitions for Lafarge North America (now LafargeHolcim) in the Western United States.
Scott’s transaction experience spans all types of construction industry clients, including general building contractors, heavy civil contractors, and a wide variety of specialty contractors. Scott also maintains extensive transaction expertise in construction materials markets (cement, aggregates, ready-mix concrete, hot-mix asphalt, and integrated paving firms).
Mr. Duncan is a frequent speaker at construction industry events on financial trends, mergers and acquisitions activity, valuation, and internal stock transfer planning. He holds a Bachelor of the Arts degree from Denison University and a Masters of Business Administration from the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver
Scott resides in Broomfield, Colorado with his wife Tracey and sons William and Jack.
