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Malon Wilkus |
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Chairman, Chief Executive Officer |
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Malon Wilkus is the founder, Chairman, and CEO of American Capital, Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACAS). American Capital has $15 billion in capital resources under management and, both directly and through its global asset management business, originates, underwrites and manages investments in middle market private equity, leveraged finance, real estate and structured products. Mr. Wilkus has also been the Chairman of European Capital Limited, a private equity and mezzanine fund, since its formation in 2005. American Capital and its affiliates invest from $5 million to $ 100 million per company in North America and €5 million to €25 million per company in Europe. Mr. Wilkus is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Capital Agency Corp. (Nasdaq: AGNC), a real estate investment trust (REIT) formed in 2008. American Capital Agency invests exclusively in agency securities for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by a U.S. Government agency or a U.S. Government-sponsored entity. Mr. Wilkus is the Chairman of American Capital, LLC, the fund management portfolio company of American Capital, Ltd. He has served on the board of over a dozen middle market companies in various industries. |
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John Erickson |
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President, Structured Finance and Chief Financial Officer |
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John Erickson joined American Capital as Chief Financial Officer in January 1998 and was named President, Structured Products in 2008. Mr. Erickson serves on American Capital’s investment committee and he has more than 25 years of finance and accounting experience in private and public company settings. |
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Gordon O'Brien |
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President, Specialty Finance and Operations |
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Gordon O'Brien joined American Capital in October 1998 as a Principal, was promoted to Managing Director in 2001 and became a member of the Investment Committee in 2002. In July 2008 he was named to his current position. From 1995 to 1998, Mr. O'Brien was Vice President at Pennington Partners & Company, a private equity firm with $90 million under management. There, Mr. O'Brien was responsible for structuring private equity investments, conducting due diligence, negotiating debt agreements and managing portfolio companies. Prior to his tenure at Pennington Partners, Mr. O'Brien worked at Golder, Thoma, Cressey, Rauner, Inc., a private equity firm with $700 million under management and before that at Chemical Bank in Chicago. Before joining Chemical, Mr. O'Brien was co-owner of a door manufacturing company in Australia. Mr. O'Brien has participated in various transactions in the funeral home, food service, institutional pharmacy, logistics and cable and wire industries. Mr. O'Brien holds a graduate degree in business from the University of Chicago and an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business. |
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Ira Wagner |
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President, European Private Finance |
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Ira Wagner initially joined American Capital Ltd. in 1986 and rejoined in October 1997 as a Principal. In May 2001, Mr. Wagner was named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of American Capital and in August 2008 he became President, European Private Finance. In these roles, Mr. Wagner was instrumental in the growth of American Capital from 2001 and also led the development of American Capital’s European private finance platform beginning in 2004, being named President of European Capital Financial Services in 2005. In addition, Mr. Wagner led the development of American Capital’s Syndications Team in New York beginning in 2005, which is responsible for placing senior debt underwritten by American Capital, and managed the CLO platform, also in New York, also beginning in 2005. Before Mr. Wagner rejoined American Capital in 1997 he was a Senior Vice President at MONY Capital Markets, a specialty investment banking firm in which he was responsible for arranging financing for numerous companies primarily in the food and natural resources industries. Prior to earning his M.B.A. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1985, Mr. Wagner was the co-founder of a business which distributed imported auto parts in western New England from 1975 through 1982. |
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Samuel A. Flax |
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Executive Vice President and General Counsel |
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Samuel A. Flax joined American Capital in January, 2005, as its Executive Vice President and General Counsel. He also serves as the company's corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer. Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Flax was a senior partner in the corporate and securities practice group of the Washington, D.C. law firm of Arnold & Porter LLP. At Arnold & Porter, Mr. Flax was American Capital's principal external counsel since before the company's 1997 initial public offering. As outside counsel, Mr. Flax represented American Capital in raising more than $4.5 billion in debt and equity capital, advised the company on corporate, securities and other legal matters and represented the company in many of its investment transactions. At Arnold & Porter, Mr. Flax also represented a variety of other clients in a broad range of corporate and transactional matters including mergers and acquisitions, restructurings of sovereign and other debt, real estate investments and bankruptcy matters. Mr. Flax joined Arnold & Porter in 1985 and became a partner in 1990. He is a graduate of the Washington & Lee University School of Law, where he was an editor of the Law Review, and received his undergraduate degree in industrial engineering from Georgia Tech. Following graduation from law school, he was a law clerk for the Hon. H. Emory Widener, Jr., of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. |
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Jon Isaacson |
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Managing Director, Buyouts |
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Mr. Isaacson joined American Capital as a Principal in 2002 and was promoted to Managing Director in 2005. He is a rotating member of the firm’s Investment Committee and leads the Mid-Atlantic and New England buyout coverage practice. Jon was previously with Thayer Capital Partners, a Washington D.C. based private equity firm where he worked as a Managing Director focusing on outsourced business services investments and was a member of the firm's Investment Committee. Mr. Isaacson joined Thayer from GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC, a Chicago-based private equity firm. Previous to GTCR, Mr. Isaacson was a Financial Analyst for Morgan Stanley & Co. and a Management Consultant for McKinsey & Co. Jon has extensive experience and expertise investing in business process outsourcing (BPO), information technology services, installed base software, distribution and logistics, transaction processing, healthcare services, education and training and marketing services companies. Previously, he has served on the Board of Directors for Vigilinx, Inc., Primary Multicraft, Inc., RoadRunner Freight Systems, Montana Silversmiths, Inc., Astrodyne Corporation, Renaissance Interactive and Western Wats, Inc. Currently, he serves on the Board of Directors for Affordable Care, Inc., Marina Medical Billing Service, Inc., Financial Asset Management Systems, Inc. and Contec, LLC. He is also an observer on the Board of Directors for Compusearch Software Systems, Inc. and RoadRunner Freight Systems and formerly was an observer at WIL Research Laboratories and Beacon Hospice. Mr. Isaacson received his Master of Business Administration from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from The Johns Hopkins University. |
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Sean Eagle |
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Principal, Buyouts |
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Sean Eagle joined American Capital, Ltd. in April 2001 in the Bethesda, MD office. He began his career as an audit associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Deloitte & Touche, focusing on the financial services industry. He subsequently joined ePlus, a provider of Internet-based, business-to-business supply chain management solutions, as a business analyst. Upon graduating from business school, Mr. Eagle worked as an associate in the Financial Institutions Group of Goldman Sachs. Mr. Eagle received an M.B.A. in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Palmer Scholar. He received a Bachelor of Science in Commerce, with distinction, from the McIntire School of the University of Virginia. |
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Eugene Krichevsky |
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Principal, Buyouts |
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Eugene Krichevsky joined American Capital in May 2003 as an Associate in the Bethesda office. Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Krichevsky was an Associate at Willis Stein & Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm with approximately $3 billion of capital under management. Mr. Krichevsky began his career in the Investment Banking Division at BT Alex. Brown, where he focused on consumer and business services clients. Mr. Krichevsky received an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Palmer Scholar. He received a BS in Commerce from the McIntire School of the University of Virginia. |
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Sean Reid |
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Vice President, Buyouts |
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Sean Reid joined American Capital in 2005 and is currently a Vice President in the Bethesda office. Prior to joining the Bethesda Buyouts team, Mr. Reid was an Assistant General Counsel with American Capital’s in-house legal team. Mr. Reid was previously an Associate in the Corporate & Securities practice group of Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C., where his practice focused on structured finance and secured lending transactions, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance issues. Mr. Reid received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and an editor of the Virginia Law Review, and his B.B.A. in Accounting from The College of William and Mary. |
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Justin DuFour |
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Vice President, Buyouts |
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Justin DuFour joined American Capital in 2001 and is currently a Vice President in the Washington D.C. office. Prior to joining the Washington D.C. Buyouts team, Mr. DuFour worked directly for the firm’s Investment Committee, evaluating investment opportunities and managing the firm’s due diligence process. He began his tenure with American Capital as a Senior Manager for the Financial Analysis and Compliance Team (FACT). Mr. DuFour started his career with the Washington D.C. office of KPMG LLP. He received a Bachelor in Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame. Mr. DuFour currently serves on the Board of Directors for Avalon Laboratories, LLC and as an observer for Affordable Care, Inc., WRH Holdings, Inc, and CIBT Holdings, Inc. |
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Scott Kauffman |
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Vice President, Buyouts |
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Scott Kauffman rejoined American Capital in 2008 after completing business school. Previously, Mr. Kauffman was an Associate at American Capital, where he was responsible for executing buyout and leveraged finance transactions. Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Kauffman was an Analyst in the Investment Banking group of BB&T Capital Markets. At BB&T, Mr. Kauffman worked on mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt financings, and financial advisory for middle market companies, primarily in the transportation and logistics industry. Mr. Kauffman currently serves on the Board of Directors for Core Financial Group and Sixnet LLC. Mr. Kauffman received an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a BS in Business Administration, magna cum laude, from the University of Richmond. |
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Bret Bero |
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Principal, Operations Team |
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Bret Bero joined American Capital, Ltd. in May 2007, and is a Principal on the Operations Team. Bret has served as the Interim CEO of American Capital portfolio companies, and currently serves on the boards of CMX, CORE Financial Group, Resort Funding, and Test America. Prior to joining American Capital, Bret was the President, North America for Drake Beam Morin (DBM), a leading global provider of career transition services. Bret was recruited to lead the turnaround of DBM’s North American business that generated over $75 million in revenues from its 80 offices and 950 employees. Prior to DBM, Bret and a partner founded ECHO Industries, Inc. to acquire the assets of a metal forming manufacturing company in a leverage buy-out. Bret has over 17 years of increasing leadership roles in world class consulting firms. As a Partner at Accenture, he was the operations lead for the Human Performance service line, and developed the Organization Strategy service offering. Bret was a Vice President and led multi-discipline project teams in addressing Business Process Reengineering, business strategy, and organization change issues for clients in the Diversified Industries/Diversified Services industry group at Gemini Consulting. While he was with Price Waterhouse, Bret addressed client cost management and financial effectiveness issues. His clients have included firms such as Marriott, Highmark BlueCross/BlueShield of Western PA, Ferguson Enterprises, Bausch & Lomb, National Services Industries, Lanier, Oldsmobile, Tupperware, Harry & David, KeyCorp, New York Life, and International Thomson. Bret began his professional career as a manufacturing cost analyst with Digital Equipment Corporation. Bret holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and an AB in Economics and Political Science from Middlebury College. He resides in Carlisle, Massachusetts. |
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Robert N. Brooks |
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Principal, Operations Team |
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Bob Brooks came to American Capital from Handy and Harman, a $500MM subsidiary of WHX Corporation, in May 2004. While at H&H, Bob served as a Corporate Officer and Group Vice President for several of the Company’s divisions, including their Precious Metal Fabrication Group, Speciality Wire Group, and Continental Industries Business Group. He also served as VP of Strategy and Development for the Company. Prior to WHX, Bob was a Corporate Officer and VP Manufacturing for General Signal Corporation, a $2.2B diversified industrial products company. He was responsible for operational due diligence and integration of the corporation's "bolt on" acquisition program, as well as for corporate-wide productivity and continuous improvement. Before the GSX corporate role, Bob served in GM, and SVP roles in multiple strategic business units where he was directly responsible for Operations, R&D, Global Supply Chain Operations (PRC, India, Eastern Europe and Mexico), and SBU and Group P&L performance. Prior to joining GSX, Bob worked for Union Carbide Corporation. He also served with the US Army Corp. of Engineers. Bob received his BS degree from the University of Maine and lives in the small coastal community of Stockton Springs, Maine. |
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Bill Byers |
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Principal, Operations Team |
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Bill Byers joined American Capital in January 2007. He has more than five years of CFO experience with private equity owned companies operating in a distressed environment. Prior to joining American Capital, Bill served as the CFO of Flexi Mat, a portfolio company of American Capital; LaDove, a hair and skin care manufacturer with $22M in sales worldwide; and The Cambridge Food Group, a specialty manufacturer of smoked fish products. Prior to that, Bill served in a variety of senior financial positions with Tropicana Products, Inc over a 12 year tenure. During his time with Tropicana Bill managed many assignments including redesigning the North American business planning processes, several reengineering projects and also played an integral part in the development of their International business. Bill holds a B.S. in Accounting from Northern Illinois University and an M.S. in Accounting from Roosevelt University. He and his family currently reside in Sarasota, FL. |
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Wil Garland |
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Principal, Operations Team |
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Wil Garland joined American Capital in January 2009. Prior to joining American Capital, Wil held the position of Group President of Cannon Solutions, a division of IMI, plc—one of Europe's largest engineering firms. Wil returned the division to acceptable rates of growth and profitability by winning new business, more efficient sourcing and targeted pricing. Wil was responsible for increasing operating profits 42.5% and company Cash Flow from $11.8MM to $18.4MM. Wil has held several CEO positions at firms such as American IronHorse Motorcycle, Inc., ADS CORP, a division of Axel Johnson, Inc., and DIAM International. Prior to 1999, Wil worked as President for the USA division of Pentland Group, a sporting goods, footwear and apparel business based in London, UK. Wil started his career in sales, marketing, and general management with Procter & Gamble in 1983 including assignments in the Arabian Peninsula, Scandinavia, and Turkey. Wil received his bachelor's degree from University of Tennessee. He currently resides outside of Nashville, TN. |
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Alex Grau |
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Vice President, Operations Team |
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Alex Grau joined American Capital, Ltd. in September 2006 as an Associate on the Operations Team and was promoted to Vice President in January 2008. His responsibilities include financial and operational analysis in support of the restructuring, growth, and exit strategies of various portfolio companies. He currently works with Piper Aircraft and Warner Power, among other American Capital portfolio companies, and recently helped to complete the exit and wind up of Logistics Express. Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Grau held positions at Miller Buckfire, a restructuring investment bank, Strategic Pricing Group (acquired by Monitor Group), a pricing and marketing strategy consultancy, Nextera Enterprises’ Technology Solutions Group, a technology strategy consultancy and Wells Fargo Investigative Services (acquired by Securitas AB), an information and security services company. Mr. Grau holds an MBA in Finance and Accounting from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Joseph Wharton Fellow and a Citibank Leadership Fellow, and a BS in Foreign Service from The Walsh School at Georgetown University. He played four years of Division I-AA football at Georgetown and then three years of semi-pro football in the N.E.F.L. |
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Eric Hynes |
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Vice President, Operations Team |
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Eric Hynes joined American Capital in January 2006 as a Senior Manager in the FACT group and joined the Operations team in October 2008. Mr. Hynes has over 20 years of experience in financial management and accounting positions in primarily high technology manufacturing operations. Prior to joining American Capital, Ltd, Mr. Hynes was the Vice President of Finance of Wolfe Engineering, a $100 million supplier of semiconductor capital equipment. Before this position, Mr. Hynes has held financial positions at Plantronics, Silicon Valley Group, Adaptec and several venture capital backed technology start-ups. Mr. Hynes holds a BS in Finance from Santa Clara University and an MBA in Finance from San Jose State University. |
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Mike Michienzi |
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Principal, Operations Team |
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Mike Michienzi joined American Capital in December 2005. Prior to joining ACAS, Mike held the position of President Household Products Division of Applica Inc, a $600MM manufacturer of Black and Decker appliances, Belson professional personal care products and Littermaid pet products. Mike was responsible for sales, marketing, new product development, supply chain operations as well as their Mexican and Chinese based manufacturing plants. His primary responsibilities while in this role focused on the management of the consumer products business while restructuring the company from a manufacturing base to a third party sourcing operation. This restructuring included the sale of their manufacturing plants in China and Mexico. Mike was associated with the Black and Decker brand since 1987 and held various positions in both the appliance and power tool divisions. Prior to joining Black and Decker, he worked as a marketing manager for the AC Nielsen Division of Dunn and Bradstreet in market research, developing consultative packages for consumer products companies in North America. Mike started his career in sales and marketing with Kraft General Foods in 1978 where he worked for both the Maxwell House Coffee and Oscar Mayer divisions. Mike received his bachelor's degree in Education from the State University College at Buffalo. He currently resides in Parkland, Florida. |
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Thomas Nathanson |
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Principal, Operations Team |
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Tom Nathanson joined American Capital in November 2005. Prior to joining American Capital, Tom was the President and COO at NutraMax Products Incorporated, a privately-held $125 Million nutraceutical and consumer products company. In this role he started a plant in China, distributed over 2,000 items and grew sales +30% and EBITDA +300% over two years. Before joining NutraMax, Tom was a Manufacturing and Technology executive with American Tack and Hardware, Hartz Mountain Corporation and First Brands Corporation. He started his career at First Brands as a Process Engineer. Tom is an instructor for Lean Management. Tom received a BSEE from Stevens Institute of Technology. Tom lives in Ramsey, New Jersey. |
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John Rhoades |
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Vice President, Operations Team |
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John Rhoades joined American Capital in April 2006. Before joining American Capital, John worked as a Consulting Engineer for Sebesta Blomberg & Associates where he provided engineering and management consulting services to industrial, municipal, and institutional clients. John served as Vice President & General Manager at NutraMax, where he managed the Cough & Cold Division and major business expansion projects. John held various positions at Kraft Foods including Project Engineer, Regional Project Manager, Manufacturing Manager and Business Unit Manager from 1988 through 2002. John holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering with an area minor in Psychology from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. John is based in Thorntown, Indiana. |
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Steve Stubitz |
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Principal, Operations Team |
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Steve Stubitz joined American Capital, Ltd. in 2007. Steve currently serves on the board of directors of Affordable Care, Aptara, Inc., CIBT Holdings, Inc, Marina Medical Billing Service, triVIN, Inc., and WIL Research Laboratories. Previously, Steve was the Vice President and General Manager for Hewlett Packard’s Business Process Outsourcing group, a $350M+ subsidiary of HP Outsourced Services. Steve led the development of this enterprise from start up through the rapid acquisition of Fortune 500 clients and organic growth to over 12,000 professionals in three years, building it into one of the top BPO businesses serving the Fortune 500. Steve was recognized in 2007 as one of the superstars of the Business Process Outsourcing industry by Finance and Accounting Outsourcing magazine. Steve is a veteran of the technology and outsourcing industry and is an expert in leveraging off-shore and near-shore models in India, China, Eastern Europe, Central and South America to deliver operational improvements for services companies. Steve has extensive experience building and leading I/T enabled services companies. Prior to HP, Steve was at Keane for six years and at IBM Global Services for ten years leading outsourcing businesses in I/T, Application Outsourcing and BPO. Steve holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BS and MS in Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering from the University of Illinois-Champaign. Steve lives in Barrington, Illinois. |
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Jennifer Vaughn |
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Principal, Operations Team |
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Jennifer Vaughn joined American Capital in November 2005. Prior to joining American Capital, Jennifer held the position as Vice President of Operations for Thermo King Americas, an Ingersoll-Rand company. Jennifer’s initial assignment for Ingersoll-Rand, a 12 billion dollar diversified industrial company, was Vice President of Supply Chain for the Climate Control Technologies group. In this assignment, she was responsible for leveraging a spend of 2 billion dollars within the 28 global operations of Climate Control. Additional responsibilities included restructuring the sourcing organization to include Centers of Excellence for major commodities and establishing a purchasing office in Asia Pacific. Before joining Ingersoll-Rand, Jennifer held the position of Global Purchasing Director for an automotive company, TRW Inc. She started her career in operations and supply chain at Briggs and Stratton Corporation, a Milwaukee based engine manufacturer. Jennifer holds an MBA, and a B.S. degree in Manufacturing Engineering from Murray State University. She and her family live in Lakeville, Minnesota. |
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Derek Walton |
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Vice President, Operations Team |
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Derek Walton joined American Capital in December 2006. Prior to joining American Capital, Derek was Regional Sourcing Director for the Climate Control sector of Ingersoll-Rand, a $10B diversified industrial company. In this role, Derek had functional responsibility for all Climate Control locations within the U.S., Puerto Rico, Brazil and Mexico. Additionally, his responsibilities included the development of strategies and continuous improvement initiatives globally to drive cost performance and meet financial targets for the sector. Prior to that assignment, Derek held several positions of increasing responsibility during his 15 year tenure at Ingersoll-Rand including working for corporate Ingersoll-Rand on a team to re-engineer the global sourcing and supply chain function. He held key corporate positions on both the Castings and Metals/Fabrications Centers of Excellence driving savings in excess of $70M. He also sat on the Board of Directors for the Ingersoll-Rand Credit Union from 1998-2000. Derek holds a Bachelor's Degree in Management from the University of Northern Iowa with dual emphasis in Business Administration & Operations Management. Derek holds the C.P.M. (Certified Purchasing Manager) designation from the Institute of Supply Management (I.S.M). He resides in Farmington, Minnesota. |
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Myung Yi |
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Managing Director, Special Situations |
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Myung Yi joined American Capital, Ltd. in February 2000 as an associate in the Bethesda, MD office, was promoted to Vice President in July, 2001, and became a Principal in the Operations Team in 2004. In 2005, he launched the Special Situations Group for American Capital and was promoted to Managing Director. Mr. Yi serves on the boards of American Capital portfolio companies The Algoma Group, Necco Realty Investments, LLC, New England Confectionary Company, Inc., Pan Am International Flight Academy, Paradigm Precision Holdings LLC, Resort Funding, LLC, and Warner Power. He began his career as an audit associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Price Waterhouse focusing on financial institutions. After law school, he practiced tax law briefly at the firm of Caplin & Drysdale. He then joined the Bethesda, MD office of the Boston Consulting Group as a consultant. His focus was corporate development, valuation and strategic planning. Mr. Yi received a J.D., cum laude, from the Georgetown University Law Center and a Bachelor of Science in Economics, magna cum laude, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. |
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Andrew Flesch |
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Vice President, Special Situations |
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Andrew Flesch joined American Capital in April 2005 and is a Vice President in the Special Situations Group in the Bethesda office. Mr. Flesch serves on the boards of American Capital portfolio companies Pan Am International Flight Academy and Paradigm Precision Holdings LLC; and is involved with American Capital's investments in Republic Financial Corporation, Resort Funding, LLC and LCW Holdings, LLC. Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Flesch was an Associate with Wachovia Securities Corporate and Investment Bank in its Special Situations Workout Group where he worked on restructuring transactions across a broad range of industries. Prior to the Special Situations Group, Mr. Flesch was an Analyst in the Leveraged Finance Group at Wachovia. He started his career as an Analyst with SunTrust Bank. Mr. Flesch holds a B.B.A. in Finance and Information Technology from Emory University's Goizuetta Business School. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the Washington Society of Investment Analysts. |
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Melissa March Smith |
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Vice President, Special Situations |
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Melissa March Smith joined American Capital’s Special Situations group in 2005. Her prior experiences were with DaVita Inc. where she was a Senior Financial Analyst in Corporate Development and with J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., as an Analyst in the Global M&A group. Ms. Smith is a Cum Laude graduate of Wharton with a B.S. degree in Economics. Ms. Smith is actively involved with American Capital’s investments in The Algoma Group, Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., and New England Confectionary Company, Inc. |
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