Andrew J. Pulkrabek Email & Phone Number

Management consulting leader that drives long-term sustainable growth and financial improvement with a global team focused on advisory and digital solutions for middle-market manufacturing clients and their stakeholders.Overview:Strategic and tactical leader of people and processes to ensure client success through data-driven decision-making and implementation. Dedicated focus on what ensures the stability of operations as a priority followed by changes that contribute to the long-term financial health of a client's balance sheet.History:Corporate development leader with Novartis and Patterson Companies. Moved into co-founding and leading a cardiovascular biotech/medtech company. Led to exit. Crossed to the "other side" in venture capital. Worked with Burrill & Company, a $1.5bn VC from the Bay Area. Moved down the financing path to private equity. Founded 43North in New York. Led 13 equity transactions in a variety of verticals, including manufacturing. Moved deeper into all aspects of global value chain manufacturing, including the recapitalization of private and public companies; sourced, led due diligence, acquisition, and post-acquisition management of €120M EU-based multi-national (Germany, Czech Republic, Turkey, China) manufacturing company; led the green-field expansion of manufacturing operations in Mexico; sourced acquisition targets and joint venture opportunities in Israel, throughout Europe and the US. Identified the need for comprehensive metric-driven solutions for middle-market manufacturers, from value chain input, through operations, addressing all aspects of IT, cybersecurity, business process mapping, big data analytics, and digitization, deep into the C-suite, out to markets and customers, and all points in between. Formed BlackCap.Now and Forward:Leading BlackCap to deliver metric-driven results for greater operational strength and financial performance for and with our manufacturing clients - Private Equity owned, Independent, and Publicly held - along with their stakeholders, all while building a firm that attracts, develops, and retains exceptional people and partners.Contact BlackCap:info@BlackCapco.comBlackCapco.com+1 612.293.8801Follow BlackCap: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blackcapco------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BlackCap, LLC is not an investment advisory service, or a registered investment advisor or broker-dealer and does not purport to tell, advise or suggest any securities that clients should buy or sell.

Listed skills include Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Due Diligence, and 11 others.

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  Managing Director

  Blackcap

  2020 - Present - Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

  Manufacturing management consulting - delivering improved cash flow through advisory and digital solutions.BlackCap delivers metric-driven financial results for manufacturing companies. The firm has operational and leadership expertise in verticals and production disciplines including automotive, medical device, pharmaceutical, food & beverage, plastics and packaging, consumer goods, industrial goods, capital equipment, among others, both domestic and international. With an approach “from the shop floor up”, BlackCap complements company management across the spectrum from external value chain, through operations, engineering, quality, into the C-suite, out to sales and markets, and all points in between. BlackCap delivers solutions on all things related to digital transformation and utilization to advisory leadership through organizational change management and implementation.Contact:Andrew@BlackCapco.comBlackCapco.com+1 612.217.2331Follow BlackCap: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blackcapco------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BlackCap, LLC is not an investment advisory service, or a registered investment advisor or broker-dealer and does not purport to tell, advise or suggest any securities that clients should buy or sell.