Frederick Mertz is Director of Corporate Development for the Carrier Process Equipment Group (CPEG) and is based out of Buffalo, NY. He actively participates in building CPEG’s portfolio of companies through targeted acquisition efforts. He has been with S Howes for 23 years and CPEG 7 years. Prior to joining CPEG Frederick worked as a management consultant for Booz-Allen & Hamilton (now Strategy&), an international management consulting firm and Colton & Company, a small maritime management consulting firm. During his tenure he has conducted dozens of management consulting assignments for large corporations and governments worldwide. He has conducted business in more that 20 countries.