Mangrove Equity Partners is a Tampa, Florida-based lower middle market private equity firm. Mangrove has 100+ years collective reputation as uncommonly effective, fair, flexible and honorable partners to company owners and managers. From our captive equity fund, we sponsor owners and operators in management buy-outs, management buy-ins, majority recapitalizations, family succession recaps, and industry consolidations. We have the financial resources and deal experience to efficiently close transactions. We also have substantial operating experience and a collaborative approach to build value at the companies with whom we partner. Mangrove is the ideal partner for liquidity and growth for companies in our target size range. EBITDA:Mangrove invests in stable and profitable service companies, niche manufacturers, enthusiast-driven branded consumer businesses, and value-added distributors headquartered in the U.S. or Canada with $3-$10 million of pre-tax profits.Revenues:For new investments, rather than add-on acquisitions, Mangrove typically invests in companies with revenues from $10-$100 million.Transaction Size:Mangrove’s transactions are typically from $15-$75 million in deal size.

Rheaply is a B2B SaaS resource management technology platform with a mission to help companies discover, reuse, and transfer physical resources and assets internally at their company and to other organizations in need of those resources with the main goal of diverting those resources from landfill and pushing circularity. Rheaply executes this mission by offering a SaaS platform, field services, and expert consulting services to corporations.

Compass is a real estate platform providing the industry’s first end-to-end software solution focused on increasing agent productivity and efficiency. Combining proprietary technology, artificial intelligence, and market insights with the country’s top agents, Compass is the largest brokerage by sales volume in the country.As Director of Strategic Growth, I oversee multiple teams of Strategic Growth Managers (Enterprise Account Executives) throughout the Greater Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Delaware and New England markets responsible for $48m in new revenue. We delivered on YoY growth of >50% for 4+ years and celebrated a $7b IPO in 2021.- Led regional strategic planning, GTM strategy, revenue growth, market evaluation and launches across 20+ regional markets.- Coach, train, and up level direct reports, ensuring the team consistently exceeded performance metrics and individual goals were hit by aligning professional development to our business needs and outcomes. - Oversaw multiple brokerage acquisitions and the launch of 3 new markets while hiring and ramping new 5 new sellers.- Aided in the creation, implementation and training of sales methodology that improved gross profit margin by 50% while reducing costs to acquire customers by 40%, and improving deal velocity by 15 days.- Executed on TAM analysis and territory creation, segmentation, and ideal customer profile refinement to maximize funnel quality and led to a 10% increase in win rates.- Consistently beat revenue targets and KPIs as a market leader, achieved 233% to deal and 567% profit margin target during last 12 month period- Partnered with Regional President and senior leaders of brokerage operations to deliver on key regional KPIs

- Drove growth efforts in the launch of Compass in the Philadelphia market, helping to build the brokerage from 50 agents to achieving #1 market share in Philadelphia County in under 3 years, totaling $2b+ in annual transaction volume.- Oversaw successful expansion market and submarket launches, brokerage acquisitions and team growth in the state of Delaware ($24m market launch), Southern New Jersey ($10m market launch) and the Jersey Shore ($15m market launch).- Brought in the 4 highest grossing revenue deals since the PA, NJ and DE region’s launch with individual deal sizes of $6.5m, $5.25m, $3.5m and $3.3m respectively.- Assisted in ramping and mentoring of new team members, regional strategic market planning, training and execution as the top individual contributor in the region.- Closed $33.5m in annual revenue, achieved 172% to annual target and finished #2 out of 120 SGMs in overall revenue across the company as an individual contributor prior to being promoted to full time market leader.- Drove partnerships to deliver on key KPIs within launch markets and across the Greater PA, NJ and DE region led to implementation of best practices for cross-functional team trainings in the national launch strategy playbook

International hospitality, food service, facilities, and uniform services provider to clients in areas including sports, education, healthcare, business, and leisure.- Spearheaded new business enterprises and retention efforts for the Sports and Entertainment division, overseeing the business development processes of a $500M territory, for the central and west regions of the country - Drove revenue, quality and service across stadiums and arenas, convention centers, amphitheaters and cultural attractions- Directed all aspects of the pursuit from prospecting, pre-RFP release strategy sessions, client engagement, strategic development, proposal creation, presentations, financial structure analysis and contract negotiation processes

- Played a key role in facilitating business growth strategies and new client development, driving sales of multi-year contractual suites and club box seats as well as the sales of single event suites, consistently exceeding revenue goals- Eclipsed annual revenue goals by an average of 27%, utilizing strategic sales solutions, leading to departmental success and sales target achievements - Managed a contractual client base of $6M annually while maintaining an average annual retention rate of >85%, by building strong relationships, conducting needs analysis and presenting customized client solutions

- Generated new business for the 76ers through full-menu marketing of ticketing programs including full season tickets, partial plans, group tickets, employee/company outings and special events- Produced highest ticket sales revenue among first year reps in 2005-06, generating approximately $211K in season tickets and $525K overall sales- Achieved highest client retention rate of 76ers sales department through effective relationship building with current Season Ticket Holders in 2006 and 2007