Mergers, Acquisitions & Strategic Partnership programs for the next generation of PSSI. We are a $1+ billion provider of food safety solutions to the North American food manufacturing industry employing 16,000 staff in 700 locations. We provide the labor, chemistries, pest solutions, automation equipment and expert services that protect the American food chain.

Scale up and sale of a 20 year veteran food safety provider looking to shake up the industry. By focusing on core strengths and shedding ineffective business we grew key market segments while increasing customer retention and product margins. Top line revenue growth of 50% coupled with net profit gains lead to the sale of the business to a strategic buyer in 18 months.

Fieldstone funded, advised worked alongside management to provide rapid scale up of middle market medical engineering companies. In addition to working with our portfolio companies, I had the opportunity to manage our Accelerator program enlightening me to how many businesses are just one step, skill or partnership away from overwhelming success.

Integration of leading aftermarket providers to create the largest supplier of performance products for VW and Audi vehicles. Acquisitions included key intellectual property, niche product brand expansion and supply chain integration with product distribution into more than 450 dealerships and independent retail centers in 35 countries.

Conceived and developed the STaSIS Motorsports and STaSIS Signature Series brands which successfully pioneered the market for OEM dealership vehicle performance personalization. The integration of competition derived engineering with a highly scalable marketing, sales and operations program drove nearly ten fold growth in three years. The company exploded to market leadership earning accolades throughout the mainstream automotive press and the trust of Audi of America as a provider to their specialty equipment marketing program.

Founded by three Carnegie Mellon alumni, CES became a trusted engineering provider to boutique automotive companies such as Saleen Automobiles, Indian Motorcycles and Champion Racing. The company was a pioneer in the use of vehicle dynamics modeling and high speed data acquisition in the development of road going technologies for adaptive suspension, active torque distribution, and high capacity braking systems. More than one hundred innovative products were successfully brought to consumer markets using these technologies.

From grunt to leadership in applications engineering, field engineering and sales management within a Fortune 500 semiconductor company in the heart of the Silicon Valley. I ultimately had the opportunity to lead Altera’s most successful business unit, leading growth from $10 to $110 million through 200 direct and distributor sales and engineering support staff.

As a field engineer at Altera, I had the opportunity to support 100s of emerging electronics companies throughout the United States and was a keynote presenter to the nerdiest conferences in the country. I participated in the Westinghouse roll-out of the first trash fueled power plants before green was cool, worked with Pacific Telesis before cell phones were accessories and struggled to keep up with the guys writing search engines at Carnegie Mellon before Al Gore claimed the internet. Trying to change the world never goes out of style.

Yes, Virginia, you can take what you love and turn it into Job. For me racing was the ultimate expression of engineering and sport. As the development engineer, test driver and game day jockey I had the pleasure of leading a brilliant team that set numerous track records, earned more than 20 pole qualifications and took 30 wins including Audi Motorsport’s first US touring car victory. We went on to build a multi-car team that produced the most winning car of the 2007 World Challenge Series. The team's unique engineering prowess was recognized by technology partnerships with industry leaders such as Cosworth, Mahle, Ohlins, Koni, Alcon and Pi Research