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Beckway is one of North America's largest operating and co-investing companies retained exclusively by investment firms and their portfolio companies to accelerate EBITDA growth and exit value. With over 130 full-time professionals, including senior Operating Partners as well as functional and subject matter experts, we assume interim management and retained leadership roles for diligence, integrations, carve-outs, turnarounds, performance improvement, accelerated growth and new business creation. Beckway is proud to make significant investments in companies where we work.

Intersecting Private Equity Investing and Collaborative Operating Partnerships, each interest focuses on providing capital and resources to accelerate portfolio company enterprise value. Recent roles include:+ Investment Committee for Hemingway Capital+ Investment Committee and Partner for Steinbeck Investment Company+ Investment Committee and Partner for Beckway Ventures+ Board Director for WASI, DLTS, Hudson, and Robinhill SAG+ Board Director for HMI (Riverside) and United Air Temp (Summit Park Capital) + Transaction Advisor for Investcorp, Warburg Pincus, Nautic Partners, Fidus, etc.

Published in 2021 by Wiley & Sons, "Restructuring the Hold: Optimizing Private Equity and Portfolio Company Partnerships" walks the reader through a representative middle-market investment period and illustrates the tools and techniques that result in successfully optimizing value. It explains how to establish a collaborative partnership, enact an effective operating cadence, and ensure an evergreen value creation approach.

Riverside is a >$10b private investment firm specializing in middle-market growth-oriented control buyouts. Served as full-time Operating Partner and portfolio company Chairman focused on Manufacturing (Industrial and Consumer Products) and Business Services Industries.

Sun Capital is a >$10b private investment firm focused on leveraged buyouts of under-performing companies in North America and Europe. Served in a series of North American and European portfolio companies as full-time interim executive focused on critical company situations - turnarounds, new business ventures, reorganizations, merger integrations, divestitures and IPOs.+ Chief Integration Officer and Integration Leader for Point Blank, Trulite, Shopko, Pamida, etc.+ Restructuring Leader for Kellwood, DB Apparel, Neckermann, Vince (IPO), Paperworks, etc.+ Turnaround and Ops Leader for The Limited, American Recreation Products, Loud Technologies, etc.+ Board Director for Royal Pet; Advisor for Mondi, EZ Corp, DSW, Scooter Store, Berkline, etc.

AlixPartners is a $1b international turnaround, restructuring and performance improvement firm. Served as original core 5-person team to startup and grow a new Performance Improvement and Operational Restructuring Practice focused on company-wide turnarounds for Private Equity. Led company-wide turnarounds and broad improvement programs for private equity portfolio companies.

KPMG Consulting and E&Y Consulting are large international general management consulting firms, having Performance Management and Operations Improvement Practices. Served as Senior Manager focusing on evaluating and driving business performance and profit improvement initiatives leading multiple client and consulting teams.

First Brands was formerly the Home & Automotive Division of Union Carbide, consisting of leading consumer brands including STP Gas Treatment, Prestone Antifreeze, Glad Plastic Bags & Wrap, and Simoniz Waxes. Served as Production Supervisor for Glad Plastic Bags business, and Corporate Industrial Engineer for STP Gas Treatment business.