RESILIENCE CAPITAL PARTNERS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- CO - FOUNDER
Bassem is involved in all aspects of the firm's operations, including investment decisions, portfolio company oversight, and investor relations… (read full bio)
In 2001, Bassem Mansour and Steve Rosen co-founded Resilience Capital Partners. He is involved in all aspects of overseeing the firm's operations, including investment decisions, portfolio company oversight, and investor relations.
Since 1994, he has been involved in principal investing, leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, Chapter 11 reorganizations, and out-of-court restructurings. Prior to founding Resilience, he was an investment banker with KeyBanc Capital Markets (formerly McDonald Investments).
He is a member of the Cleveland Chapter of Young Presidents Organization as well as several professional organizations, and is a frequent speaker on private equity and distressed investing.
Bassem Mansour serves on the board of directors for numerous Resilience portfolio companies. In addition, he formerly served on the boards of the Hathaway Brown School, the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, the Visiting Committee of the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, and the Western Reserve Land Conservancy.
He holds a Master of Business Administration from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Dayton. Bassem Mansour lives with his family in Hunting Valley, Ohio.
Job Titles:
- Founder & Former CEO / Steris Corporation
- Founder and Chairman of Symark LLC
- Strategic Advisor
Bill R. Sanford is Founder and Chairman of Symark LLC, a business development organization formed in 1979 and headquartered in Naples, Florida. He is a dedicated practitioner and outspoken advocate of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Advanced Technology Commercialization.
Mr. Sanford is an experienced executive, entrepreneur, consultant, investor, and board member with extensive new venture, merger and acquisition, turnaround, senior management, and market development experience. His direction of Symark has been focused on the development and commercialization of biosciences systems, products and services, clinical information systems, nanotechnology, and other innovative technology applications. He holds several patents related to medical devices and advanced technology.
Among his commercialization successes is STERIS Corporation (NYSE:STE), a global leader in infection and contamination prevention systems, products, services, and technologies. As Executive Founder and Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer, he led STERIS in only ten years from a start-up with five employees and a $3 million valuation to a NYSE-listed public company with 5,000 employees and a market value of $2 billion.
Through Symark and multiple investment partnerships, Mr. Sanford is an active early stage and private equity investor. He serves as a board member and advisor to numerous public and private for-profit and not-for-profit organizations ranging from NYSE-listed multinational corporations to early and growth stage technology companies and investment partnerships. He is Chairman of Integer Holdings Corporation (NYSE:ITGR), former director of KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) and KeyBank N.A., trustee of Cleveland Clinic, and trustee emeritus of Case Western Reserve University.
Mr. Sanford is founding and past Chairman of BioEnterprise, a biosciences commercialization organization whose members and partners include Cleveland Clinic, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals Health System, and Summa Health System. In addition, Mr. Sanford is chairman emeritus of NorTech (Northeast Ohio Regional Technology Coalition), and has served as Vice Chairman of BioOhio, a charter member of the State of Ohio Technology Action Board, Vice Chairman and board member of the Kansas Bioscience Authority, Chairman of the Heartland BioVentures Advisory Council, and director of the Kansas State University Foundation. He is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).
Bob joined Resilience in 2006 both as an investor and as President & CEO of one of the firm's former portfolio companies, Steel Parts Manufacturing. Bob is currently on the board of directors for Trialon Corporation.
He has over 35 years of lean manufacturing experience. Bob's experience spans from product and manufacturing engineering and development, to plant and facilities engineering and production leadership, to IPOs and turnarounds of troubled enterprises.
Prior to Steel Parts, Bob held key executive positions at Decoma International Inc., a division of Magna International, Saturn Corporation and General Motors Corp. Bob was also President of RP Manufacturing, which specialized in contract leadership of troubled
Job Titles:
- General Counsel & Co - Chief Compliance Officer
Chad joined the Resilience team in January 2016 as General Counsel, a new role that was created as a result of the firm's continued growth.
Prior to this, Chad spent 11 years at Diebold, Incorporated, a publicly traded global manufacturer, sales and service provider of self-service technology, software and security solutions, where he held a number of roles with increasing responsibility, including more than three years as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, where he was responsible for managing Diebold's global legal function. Among his accomplishments while at Diebold, Chad was responsible for negotiating and closing more than 25 M&A transactions around the globe, totaling more than $300M in transaction value.
Chad started his career working as an associate attorney in the business practice area at Hahn Loeser + Parks LLP, a full-service law firm headquartered in Cleveland, where he represented clients in connection with securities compliance, M&A, corporate finance transactions and general corporate legal matters.
He is licensed to practice law in the state of Ohio and is a member of several industry organizations, including the Association of Corporate Counsel.
Chad graduated magna cum laude with a Juris Doctorate from Cleveland State University's Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, and holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree with a dual specialization in International Business and Business Pre-Law from Bowling Green State University.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer & Co - Chief Compliance Officer
Chris joined Resilience in January 2014. In his role, he is responsible for the finance and compliance functions for Resilience Management and all its affiliates.
Previously he served as Director and Chief Compliance Officer at Paragon Advisor, Inc., where he was responsible for the accounting of over 25 "fund of fund" investment vehicles and also oversaw the firm's compliance function.
He is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) in the state of Ohio and a member of the Ohio Society of CPAs.
Chris holds a BSBA in Accounting from John Carroll University.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer / Dan T. Moore Company
Dave is a business and technology leader experienced in leading innovation, corporate & market strategy, new product development, and global manufacturing operations. His former roles as Director of Global Manufacturing, Director of Product & Market Development, and Vice-President of Engineering for Swagelok Company allowed him to gain experience in the rigors of managing complex processes on a global scale. He led over thirty product launches, and established five global technology centers to support complex services in local markets. In addition he was responsible for several entrepreneurial initiatives within the company that focused on customer engagement and generated significant revenue growth.
He recently founded PAX Insights, LLC in response to a need for a more holistic approach to corporate innovation and strategy initiatives. His core passion is to help drive product and business process innovation by leveraging people, leadership, and change management principles.
He received his BSME from Gannon University, and an MBA in Organizational Behavior from Cleveland State University.
Dave's community stewardship has included former roles as President of the Cleveland Engineering Society, and Trustee for the Swagelok Foundation. He is currently Chairman of the Board for the Great Lakes Science Center.
Dave joined Resilience in 2009 after working with the firm for several years on potential co-investments and portfolio company merger proposals. He is currently a board member for several Resilience portfolio companies.
He has extensive experience sourcing, structuring, executing, managing and exiting a broad spectrum of portfolio companies.
Before joining Resilience, Dave was a Partner at Edgewater Capital in Cleveland, where he was responsible for origination, negotiation and closure of several middle market acquisitions. Prior to that, he was Managing Director and co-Head of the Fund Manager of Candlewood Partners, LLC.
Dave also served as a General Partner with Sedgewick Venture Capital, a small middle market private equity fund focused on opportunistic investments in Cleveland; and as a Senior Vice President of The LCP Group in New York.
Prior to private investing, Dave was Associate Director with the Principal Activities Group at Bear Stearns in New York. Before that, he worked in corporate finance for the firm's offices in New York, Los Angeles and London, where he was engaged in all aspects of public debt and equity transactions.
Dave has served on the boards of numerous private and public companies. He is currently on the board of several non-profit entities, including certain institutes of the Cleveland Clinic.
He graduated from Washington & Jefferson College with a BA in Political Science, and earned his MBA from the University of Southern California.
David is an entrepreneur and executive with over 25 years of experience in the technology, logistics, media, advertising, marketing and e-commerce verticals as a founder, partner and chief marketing officer.
He is recognized as a highly energetic, hands-on marketing and sales focused leader
with a consistent track record of developing and executing rapid growth strategies that deliver measurable results. Working primarily with start-up organizations, David expertly crafts marketing plans from the ground up, focusing on top of funnel content, lead generation and thought leadership. His tactics help these companies' names reach their target audience in a way that resonates with them and drives them to learn more.
David serves on the boards of several of Resilience Capital portfolio companies. He is particularly interested in the use of technology in slower-adopting industries, breaking down seemingly complicated solutions into digestible, feature-specific educational pieces.
As an alumnus of The Ohio State University, David received his undergraduate degree in Finance from the Fisher School of Business as well as a Master's in Sports Marketing.
Dr. Handerhan specializes in working with manufacturing companies to improve their business results and financial performance through operations enhancement, evaluation and prioritization of capital investments, and strategic acquisitions and divestitures. He has substantial C-Level and Board leadership experience, organizational development experience, and has served as a teacher and mentor of business leaders. He works primarily with businesses involved in specialty metals processing and engineered products.
On matters related to operations improvement, Dr. Handerhan is a Theory of Constraints practitioner with deep experience in analyzing complex manufacturing operations in order to drive continuous improvement efforts, capture and disperse synergies, and to best analyze and prioritize capital investments. He is also an expert on using LEAN techniques as tools to improve flow of value-added dollars through constraints, and the related FP&A required for modeling repeatable success. Dr. Handerhan has published more than 20 technical articles.
Dr. Handerhan's experience also extends to the acquisition, improvement, or divestiture of strategic business units. He has experience with both domestic and international acquisition and divestiture transactions, and also to substantial industrial joint ventures. He has assessed in excess of 100 possible acquisitions, and acquired ten businesses which included ones that were family controlled, owned by private equity firms, and others through bankruptcy proceedings with subsequent operations transformations.
Prior to beginning his consulting career, Dr. Handerhan worked for Ellwood Group Inc. (EGI) for 33 years and held the position of Chief Operating Officer from 2012 to 2015. EGI is a multi-generational, family controlled specialty metals producer with over 2,300 employees, which headquartered in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. He was responsible for all profit and loss activities of all EGI divisions. During his career at EGI, the business grew more than 2500%.
Prior to being the Chief Operating Officer for EGI, between the years 1982 to 2012, Dr. Handerhan worked in various technical and operating roles within the steelmaking, casting, open die and closed die forging businesses that belong to EGI.
He received his B.S., M.E. and Ph.D. degrees from Carnegie Mellon University in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science. He has been affiliated with numerous professional organizations including American Society of Metals; Society of Manufacturing Engineers; Forging Industry Association, Board of Directors; Forging Industry Educational and Research Foundation, Board of Directors; International Forgemasters, Steering Committee, Chairman.
Dr. Handerhan lives with his wife, Kathleen in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania and is the proud father of three sons.
Job Titles:
- President and CEO of BAE Systems, Inc
- Strategic Advisor
Gerard J. "Jerry" DeMuro is president and CEO of BAE Systems, Inc., a global, U.S.-based defense, aerospace, and security company with more than 32,000 employees and generating approximately $10 billion in annual revenue. In addition, DeMuro is an executive director on the BAE Systems plc board of directors, a member of the company's executive committee, and an executive director on the BAE Systems, Inc. board of directors.
Throughout his 36-year career, DeMuro has directed the transformation of complex global organizations responsible for fulfilling critical and challenging missions worldwide in the national security, technology, and aerospace industry.
Before joining BAE Systems in early 2014, DeMuro served as executive vice president and corporate vice president of the more than $10 billion, 44,000-employee Information Systems and Technology group at General Dynamics, leading a diverse portfolio focused on secure mobile communication systems, information technology solutions, cyber security, health care and mission support services, as well as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems.
DeMuro joined General Dynamics when GTE Government Systems was acquired in 1999. Prior to the acquisition, DeMuro spent 13 years with GTE in a number of senior leadership roles. Earlier in his career, he spent nearly a decade as an acquisition official at the U.S. Department of Defense.
DeMuro has been actively involved with a number of associations and nonprofit organizations, including the Association of the United States Army, the MILCOM Conference Board, and AFCEA International, where he served on the board of directors as an Executive Committee member and as chair of the Audit Committee. He has also served on the boards of the National Science Center and the Boys and Girls Club of Taunton, Massachusetts.
A native of Philadelphia, DeMuro earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1977 and an MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1986.
Job Titles:
- Founder and Managing Partner of Amin
- Strategic Advisor
Himanshu S. Amin is the Founder and Managing Partner of Amin, Turocy & Watson, LLP. He built from scratch one of (if not the) largest electrical/computer science group of patent practitioners in the country. Numerous Fortune 100/500 high-tech companies seek the services of the practice group at Amin, Turocy & Watson, LLP for its consistent delivery of high-quality work-product in the complex electrical and computer arts as well as the bandwidth to accomplish large projects in a relatively short amount of time without requiring use of numerous firms. Himanshu is retained frequently by executives and top researchers to conduct forward patenting sessions in connection with cutting-edge technologies. He has extensive experience with patent prosecution and patent portfolio development/analysis. He has assisted over twenty Fortune 500 high-tech clients with respective patent portfolio development and management efforts. Many clients routinely engage Himanshu to work with their most senior-level executives in connection with offensive and defensive forward patenting initiatives. A number of clients also utilize his expertise to develop and implement creative conflict resolution strategies, and perform due diligence analyses & valuation in connection with IP-centric corporate acquisitions as well as positioning companies for acquisition.
He is an Adjunct Professor of Strategic Intellectual Property Management, and Advanced Patent Preparation and Prosecution courses at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Himanshu is listed in Super Lawyers magazine. He is a Member of the Board of Trustees (and prior chair of the Marketing and Sales Committee, and Executive Committee) for Playhouse Square, Cleveland, OH, is on the Dean's Executive Committee of the Advisory Board at the Weatherhead School of Management, is a member of the Board of Trustees at Hawken School, and serves on several other corporate boards. Prior to practicing law, he worked for a number of years as a design engineer at a multinational engineering consulting firm. During law school, he was the recipient of the Nathan Burkan award for copyright law, placed second in the U.C. Berkeley Boalt Law School National High Technology Writing Competition, and authored one of the most highly cited law review articles regarding software protection, "The Lack of Protection Afforded Software Under the Current Intellectual Property Laws," 43 Clev.St.L.Rev.1, 19 (1995).
Jennifer joined Resilience in February 2016, and is responsible for providing various accounting functions to the Firm and its related investment entities.
Previously, Jennifer worked in a variety of accounting roles in both for-profit and non-profit organizations. Jennifer holds a BBA in Accounting from the University of Cincinnati and an MBA from John Carroll University.
Jim Wert - CEO, President
Joe was Chairman & CEO of OM Group, Inc. a diversified industrial metals and mining company, from 2005 to 2015. Prior to that Joe was President & COO of the Sherwin Williams Company.
Joe currently serves on the board of directors of two public companies, Parker Hannifin Corporation and Cintas Corporation where he is Lead Director. In addition, Joe serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors Cleveland Clinic and Notre Dame College in South Euclid Ohio.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer of the Waddington Group
- Strategic Advisor
Mr. Wurzburger currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of The Waddington Group. He joined Waddington North America in 2014 as President, and was promoted to President and CEO of the Waddington Group in 2016. He has over twenty years of experience in executive leadership with roles in a variety of companies and markets - both in business-to-business and business-to-consumer industries. Prior to joining The Waddington Group, Mr. Wurzburger was President of Performance Fibers Corporation, one of the world's leading producers of industrial polyester fibers and fabrics. Prior experience includes 21 years with Avery Dennison, an international leader in pressure-sensitive functional materials and labeling solutions, where he held positions as VP/GM, Latin America and VP/GM Fasson Roll North America. Mr. Wurzburger is a graduate of Cornell University and received his MBA from Johns Hopkins University.
Jonathan is a seasoned value creator and executive with over 25 years of experience in Aerospace & Defense.
Most recently, he spent 13 years at TransDigm Group Incorporated, a leading global designer, producer and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components, systems and subsystems for use on nearly all commercial and military aircraft in service today, where he held a number of roles with increasing responsibility. Including Vice President & Treasurer, Director of Business Development and Mergers & Acquisitions, Investor Relations and Director of Internal Audit.
Among his accomplishments while at TransDigm, Jonathan was responsible for managing over $17 billion of secured and unsecured debt, including raising $4 billion for the acquisition of Esterline Technologies Corporation. Additionally, he directed and coordinated the M&A process from origination through initial integration in 18 successful transactions totaling approximately $4 billion in enterprise value representing 36 principal facilities in 11 countries.
Prior to TransDigm, Jonathan held leadership positions at Aviation Technologies and Crane Aerospace & Electronics. During his career he has been involved not only in sourcing, structuring, negotiations, due diligence and financing but also integration and operational oversight. Jonathan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and an MBA from Seattle Pacific University.
Mr. Buckley is most recently the CEO of Federos (which was recently sold to Oracle), and focusses on the technology, media, and telecom (TMT) sector, including tech-enabled services, software, and high-tech manufacturing companies.
Prior to Federos, he was president and CEO of The Switch Enterprises, LLC, an international provider of managed, private-cloud video production and transmission services. He previously served as President and CEO of ASC Signal Corporation (a Resilience Capital portfolio company), which was a global manufacturer of satellite earth station and other specialty antennas for broadcast, government, military and enterprise communications applications. He also served as President of Trusonic, a digital audio distribution platform, as President and CEO of InSight Telecommunications Corporation, a provider of international content delivery and bandwidth services for online and traditional media companies, and in senior executive positions with other global media services businesses.
He serves on the board of Trialon Corporation. Mr. Buckley holds a Bachelor of Science in Telecommunications and Film degree from San Diego State University.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Strategic Advisor
Kenn currently serves as Chairman of Resilience's portfolio company, Flight Options. He is a 28-year aviation veteran and among the industry's most dynamic leaders. Kenn founded Corporate Wings, an aircraft management, charter and fixed-base operation in 1980. In 1998, he revolutionized fractional aircraft ownership when he founded Flight Options.
Kenn serves on the Business Advisory Council of his alma mater, the University of Notre Dame, is an active member of the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO), is on the Board of Trustees of University Hospitals, the Arizona Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and Gilmour Academy.
Ki joined Resilience in 2001. His responsibilities include acquisition searches, negotiations, due diligence, financing and operational oversight of portfolio companies.
Prior to Resilience, Ki spent five years working in corporate lending and investment banking at Key Bank. While there, he was involved with a variety of projects, including both Chapter 11 and out-of-court restructurings, as well as troubled company advisory work on both the debtor and creditor side.
Ki serves on the boards of directors for the following Resilience portfolio companies: Penda Corp, CR Brands Corp, Aerospace Product International (API), Affinity Apparel Corp and Porters Group Corp. He is also Vice President for the Cleveland Zoological Society chairing the governance committee and a trustee of The Nature Center at Shaker Lakes, and is a Director for Air Enterprises, Inc.
Ki received his undergraduate degree in History from Wittenberg University, and his MBA from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University with a concentration in Finance.
Job Titles:
- Board Member of LKD Aerospace
- Chief Operating Officer at Proformex
- Strategic Advisor
Kris currently serves as a Board Member of LKD Aerospace and Gladiator Technologies, a Resilience portfolio company that designs, manufactures and sells high performance inertial MEMS sensors and systems. She also acts as an Operating and Technology Advisor for other Resilience portfolio companies.
Kris focuses on designing and executing growth strategies at high-growth technology-based companies. She has deep experience in building teams and software organizations from early revenue to later stage private equity growth through to exit.
Kris is the Chief Operating Officer at Proformex, an InForce Policy Management platform for the life insurance industry. She is responsible for all customer facing operations at Proformex including strategic planning, product marketing, sales enablement, implementation, and customer support operations.
Prior to Proformex, Kris led operations for two private-equity backed software companies. She was the Vice President of Product Strategy and Operations at MacroPoint, a real-time freight visibility network which sold to Descartes Systems Group in 2017; and Vice President and General Manager at Elemica, a supply chain operating platform transacting over $400B in annual commerce which sold to Thoma Bravo in 2016. Throughout her career, Kris has held various roles in general management, strategic planning, and supply chain operations at American Airlines, Aeroxchange, American Express, Travel Analytics, Jabil Circuit and Lucas Aerospace.
Kris has a Bachelor of Science in Operations Management and a Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain from Bowling Green State University.
Job Titles:
- President & CEO / Golberg Companies, Inc.
Job Titles:
- Technologist
- Strategic Advisor
Lev Gonick is an educator, technologist, and smart city architect. He has been teaching, working, and living on the Net for more than 25 years.
On November 1, 2017, Lev became the Chief Information Officer at Arizona State University. He leads the ASU University Technology Office that provides technology services to all students, faculty, and staff. He is also cofounder of DigitalC, previously OneCommunity, the award-winning non-profit organization enabling and celebrating innovation, collaboration, and productivity through next-generation broadband networks, big open data solutions, and IoT for public benefit.
Lev was CIO at Case Western Reserve University from 2001-2013. He and his colleagues were internationally recognized for technology innovations in community engagement, learning spaces, next-generation network projects, and organizational development. Lev's innovations, including the Case Connection Zone, catalyzed national projects such as US Ignite and Gig.U.
Inside Business Magazine named Lev one of their Power 100 in 2015. In 2011, Government Technology awarded Lev one of their "Top 25 Doers, Dreamers & Drivers in Public-Sector Innovation." In the same year, Crain's Business Cleveland named Gonick one its "10 Difference Makers" in Northeast Ohio, and Broadband Properties honored him with their Cornerstone Award for "using fiber to build an inclusive society and empower individuals." In 2010, he received recognition as "Visionary of the Year" from NATOA. Lev has been recognized by ComputerWorld as a Premier 100 IT leader and honored by CIO magazine with a CIO 100 Award.
A frequent invited speaker and consultant on Smart Cities, Lev currently serves on the Boards of Monarch Teaching Technologies (software for special needs children), DecisionDesk, Groundworks Dance Theater, Jewish Family Services, and Cleveland Independents (Restaurants).
Job Titles:
- Director and Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of ParkOhio
- President & Chief Operating Officer / ParkOhio Holdings
- Strategic Advisor
Matthew Crawford is a Director and Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of ParkOhio, a Cleveland, Ohio based industrial company providing integrated supply chain management services and highly-engineered manufactured products in 23 countries. He joined the Company in 1995 as Assistant Secretary and Corporate Counsel, became a Director of the company in 1997, was promoted in 2001 to the position of Senior Vice President, and became President in 2003. Along with his duties at ParkOhio, he has also served as President of the Crawford Group since 1995.
Mr. Crawford holds a law degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and a B.A. in Finance from Miami University (OH). He has been a member of Resilience Capital Partners Executive Committee (a private equity firm) since 2010, and is a Board Member of Thermal Manufacturing Solutions (TSM), Inc. and Hickok, Inc.
Mr. Crawford's philanthropic efforts include serving on the Boards of the Musical Arts Association (The Cleveland Orchestra) as well as its Executive and Audit Committees, University School, Hillcrest Hospital, Cuyahoga County Bluecoats, and The Greater Cleveland Sports Commission. Matt and his wife, Debbie, have three children, Colin, Cate, and Claire.
Job Titles:
- Office Manager
- Real Estate Agent in the State of Ohio
Monique joined Resilience in 2014 and handles the daily operations of the office which includes providing administrative support to the investment team. Monique is also responsible for handling the processing and organization of new investment opportunities.
Prior to joining Resilience, she was a Recruiter for Pfizer's Sales Division and a Personnel Manager for the City of East Cleveland.
Monique is a licensed real estate agent in the state of Ohio and board member of the National Association of Realtors. She has an Associate of Arts degree from Cuyahoga Community College and a Bachelor of Science with a major in Business Administration degree from Indiana Wesleyan University.
Job Titles:
- Chairman / Berggruen Holdings
* The Strategic Advisors are third-party advisors or consultants and may perform services on behalf of certain Funds and/or portfolio companies, and may otherwise provide general strategic advice to Resilience. Any compensation for these Strategic Advisors is generally borne by the applicable Funds or portfolio companies, and the level and type of any such compensation is expected to vary.
Paul Zhang comes to Resilience Capital Partners with years' experience in the area of global sourcing. As director of global sourcing, he manages lighting and hose commodities through RFQ, cost analysis, price negotiation, commodity strategy creation, sourcing recommendation and supplier relationship management, controlling $50M annual spend totally.
Prior to joining Resilience Capital Partners, Paul served as director of sales at Topstar Lighting. He received his sourcing and sales training at Super Lighting and Phillips Machine. His area of expertise is global sourcing with a focus on Asian OEM's.
Paul maintains active involvement in nonprofit organization and several community service organizations. Currently, he serves on Georgia LEDGE as a board member.
He received his Ph.D. degree in Agricultural and Biological Engineering and M.S. degree in Management from University of Florida. He also earned M.S. degree in textiles from University of Georgia and M.S. degree in Polymer Chemistry & Physics from USTC and B.E. degree in material physics from ECUST.
Rob joined Resilience in 2009. His responsibilities include business development, originations and marketing for the firm.
Robert joined Resilience in August 2021 as Chief Operating Officer, where he is responsible for assessing business strategies, improving processes and reducing operating costs across the portfolio.
Prior to joining the firm, Robert spent ten years at RSM US LLP, serving middle market clients primarily in the private equity, technology, manufacturing, wholesale and distribution industries. During this time, he advised companies on technical accounting matters, financial reporting, internal processes, carve-outs, add-ons, exits, integrations, forensic accounting matters, in addition to numerous other business issues. He is known for his broad range, technical research, and his depth of understanding with respect to business and reporting challenges in their respective industries.
Robert is a CPA in the state of Ohio and holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Accounting and Finance from Miami University of Ohio.
Job Titles:
- President
- CEO for Many
- in 2006 As an Operating Partner
Ron joined Resilience in 2006 as an operating partner. Ron was promoted to President in 2023. Ron is involved in portfolio company oversight. With his 20 plus years of operations experience (, Ron is responsible for working with the Resilience portfolio company CEOs on developing strategies and execution with the goal of maximizing value.
Ron has served as interim turnaround CEO for many Resilience portfolio companies including Air Enterprises, Composite Technologies of America, WT Hardwoods Group and Lux Global Label/National Label. Ron currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Resilience portfolio company Thermal Products Solutions, Inc.
Prior to joining the firm, Ron spent eight years as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Park-Ohio Holdings Corp (Nasdaq: PKOH). During his career, he has been involved in numerous transactions including Chapter 11 reorganizations, out-of-court restructurings, and other mergers and acquisitions, both public and private.
Ron holds a Bachelor of Arts from Yale College and a Judicial Degree from The Yale Law School.
* Some Operating Partners regularly perform services on behalf of certain portfolio companies, and the compensation of such Operating Partners is generally borne by the applicable portfolio companies. However, such Operating Partners may also receive de minimis compensation from Resilience.
Sara joined Resilience in Oct 2018. As Executive Assistant, she provides support and assistance for the two Co-CEOs, undertaking a wide variety of tasks and responsibilities.
Before joining Resilience, Sara was an Account Executive/Project Manager on the local McDonald's account at Stern Advertising for 15 years where she provided extensive advertising, marketing and management skills.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer / Starwood Retail Partners
Job Titles:
- Jacobs As Chief Executive Officer
- Strategic Advisor
Mr. Demetriou joined Jacobs as Chief Executive Officer in August 2015 and was appointed Chairman of the Jacobs' Board of Directors in August 2016. Steve has international business perspectives and more than 30 years in leadership and senior management roles. Most recently, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Aleris Corporation, a global downstream aluminum producer. Over the course of his career, Steve has gained broad experience with companies in a wide range of industries, including Metals, Specialty Chemicals, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Fertilizers. His career highlights include 16 years at ExxonMobil. Steve also serves on the board of FirstEnergy Corp and is a Board member and the US Co-Chair of the US-Saudi Arabian Business Council.Solutions, Inc., and Regis Corporation.
Steve is involved with all aspects of the firm's operations including developing and maintaining relationships with investors and investment intermediaries, and the firm's strategic planning efforts… (read full bio)
Steven H. Rosen, is the Co-Founder of Resilience Capital Partners and currently serves as its Chairman. Steven is also Co-Founder of Zanite Corporation focused on investments in aviation, aerospace and defense and of Gammite Ventures, a venture capital firm. Finally, Steven serves as the Manager of Azurite Management LLC, a private investment firm focused on investing primarily in publicly traded undervalued and underperforming U.S. companies.
Job Titles:
- Chairman / Second Generation Ltd.
Tony is part of the Innovation & Technology team at Resilience Capital Partners and comes from a background of product innovation in aerospace, defense, medical equipment, industrial technologies, consumer electronics, energy & power electronics, lighting, controls, and wireless (IoT applications).
Job Titles:
- President of the Millcraft Paper Company
- Strategic Advisor
Travis Mlakar is the president of The Millcraft Paper Company. Founded in Cleveland in 1920, Millcraft is a fourth-generation, family-owned, wholesale merchant serving the professional paper, packaging, and graphic arts industries.
Travis joined the company in 2002, serving in a number of different capacities until becoming President in 2008. During his tenure, Millcraft has nearly tripled in size, primarily through acquisition and diversification. The company currently has 18 sales and distribution centers in 7 states but provides national service for its customers.
In addition to his work with Millcraft, Travis has served in a variety of volunteer positions including as a board member for the Centers for Families and Children, the Cleveland Clinic Childrens advisory board, Chairman of the National Paper Trade Association and Chairman of TwoSides North America.
Ulf joined the firm in 2007 when the company he was the President & CEO of (Penda Corporation) was acquired by Resilience. He continued to lead Penda until 2011. He is currently serving on the board of directors for Trialon Corporation.
Ulf has over 30 years of experience in a variety of industries. He has a successful track record in M&A, operational restructuring, strategy development, building executive teams, and applying management principles including Six Sigma, lean manufacturing, theory of constraints, value based management and integrated supply chain principles.
In his previous role as President & CEO of Penda, he led the repositioning of the company to the leading automotive components supplier. He was instrumental in the divestiture of two non-core subsidiaries and the merger with Penda's largest competitor, Durakon Industries in 2009. Prior to joining Penda, Ulf worked at Dow Chemical in Germany, Switzerland and the USA. He held various senior-level positions during his 20-year career with Dow, and gained extensive experience in managing business operations in North America, Europe and Asia.
As part of his global responsibility, he served on the Board of Directors for Sumitomo-Dow Limited, Japan; and LG-Dow, Korea. Ulf holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Bremen, Germany, and an MBA from the City University of Zurich, Switzerland.
William joined Resilience in 2010. He is a member of the investment team and his responsibilities include screening new deals, conducting due diligence, executing transactions, negotiating debt financings, and monitoring portfolio companies.
Prior to joining the firm, he was an investment banking analyst for Harris Williams & Co., where he was involved in a variety of assignments, including M&A advisory and valuation analysis for metals, consumer, aerospace, construction, and other diversified companies.
William earned his MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Miami University (Ohio).