Private Equity Fast Pitch

Chrisanne, Managing Director for KPMG CF LLC, leads the Diversified Industrials Team, and co-leads the Private Equity Coverage Team. She is based in the Chicago office.   Chrisanne has more than 20 years of experience leading mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions for clients in the diversified industrials sector, specializing in high-growth end markets such as Test & Measurement, HVAC, Flow Control and Building Products. She has worked on numerous transactions for Fortune 500, private equity and leading private company clients and has advised on numerous cross-border transactions.   Prior to joining KPMG Corporate Finance, Chrisanne was an associate at Mitsubishi Bank in their middle market financing group. Prior to that she was an analyst in the leveraged buyouts group at JP Morgan.  Chrisanne earned a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame. 000001AC 000001AB 00003783 00003711 000106A7 000106A7 00007DF8 00008013 00011A0A 00011ED6

Erik Rudolph is a Managing Director at Farlie Turner and leads its Oil & Gas Services Practice as well as its Industrial Services Practices. In addition, Mr. Rudolph is co-head of Farlie Turner's Consumer Practice. Mr. Rudolph has advised a wide range of companies ranging from pure play oilfield services companies to industrial MRO companies to food & beverage companies on the consumer side. Prior to joining Farlie Turner, Mr. Rudolph was a co-founder and Managing Director of Aquetong Capital Advisors, a boutique investment bank focused on advising founders and owners of middle-market companies on their liquidity options. Mr. Rudolph started his investment banking career at Goldsmith Agio Helms, now Lazard Middle market, where he served as a Director in their New York office. ​ Mr. Rudolph started his professional career as an attorney practicing corporate and sports law for 8 years before moving over to investment banking. He received his B.A. in Political Science from New York University and his JD from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.   00000214 00000212 00013E92 00013E92 001DD0DB 001DD0DB 0000803A 0000813F 0000D3D6 0000D3F0

Steve is the President and CEO of Alaris Royalty Corp. and has served in that role since he co-founded the company in 2004.  Prior to creating Alaris, he spent 12 years in the investment banking industry as a Senior Officer in both Toronto and Calgary, giving capital markets and merger and acquisition advice to corporate clients in both public and private company startups. He is a qualified Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and was an Ernst & Young 2013 Prairies Entrepreneur of the Year finalist. Present day, he sits on the panel of judges at the event.    Steve is involved in every facet of the investment process at Alaris and is an integral part of the relationships that are created with each of the companies partners. Steve hails from a family of entrepreneurs and has built Alaris around a strong belief in driven private business owners.    In his spare time, Steve is an avid sports fan, player and coach. In 2014 he became majority owner of the Cardiff Devils, a Welsh team in the British Elite Ice Hockey League. Steve's main focus remains to be his wife, Kim, and their three busy kids.   00000342 0000033E 000054AF 000054AF 000ADFAC 000ADFAC 00007DAB 00007DB0 00134F0F 00134F29

As a co-founder and partner of Crossplane Capital, Brian is responsible for sourcing and closing transactions with significant cash and profitability improvement opportunities and overseeing the lifecycle of the portfolio.   Prior to founding Crossplane Capital, Brian was a managing director with Prophet Equity. During his 10 years there, Brian was responsible for sourcing and managing acquisitions with significant value creation upside. He served on the boards of directors of Acton Mobile, Hatch Stamping Company, Groff Tractor and Equipment, Total Plastics, Derby Fabricating and Cummings Signs. Brian began his career as an operations improvement consultant with AlixPartners and AT Kearney. During his seven-year career as a consultant, Brian’s work primarily focused on optimizing global supply chains, reducing manufacturing complexity, improving product profitability, and reducing direct material costs within industrial companies. These included Tier I automotive manufacturing, automotive aftermarket, food distribution, food manufacturing, electronics manufacturing and consumer packaged goods. Brian graduated cum laude with a BA in Economics from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from The University of Texas, where he received the Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence. Outside of work, Brian enjoys cheering on his three kids during their extracurricular activities and traveling the United States supporting his wife’s passion for running marathons. While he was raised in Dallas, he is proud of his West Texas family roots. Brian is a board member and former chairman of Interfaith Family Services, serves on the advisory board for the HMTF Center for Private Equity Finance at The University of Texas, and serves on the board of directors for Southern Methodist University’s Undergraduate Career Center. He is an eternal optimist about the success Vanderbilt University’s football team will have each season. Ping pong is his best sport.   000004E0 000004D8 00010611 00010611 0011214E 0011214E 00007CDC 00007F22 0012728D 00126097

Episode 30 features Sven Kins, a managing director with Cook M&A in Chicago where he is responsible for executing acquisition strategies, both platform and add-on opportunities as well as CEO Visions projects. Leveraging his 17 years of experience, Sven leads the firm’s FocusFirst® initiatives and overall growth strategy. He serves as a valuable guide to Cook M&A’s clients on how best to execute their acquisition strategies, while advising business owners of their M&A options via the opportunities Cook M&A presents to them. Sven earned a BA from Michigan State University and is an avid Spartan. Sven and his wife have three children and live in Chicago. He enjoys spending time with his family, playing and watching sports, travel and golf. He is also fluent in Latvian.

Episode 29 features past Private Equity Fast Pitch speakers discussing their favorite quotes and mottos they utilize in their daily lives and businesses.     0000058E 00000587 0002F88E 0002F88E 00102E24 00102E24 00008105 00008105 00105005 00105005

Scott is a Senior Vice President with FEG Investment Advisors where he is responsible for sourcing, conducting due diligence, and monitoring private equity investment opportunities. Prior to joining FEG, Scott was a Senior Investment Analyst with Fort Washington Capital Partners, a private equity fund-of-funds manager and wholly-owned subsidiary of The Western & Southern Life Insurance Company. In this capacity, Scott was responsible for conducting due diligence and research on private equity and venture capital funds. Scott began his career as a Fixed Income Analyst with Bear, Stearns & Co.    Scott received his MBA from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business and a BA in Economics from Cornell University. At Cornell, Scott was a member of the men's varsity swimming and diving team. He is a member of the CAIA Association.   v0000007F 0000007F 00002DB2 00002D4C 00010900 00010900 00007E55 00007F2E 000108E5 000108E5

Victor is a Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Insight Equity.  The firm has over $1B of equity capital under management and his current, primary responsibility is overseeing four of Insight's current portfolio firms as their Chairman as well as leading Insight's transaction efforts in aerospace, defense, machining, and technology.   Before co-founding Insight Equity, Victor led product development at Military Advantage, a venture-backed Internet company sold to Monster Worldwide in 2004. Prior to that, he was a senior manager at Bain & Company where he focused on merger integration and operational improvement cases. In the early nineties, Victor worked in the mergers & acquisitions department of Lehman Brothers where he was responsible for company due diligence and transaction execution, as well as working overseas in the Middle East advising the Saudi government on business investments.   Victor received his MBA from the Harvard Business School where he was named a Baker Scholar for graduating in the top 5% of his class. He has also received a Master's Degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and earned a double major BA in economics and political science from Stanford University.   Victor currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Micross Components, MB Precision Investment Holdings, Dustex Holdings, and VirTex Investment Holdings. He also serves on the Board of the general partner of Emerge Energy Services LP, Versatile Processing Group Holdings, Plasman Group, Panolam, and Riverbend Foods.   Additionally, Victor served 20 years in the U.S. Navy Reserve, retiring in 2014 as a Commander (O-5). In 2017, Victor became the 12th American to complete the "Explorer's Grand Slam" which requires climbing the highest peak on all seven of the world's continents including Mt. Everest, and skiing at least 100 kilometers to both the North and South Poles. He is also an instrument-rated, multi-engine jet and helicopter pilot.   00000326 00000323 0001C55E 0001C55E 000F3305 000F3305 0000853D 00008531 0005D4C1 0005D4C1

Cleveland has over a decade of leadership experience in the food and beverage and consumer investment banking market, previously as a founding member of Harris Williams & Co.'s Minneapolis office along with its global food and beverage and consumer investment banking practices. Most recently, Cleveland established the food, beverage and agriculture practice for Zachary Scott, with additional leadership responsibilities in the broader consumer market. Cleveland earlier worked in Piper Jaffray & Co.'s investment banking group. He received an MBA from The McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin and a bachelor's degree in finance from Santa Clara University.   00000239 00000238 000057BD 000057BD 00090EAC 00090EAC 000080F1 000080EC 0007B86D 0007B86D

Tripp Davis is a Partner with 7Mile Advisors with over 15 years of investment banking and advisory experience. Tripp joined 7 Mile Advisors from Hyde Park Capital Partners, where he served as head of the Business Services, Technology and Communications group while advising companies in a variety of industries on M&A and capital raising assignments. Previously, Tripp served as Vice President at DecisionPoint International and began his career with Livingston & Associates. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his wife and three children, adventure racing, hunting and skiing. BS Biology - Hampden-Sydney College; Post graduate studies - Florida State University. 000000EA 000000E8 000035FB 000035E0 0010C353 0010C353 000080BD 000080CD 0010C339 0010C339