The Private Equity Podcast, by Raw Selection

Introducing Pari Natarajan Pari Natarajan is the CEO of Zinnov LLC, a leading Management Consulting firm that helps organizations globalize their businesses, tackle organizational challenges & build institutional capability. Pari and his team assist technology companies in improving their engineering efficiency and innovation capabilities through the effective use of globalization. He also wor...

Matthew Carr is the Co-Founder and Head of Research & Technology at Atum Cell - a firm that provides leading-edge cybersecurity software, hardware, and services for companies and government agencies in North America and Europe. He is an award-winning cybersecurity researcher and penetration tester specializing in cyber threat management. He held senior positions in security at IKEA, IBM, and S...

Introduction to Stephen Stephen Madsen was the Director of Business Development & Capital Markets at Monomoy Capital Partners, a private investment firm with over $2.7 billion in assets under management. Monomoy invests in the equity and debt of manufacturing and distribution businesses that can benefit from operational and financial improvement. Stephen specializes in mergers & acquisitio...

Introducing Chris Ayala Christopher Ayala is the Managing Director of Drum Capital Management, a specialized investment management firm dedicated to deep value, lower middle market investment opportunities, including special situations, turnaround, and restructuring strategies. Chris and his team have invested over $1.3B in an array of direct equity positions, co-investments in operating businesse...

Introduction to Tim Tim O’Reilly is the Founding Chief Financial Officer of Frontier Service Partners and is a well known transformational leader in the sphere of trade and private equity organizations. Tim has served to help organizations set themselves up for long-term growth, becoming a beacon for companies to adapt to their respective markets. Aside from his multiple leadership roles across th...

Introducing Salvatore M. Buscemi   Salvatore M. Buscemi is the CEO and co-founder of Dandrew Partners - a private family investment office that has managed money successfully for almost 20 years by creating multiple portfolios on various cross-asset platforms. Sal is a frequent speaker and guest lecturer on real estate finance at professional symposia. He has written numerous books and articles on...

Introduction to Jason Jason Glende is an executive sales professional who’s led multiple commercial organizations to success. Jason came from a background in engineering and decided to take on a career in sales and private equity. He shares his story and how his success in the PE industry flourished since his career shift.    What You Will Learn Jason’s Interest in the PE-backed World How to Trans...

Introduction to Chris Chris is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of L5 Capital Partners. L5 Capital Partners is a business equity firm that invests in consumer businesses. These include, communications, lifestyle, and health. Chris, for the longest time has been in the operations side of organizations, and now he sheds light on how he migrated from ops to the investor side of his career.   What...

Introduction to Eric Eric Anderson is the Chief Operating Officer of Clearwave Corporation and has been the COO since 2010. Eric’s experience stems from his undergraduate degree in accounting and then an e-commerce program in Stanford. Since his education, he’s worked with startups and Fortune 500 companies. His primary industry work revolves around technology and now healthcare What You Will Lear...

Introduction to John John Gallagher is the CEO of Element SaaS Finance. John has been a finance professional for some time now and has worked in different industries including the private equity sector. He has a track record of working with different equity firms, but mostly building his element finance.  What You Will Learn PE Firms: A more customer-centric approach  The SAAS (Software) Industry...

Introduction to Michael Michael Tang is an experienced chief financial officer, in the Healthcare sector. He has more than 20 years of operational finance experience, particularly in the healthcare arena. He’s worked with PE-backed Fortune 500 companies and non-profit integrated healthcare systems. What You Will Learn Balancing margins of PE-backed firms The Healthcare Sector  How to Solidify the...

Introduction to Alexander: Alexander is a partner at the Sciens Water. Alexander has dedicated his recent work to investing in water infrastructure, through private equity investments. He has worked in multiple sectors such as investment banking, led a start up, and went to business school as well.  What You Will Learn The Water Infrastructure Industry Investing in Water Infrastructure Firms Assoc...

Introduction to Eric: Eric Stewart is the Interim Chief Commercial Officer of IsoPlexis. He started his career in product and process development and later transitioned to private equity. He’s managed worldwide remits and has done some work in marketing and sales. Eric has also been serving as a board member of the Georgia Tech Business Network.   What You Will Learn: Driving ROI for PE-Backed Com...

Introduction to Jeff: Jeff Gonyo is the Managing Director of Geneva Glen Capital and has been associated with the firm since 2008. He is very passionate about the Private Equity Industry and has been in the sector for around 32 years. Jeff’s been on a pursuit to help rising companies generate more value by adding operating executives and domain expertise.   What You Will Learn Deal-by-Deal Equity...

Introducing Matt Matt is the Head of Practice for digital and e-commerce as well as strategy at Nimble Gravity. He started at operations, and now over the last 2 decades, he has slowly transitioned to be acquainted with the digital side and now covers the world of e-commerce. He’s been in other digital-related fields such as telecommunications and mobile ad tech space.   What You Will Learn -     ...

Introduction to Isabella: Isabella Calderon Hoyos is currently the Vice President of Strategy and Transactions at the OMMAX digital solutions company. Prior to joining OMMAX, she spent 9 years in PwC Deutschland, where she worked from senior associate to senior management throughout her stay. She was also an Associate at Roland Berger in Munich, Germany.   What You Will Learn Digitalization of PE...

Introduction to Jim: Currently the Chief Financial Officer at Wales-Darby, Jim has been in the financial field for more than 30 years. For the majority of his career, Jim has been involved in the fields of manufacturing, construction, and distribution. He has also worked with public, private, and family-owned businesses.    What You Will Learn Portfolio Companies Acquiring Manufacturing Firms  Lea...

Introduction to Ferdi Founder and CEO of Asset Class, which focuses on the Private Equity and Venture Capital Sector. The company is dedicated to providing softwares for companies to handle the investment lifecycle management process.      What You will Learn Integration of Software Systems in Firms Importance of Using Technological Processes in Firms The Attitude and Characteristics For the Indus...

Today’s Guest On this episode, we welcome Alan Goldfarb. Founder and managing partner of Orangewood Partners. What You’ll Learn Structure and ways of working of large equity firms Qualities of smaller firms and their organizational structures Private equity professionals and portfolio executives What makes a top performer in the private equity industry Breakdown [00:24] Introducing Alan  [05:00] C...

Today’s Guest Today’s guest is Joseph F. Coughlin, CEO and founder of CRS Limited. What You’ll Learn Litigation in PE firms  Complexity of risk Breakdown [00:22] Introducing Joe  [03:34] Common mistakes by PE firms  [08:31] What PE firms overlook  [12:30] Attributes of a top performer  [18:45] Likes and dislikes in the PE industry  [22:39] Risk aspect in diverse portfolios  [27:28] Joe’s book infl...

Today’s Guest On this episode, we welcome Brad Nathan, founder and president of Toronto-based PE firm Lynx Equity. What You’ll Learn The buy and hold strategy  Returns models  Investor relations Breakdown [00:22] Introducing Brad  [02:11] Common mistakes by PE firms  [03:35] Buy and Hold Strategy  [14:10] Insight on Lynx’s Success  [17:13] Adopting a Different Returns Model  [21:11] Investor Relat...

Today’s Guest Today’s guest is Rami Cassis, founder of Parabellum Investments based in London. What You’ll Learn Diversification in PE  High growth and high-risk sectors  Current economic climate Breakdown [00:22] Introducing Rami  [02:41] Common mistakes by PE firms  [05:57] Diversity and diversification in PE  [08:32] Rami’s buy and sell PE model  [12:31] High growth and high potential sectors  ...

Nick Antoine is the Co-Founder, Co-CEO and Managing Partner at Red Arts Capital, where he leads fundraising, research and thesis development. Before forming Red Arts in 2015, Nick served as Special Assistant to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ariel Investments, a $13 billion asset management firm.   What You’ll Learn: Deal flow processes within a narrow niche How PE firms can different...

Introduction of Jeff Gendel Jeff Gendel is the Principal for Business Development at Gen II Fund Services, LLC, a private equity fund administrator that caters to $850B+ of private capital. Jeff oversees the firm, which offers a unique platform of resources that enables clients to manage their operational infrastructure, financial reporting and investor communications.   What You Will Learn The si...

Ewan Mackinnon is a Partner for Maven Capital Partners, a VCT, Private Equity and Property Fund Manager that provides funding to growth-focused UK SMEs and tax-efficient investment opportunities for investors   What You will Learn How to correct common mistakes made by PE firms and portfolio companies How Maven Capital Partners drive value creation How the UK CPT works for Maven Educational resour...