Executive Affiliates

Executive Affiliates

Experience is
the best partner

Hamilton Robinson partners with industry experts who supply proprietary insight, deal flow and management expertise to facilitate the acquisition and growth of our portfolio companies.

Dan Cahalane

Manufacturing & business services

Former CEO, American Roller, Former VP, ABB

Steve Candito

Environmental services

Former CEO, National Response Corporation

Jim Gillespie

Industrial technology

Co-Founder & Former CEO, GrayMatter, Co-Founder &, Former CEO Synapse Systems

Brad Goebel

Manufacturing & business services

Former CEO Petreco, Applied Process Solutions, Maloney Industries

Rudolf Herrmann

Industrial & manufacturing systems

Former President, Dover Resources & Texas Hydraulics, Professor, Oklahoma State

Dick Liebson

Operations management

Former CEO, Tuthill Pumps, HRCP Lean consultant

Joseph Lupone

Manufacturing operations

Former CEO, Sound Seal, Former President, Intellicoat Technologies & Reflexite Display Optics

Michael Mahoney

Industrial operations

Former Executive, Johnson Controls, Eaton Corporation, PBM Industries

Gregory McDaniel

Chemical industry

Former President, Chemtura AgroSolutions, Former Executive, Dow Chemical & Dow BioProducts

Christopher Nigon

Industrial operations & strategy

Former Executive, Habasit America, Former President, KVP, H&N Packaging, Rotoflex Technologies

Todd Owens

Tech-enabled services

Former CEO, Kevala, Former COO Sterling, Former CEO TalentWise

Mark Panozzo

Converting equipment, plastics

Former CEO, Horizon Bradco and Black Clawson, Former President, Davis-Standard Converting Systems

Spencer Partridge

Environmental services

CEO, PNE

Allen Porter

Services management

Former CEO, Tanknology, Former VP, Arizona Instrument

Eric Quilter

Tech-enabled services

Executive Chairman & Former CEO, WorkforeQA, Former Founder & CEO, FormFox

Michael Shahed

Industrial operations & process improvement

Vice President, Catalyst Acoustics Group, Former President, IAC Acoustics

Mark Soares

Sales & manufacturing

CEO, Unifiller, Former Manager Teleflex Energy

Erik Udstuen

Industrial technology

Co-Founder, TwinThread, Former Head of GE Software, Co-Founder, Mountain Systems

John White

Distribution Operations & Automation

President, Proelio, Former President, Fortna, Former Executive, Capgemini, Manugistics

Aaron Zell

Manufacturing operations

Former CEO, Sani-Matic, Former GM, ITW, Former GM, Parker Hannifin