Ben is a Vice President at Pritzker Private Capital focused on the firm's investing activities in the Services sector. Ben originally joined Pritzker Private Capital in 2017 as an Associate and re-joined in 2021 after serving as Chief of Staff at Valicor, one of the firm’s operating companies. Prior to Pritzker Private Capital, Ben was an investment professional at Summit Partners, a multi-billion dollar growth equity firm based in Boston. While at Summit Partners, Ben was responsible for sourcing and executing investments in the technology sector. Prior to Summit Partners, Ben was an investment banking analyst in the Technology & Services group at Baird, where he provided support on mergers, acquisitions and other financial advisory services.
Ben received his B.B.A. in Finance from the Goizueta School of Business at Emory University.
Jeff Carlson joined Pritzker Private Capital in 2020 as the Director of Technology; overseeing the IT team and providing strategic and tactical guidance to Pritzker Private Capital’s companies. Jeff has served as Director of Information Technology at Pritzker Group since 2014. Prior to joining Pritzker Group, Jeff was Vice President of Information Technology at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, where he developed applications for the firm’s Total Return Swap trading desk and worked in an operations and technology capacity. Before SunTrust, Jeff worked as a Vice President at Bank of America, and began his career at Vista Software Solutions, now part of JDA Software.
Jeff received his Bachelor degree in Business Administration and Masters in Information Systems at Northern Illinois University.
Prior to joining Pritzker Private Capital, Patrick was an investment banking associate in the Services & Industrials Group at William Blair in Chicago. While at William Blair, Patrick provided analytical support on mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, financings and other financial advisory services.
Patrick received his B.B.A. in finance from the University of Notre Dame.
Prior to joining Pritzker Private Capital, Matthew was an investment banking analyst in the Consumer & Retail Group at RBC Capital Markets in New York. While at RBC, Matthew provided analytical support on financings, mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts and other financial advisory services.
Matthew received his B.S. in Finance from Indiana University.
Eric Kieras is a Partner at Pritzker Private Capital and helps lead the firm's Services sector investing. Prior to joining Pritzker Private Capital, Eric was a Managing Director at JZ Partners, LLC, a middle-market investment firm, where he helped lead investment strategy and execution and served on the Boards of Directors of several of the firm's operating companies. Prior to joining JZ Partners, Eric worked as an investment banker for the plastics and packaging team at P&M Corporate Finance, a regional investment bank focused on middle-market M&A transactions.
Eric received his B.B.A. from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.
Terry is an Operating Partner at Pritzker Private Capital leading the firm’s activities in the Manufactured Products sector. Terry has more than 25 years of executive experience in refining, specialty chemicals, plastics, process automation and steel. Prior to joining Pritzker Private Capital, Terry was an Executive Advisor and member of the Advisory Board of Aurora Capital Partners for ten years. Prior to Aurora, Terry was COO of Gerdau Ameristeel, one of the largest long steel producers in North America. Previously, Terry joined Tyco International as one of the operating executives charged with turning around Tyco, assuming the role of President of Tyco Plastics and Adhesives. Earlier in his career he was part of AlliedSignal, which ultimately became Honeywell, in Specialty Chemicals where he had numerous roles in Business Development, Marketing and was the VP-GM of the global Fluorine Products business and then President of the global Process Solutions Division. Terry began his career with Pennzoil and Morton International.
Terry received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from University of Missouri-Columbia, a M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.
Caitlin joined Pritzker Private Capital in 2021. She assists in overall coordination, conferencing, administrative activities and special projects for the office. Prior to joining Pritzker Private Capital, Caitlin was an office administrator for Pritzker Group.
Caitlin received her BA in Early Childhood Education from the University of South Carolina where she was a member of the NCAA Carolina Girls Dance Team.
Ruby Chandy was formerly President of the $1.3B Industrial Division of Pall Corporation. Earlier in her career, Ruby held general management positions at Dow Chemical, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Boston Scientific, and Millipore. She also served as Chief Marketing Officer at Dow Chemical and Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Ruby currently serves on the boards of Ametek, DuPont, and Flowserve Corporations and was previously on the board of Idex Corporation from 2006-2013. Ruby served on the board of Infiltrator Water Technologies, a portfolio company of Ontario Teachers Private Capital and on the Executive Advisory Board of Gryphon Investors, a private equity firm based in San Francisco. She is a Mentor-in-Residence for University of Pennsylvania PCI Ventures.
Ruby is currently on the Americas Executive Board of the MIT Sloan School and was previously on the board of Unicef New England. Ruby received her Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering from MIT, a Master’s Degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University, and a Master’s degree in Business from the MIT Sloan School
Stephen Newlin is the former Chairman and CEO of Univar Solutions, a global chemical and ingredient distributor. Previously, Steve served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of PolyOne Corporation from 2006-2014 and Executive Chairman of the Board until 2016. Prior to PolyOne, Steve was President, Industrial Sector, at Ecolab Incorporated. He also spent 24 years at Nalco Chemical Company in positions of increasing responsibility, ultimately serving as President and Director of Nalco, and then President, Chief Operating Officer, and Vice Chairman.
Steve has served as a board member or director for many public companies, associations and civic organizations. Currently, he serves on the board of Univar Solutions and Hexion. He also currently serves as Chairman of the Oshkosh Corporation, a leading innovator of mission-critical vehicles and equipment.
Steve received a Bachelor’s degree in civil/environmental engineering and an honorary doctorate of public service from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. He completed the Tuck Executive Program at Dartmouth College, as well as Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program. He also served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Public Health Service, earning an accelerated promotion.
Doug Oberhelman served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and as Chief Executive Officer of Caterpillar Inc. beginning in 2010. After a 41-year career with Caterpillar, he retired as CEO in December 2016 and as Executive Chairman in March 2017.
Doug joined the Caterpillar treasury department in 1975 and worked in or led a wide variety of businesses across the company. He was elected a Caterpillar Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 1995; and from 2002 to 2010 was a group President with responsibility for many of Caterpillar’s core businesses. Over the course of his career at Caterpillar he lived in North America, South America and Asia, and travelled extensively throughout the world.
Doug serves on the Board of Directors of Exxon Mobil Corporation, Peter Kiewit Sons’, Inc., and Bombardier Inc. He is former Chair of both the Business Roundtable and the National Association of Manufacturers. He serves as vice president of the Wetlands America Trust, is a director on the boards of the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation and Intersect Illinois. He is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Easter Seals Foundation of Central Illinois. He previously served on the boards of Eli Lilly and Company and Ameren Corporation.
David Steiner is a member of the Board of Directors of FedEx, where he serves as Lead Director, and Vulcan Materials, where he serves as the Chairperson of the Nominating and Governance Committee. From 2004 until November 2016, David served as CEO and President of Waste Management, the largest solid waste and recycling company in North America. He also held the positions of CFO, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, and Deputy General Counsel.
Mr. Steiner serves on a number of non-profit and educational boards, including the EJ Ourso School of Business at LSU. David graduated from the UCLA School of Law, with honors, and practiced Corporate and Securities law at Phelps Dunbar, Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher and Jones Walker. David also has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Louisiana State University, where he graduated cum laude.
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