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Siisi Adu-Gyamfi is a recognized leader with demonstrated expertise in value creation strategies to private firms and Fortune 1000.  He has been a corporate officer at Textron Inc., Eaton Corporation and Cummins Inc. and has also held a series of senior management roles at United Technologies and Digital Equipment Corporation. 

He has helped guide private equity firms, as their in-house expert, on portfolio company strategies, pricing, value selling techniques and industry sector analyses.  His disciplined methodology and processes have contributed to creating significant enterprise value to portfolio companies leading to successful exits to both strategic and financial buyers.  

Siisi received an MBA from the Harvard Business School. He graduated from MIT with three degrees: a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in mechanical engineering, and a Bachelor of Science in management.  Siisi lives in the Boston area with his wife and enjoys a competitive squash game.

Email:  SiisiA@GSP-PE.com

John Laskowsky has held President & CEO roles in his career as an operating executive and board member at C&M Corporation/Winchester, Hutchinson SA with a track record of transforming and scaling Industrial Automation, Aerospace/Defense and Electrical/Electronic businesses via organic growth, acquisitions, building leadership teams, operational excellence and financial discipline.  He also held senior management roles at Eaton Corporation and Boeing.  He has twice exited private equity businesses to both private equity and/or strategic buyers.  

John holds a MBA and Entrepreneurial Management Certificate from Pepperdine University and a BSEE from the University of Missouri Science & Technology.  He lives in the Boston area with his wife and daughter and is an avid CrossFit athlete and enjoys golfing with his daughter.

Email:  JohnL@GSP-PE.com

Jeremy’s value creation expertise spans 20 years with publicly held organizations such as General Cable, Prysmian, and Atkore.  His passion around improving operational performance and continuous improvement via engagement of the workforce is evident in his results.  He has a proven track record of successfully turning around businesses and company cultures by focusing on the people and creating systems which continually result in world-class operations and retention of talent.

At Atkore, Jeremy was the Operations Leader responsible for their Electrical Cable and Flexible Conduit Strategic Business Unit.  He created best practices which improved the workplace culture which enabled them to achieve the highest EBITDA in the history of the company.  While at General Cable, he led the largest wire & cable plant in North America to obtain record levels of innovation, production, and cost reduction.

Jeremy has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of North Texas.  He lives in Oklahoma with his wife and daughter.  In his free time, he enjoys running, supporting his wife in her real estate business, and attending his daughter’s athletic events.

Email:  JeremyC@GSP-PE.com

Kevin Smith was the Managing Partner of Sandkey Capital and has over 20+ years of private equity and capital markets experience.  Prior to Sandkey, Kevin worked for Audax Private Equity, a middle market private equity firm based in Boston.  Prior to Audax, Kevin spent eight years at H.I.G. Capital, a global private equity firm with $53 billion of equity capital under management.  During his time with H.I.G. Capital and Audax Private Equity, Kevin was responsible for business development, deal origination, and the evaluation of investment opportunities.  Kevin began his career in Equity Capital Markets at Goldman Sachs and Prudential Securities (now part of Wells Fargo Securities) in New York.

Kevin serves on the Private Equity and Investment Banking Committee of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), Boston.  He is actively involved in several other non-profit organizations.  Kevin holds a B.A. from the University of Florida.  He lives in the Boston area with his wife and two daughters but remains loyal to his hometown Miami sports teams.  In his free time, Kevin enjoys outdoor activities, such as golf, fishing, and chauffeuring his daughters around town.

Email:  KevinS@GSP-PE.com

Mark brings to the firm extensive experience in investment analysis, strategic analysis, business valuation, and developing investment return scenarios from his time as CFO of OSRAM Americas.  While at Osram he concentrated his time on overseeing the financial operations and compliance in six countries with over $1B in revenue and completed 10 acquisitions and divestitures to align the company’s strategy as the industry went through a revolutionary technology shift.  He also brings a well-rounded and common sense approach when working closely with business and management teams to drive financial performance.   

Mark holds a B.S. from Southern New Hampshire University.   He is a native of Massachusetts. He and his wife currently live in Newburyport, MA with their son and daughter, where they enjoy boating on the Merrimack River.

Email:  MarkQ@GSP-PE.com