Ian Ahern

Chicago Growth Partners LLC (Chicago Growth Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2004 by Robert Blank, David Chandle, Arda Minocherhomjee and Timothy Murray. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

ParkerGale LLC (Parkergale) is a private equity firm founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Waste Harmonics LLC provides outsourced waste management services. The firm offers customized waste management, waste pick-up, hauling, recycling, and sustainability services. It serves to hotel and hospitality, apartment and retirement communities, convenience and grocery stores, restaurants, transportation and logistics industries. The company was founded by Michael S. Hess in 2001 and is headquartered in Victor, NY.

Parkergale Rippe & Kingston Investment LLC is engaged in the technology industry. The company is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Rippe & Kingston Holdco LLC operates as an investment holding firm. The company is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

SMA Technologies, Inc. provides automation technology that redirects repetitive tasks. Its products include OpCon automation, OpCon deploy, OpCon self service, OpCon vision, automation consultancy and managed automation services. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Biscom, Inc. is engaged in the provision of enterprise secure document delivery and collaboration through Web, fax, and mobile interfaces. Its flagship product, FAXCOM Fax Server supports not only document delivery via fax, email, and the Internet, but also handles incoming and outgoing document workflow. The company was founded by Shu Kuang Ho, Carlos Mainemer and Bill Agudelo in 1986 and is headquartered in Chelmsford, MA.

EditShare LLC is engaged in providing networked shared storage and workflow solutions. The firm products include EFS storage, flow, QScan, geevs, VBox, ark, lightworks and helmut. It offers advertising, education, broadcast, corporate, new media, and post production solutions. The company was founded by Andy Liebman and Tara Montford in 2004 and is headquartered in Watertown, MA.

CultureIQ, Inc. provides culture management software to help companies measure and strengthen their culture. The company was founded by Greg Besner in July 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Surepoint Technologies Group, Inc. provides industrial instrumentation and electrical services. Its services encompass automation and panel fabrication, communications systems, compression and controls, drilling automation and control systems, electrical and instrumentation, equipment packaging, material procurement, personnel management, valve sales and service, and well testing and meter proving. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Great Hill Partners LP (Great Hill Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1998 by Christopher S. Gaffney, Steve F. Gormley and John G. Hayes. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Specialized Education Services, Inc. provides specialized education services for students. It offers partners with school districts to run in-district classrooms and stand-alone schools that meet the academic, behavioral, social, and emotional needs of special and alternative education students with autism spectrum disorders, learning, emotional and other disabilities. The company was founded on August 2, 1996 and is headquartered in Camden, NJ.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

GTCR LLC (GTCR) is a private equity firm founded in 1980 by Charlie Thomas. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

LightYear Dealer Technologies LLC develops dealer management software solutions. It operates as a new car automobile dealership. The company was founded by John Hosmer, Mike Hosmer and Frank Hosmer in 2008 and is headquartered in Mason City, IA.

Oneplus Systems, Inc. manufactures waste compactor monitoring systems. The firm’s solutions include compactor and container monitoring. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Northbrook, IL.

Arroweye Solutions, Inc. engages in the provision of digital on-demand card marketing and production solutions for the credit, debit, gift and prepaid card industries. Its solutions include consulting services and support, card design and campaign marketing, credit and debit programs, CustomerConnect, hybrid payment, and merchant services on-demand. The company was founded by Doron Friedman, Ajay Singhvi and Brian Huse in October 1999 and is headquartered in Henderson, NV.

Encover, Inc. provides solutions for implementation of service contracts and software subscriptions. The company was founded by Sridhar Krishnan, Robert Ramoji and Satish Appalakutty in 2000 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc./Venture Partners/ (Baird Venture) is a venture capital division of Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. founded in 2000 by Thomas Desmond. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Trane Energy Services LLC provides natural gas and electricity consulting and management services. Its services include data management, risk management, energy sourcing, power control center, global energy management and value added services. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Louisville, KY.

FineLine Technologies, Inc. develops barcode ticketing software solutions. It offers tickets for private label branding, such as labels, hang tags, pocket flashers, joker tags, size strips, carton labels, and promotional tags. The company was founded by Richard Stamper and Richard Jaynes in 1998 and is headquartered in Norcross, GA.

World 50, Inc. engages in the provision of platform to share ideas, solutions and collaborative discovery free from press, competition and solicitation. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

IPRO Tech LLC provides and develops software for the litigation market. It offers solutions for robust imaging, annotating, indexing tools, document viewing and desktop imaging tools. The company was founded by James King and Gregory Horne in 1989 and is headquartered in Tempe, AZ.

Source 44 LLC provides supply chain compliance services and data. The firm’s solutions include conflict minerals, smelter verification, anti-corruption and restricted substances. It is a place for companies all over the world to exchange compliance information. The company was founded by Jess F. Kraus, Matt Thorn and Jennifer Kraus in 2009 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Aircraft Technical Publishers, Inc. provides information management and services for manufacturers and maintenance providers. It provides services to civil aviation authorities, maintenance facilities, fixed based operators aircraft operators, flight schools and universities. The company was founded by Bill Daniels and Caroline Daniels in 1973 and is headquartered in Brisbane, CA.

Empower Software Solutions, Inc. provides software solutions services. It products include EmpowerHR and Pay, alent Management, EmpowerTime, EmpowerWFM and EmpowerTax. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Orlando, FL.