OUR BUSINESS

Operations Team 

The Operations Team is comprised of over 30 former CEOs, Presidents, COOs, CFOs and Supply Chain and Outsourcing Specialists with vast experience in industries such as consumer products, financial services, energy, technology, industrial, outsourcing and supply chain. This skilled team assists principals with initial operational due diligence, works with the deal teams to analyze investment decisions and provides an operations perspective on American Capital sponsored investments. The team is also responsible for guiding the turnaround efforts for a small number of portfolio companies.

Deal Team Assistance

Operations works with deal teams to assess a target company’s ability to achieve its business plan. Additionally, the team builds an “operational” relationship with the company’s management team and helps sell the company on the operational assistance American Capital can provide. The team also lays the ground work for post-closing performance improvements and provides operational perspective post-close. Often, a member of the Operations Team will participate on a portfolio company’s Board of Directors.

The Operations Team assists portfolio companies in the following ways:

• Implementing cost improvements;
• Systematizing sales and marketing;
• Developing and aligning business plans;
• Strengthening management capabilities; and
• Improving processes to support growth.

Portfolio Performance Improvement

Additionally, the Operations Team works directly with struggling portfolio companies to improve performance. The experienced Operations Principals are capable of interim leadership of portfolio companies and help identify business actions that help improve performance. The team also provides hands-on assistance to reduce costs, grow the business and strengthen management talent.

Operations Leadership

Steven Price, Principal and Managing Director, Operations Team

Steve Price joined American Capital in 2003 as a Principal in the Operations Team. Prior to joining American Capital, Steve was a Managing Partner at Dubin Clark and Company. Before joining Dubin Clark, Steve was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Alyn Corporation, Incorporated and President of Allied Automotive Aftermarket. Steve Joined Allied Signal (Honeywell) as Vice President Global Sales and Marketing for their worldwide automotive manufacturing businesses. Before joining Allied Signal, Steve was a General Manger at NIBCO Incorporated, a plumbing products manufacturer, and spent six years at Black and Decker Corporation as Vice President, Marketing for Kwikset Corporation and Director, Sales and Marketing for the Black and Decker Power Tool Group. He started his career at The Procter and Gamble Company with assignments in Brand Management.

Steve received his bachelor’s degree in Economics from Brown University.