LFM Capital, LLC , a Nashville-based private equity firm, is pleased to announce three new hires and two promotions to support the firm’s continued growth: Richard Butler, Heather Rogers, and Alex Weinstein. Richard Butler and Heather Rogers have both joined as Portfolio CFOs and will be working with portfolio company management to assist in developing and enhancing processes and systems to support efficient and effective financial reporting and operational finance and accounting practices. Alex Weinstein has joined as an Associate focused on deal evaluation and execution and portfolio company monitoring and support.

Check out LFM’s 2 minute overview video to learn more about our passion for manufacturing and how we step up to the plate to take our partner companies to the next level.

Here we introduce ShopSabre Founder and CEO Jim Bombardo and his sons, Brandon, Sales & Marketing Manager, and Chris, Manufacturing & R&D Manager. In choosing LFM, Jim really valued LFM’s operational experience. Knowing that LFM truly understood ShopSabre’s business made Jim feel more comfortable and more confident in selecting LFM.

We are proud to have added two new platform companies to the portfolio in PSI Control Solutions, a manufacturer of electrical control panels and emergency power products, and Diamabrush, a manufacturer of concrete polishing and resurfacing products. In addition to these exciting new platform deals, our portfolio company, J&E Precision, completed a transformational add-on acquisition of a precision aerospace and defense component manufacturer. Stay tuned for more details.

Here we introduce J&E Precision and its founders, Jim and Eugene Labrie, and CEO, Sean Holly. In choosing to work with LFM, the Labries were focused on finding a partner that would work hard to maintain the strong, family-like culture they had built at J&E while helping to grow the business and hone in on operational excellence.

Here we introduce Fecon CEO Bob Dieckman and Senior VP Mark Middendorf. In choosing LFM, Fecon founder John Heekin was looking for a partner that would help take the company to the next level while remaining focused on operational excellence.  LFM worked with Fecon to facilitate a seamless leadership transition to allow John Heekin to exit the business knowing that his legacy was intact and company culture would be preserved. 

Eckhart, an Industry 4.0 advanced manufacturing solutions provider and portfolio company of LFM Capital since June 2015, has named Michael (“Mike”) Stob as Chief Financial Officer. Mike most recently served as Corporate Controller at JR Automation Technologies, a leading designer and developer of custom automation equipment for a variety of industries.

LFM Capital, a Nashville-based private equity firm, announced today that Conner Harris has joined the firm as a Director. Conner will be focused on transaction review and execution as well as portfolio company strategy, monitoring and support. He brings to the Fund more than nine years of private equity, banking and investment management experience where he was involved in more than 20 transactions.