Inverness Graham Strengthens its Value Creation Group with the Addition of Two Seasoned Operating Executives
April 19 2024 - 1:41PM
Business Wire
Inverness Graham (“IGI”), a Philadelphia based buyout firm that
acquires innovative companies where technology is transforming
traditional industry, is pleased to announce the recent additions
of Tonya Zweier as Financial Operating Partner and Jeffrey (Jeff)
Silverman as Growth Operating Partner within its Value Creation
Group (“VCG”). Tonya and Jeff bring extensive experience working
with lower middle market businesses. Building upon the firm’s 60+
year operating heritage, VCG is now 12 professionals strong and is
purposely resourced for partnering with founder-owners in the lower
middle market.
Tonya serves as a Financial Operating Partner leading VCG’s
business visibility function. Tonya joined us from The Riverside
Company, a leading private equity firm, where she served as Finance
Director, overseeing the detailed analysis of financial
performance, implementing best practices across reporting and
forecasting processes and applying analytics and data-based
insights to promote revenue growth and EBITDA expansion. Prior to
The Riverside Company, Tonya served as a financial executive for
both publicly traded and private equity-backed, high-growth
technology companies, including McBee, Alliance Global Services,
the Neat Company, and Safeguard Scientifics, where she helped
stakeholders and investment partners realize strong results. As an
executive with 30+ years of progressive financial experience –
including 10+ years of private equity experience – Tonya brings
significant expertise in developing and implementing solutions to
help businesses navigate a variety of challenges and achieve rapid
growth.
Jeff joined us as a Growth Operating Partner leading VCG’s
revenue generation function. Jeff is a seasoned executive with over
30 years of experience leading all aspects of the go-to-market
functions – including sales, marketing, and account management –
specializing in SaaS solutions, technology-enabled services,
medical devices, disposable supplies and capital equipment. Prior
to joining Inverness Graham, Jeff served in several sales
leadership positions, including as Chief Revenue Officer at
Qualifacts where he managed the revenue teams to drive the growth
of the business from $20M to $170M. Jeff’s experience in this role
involved multiple acquisitions and integrations as well as the
successful exit to Warburg Pincus. In addition, Jeff has led sales
organizations and teams for prominent healthcare providers such as
Change Healthcare and McKesson Provider Technologies.
“We are excited to welcome Tonya and Jeff to the Inverness
Graham team and Value Creation Group,” said Trey Sykes, Managing
Principal at Inverness Graham. “Tonya and Jeff each bring decades
of C-suite operating experience in their areas of expertise. We are
confident that they will be strong contributors to Inverness
Graham’s portfolio company value creation efforts and longstanding
culture of continuous improvement.”
About Inverness Graham Value Creation Group
Inverness Graham’s approach is as unique as its heritage and
builds upon the 60-year operating legacy of the Graham Group. The
Inverness Graham Value Creation Group (“VCG”), currently a team of
12 professionals, works side-by-side with portfolio company
management teams to drive and support key operational value
creation initiatives. VCG is comprised of multi-time, private
equity backed CEOs as Senior Operating Partners and a focused group
of functional operating partners and specialists across finance,
strategy, human capital management and revenue generation. This
core team is supplemented by a group of over 100 third-party
specialists including former portfolio company CEOs, vertical
industry experts and a broad range of functional operating
professionals who are leveraged to support the efforts of the
dedicated, full-time VCG.
The collaboration across Inverness Graham, the VCG and our
portfolio companies is critical to Inverness Graham’s strong track
record of driving operational excellence in lower middle market
businesses for over 20 years.
About Inverness Graham Investments
Inverness Graham is a Philadelphia based buyout firm that
acquires innovative companies where technology is transforming
traditional industry. The firm’s Flagship strategy focuses on
high-growth businesses in Healthcare, Tech-Enabled Services /
Software and Advanced Manufacturing. The firm’s Green Light
strategy targets tech-enabled businesses where Environmental
Sustainability is a key driver of accelerating growth. Inverness
Graham executes a differentiated, repeatable model for value
creation through its proprietary Strategic Platform Build approach.
Founded by senior executives of the Graham Group, the firm builds
upon a 60-year legacy of operational excellence, bringing
substantial value creation resources and an innovative mindset to
support its portfolio company partners.
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