Project Manager Engineer

CHARLES E. STEELE

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Operating Partner Director Vice President Chief Operating Officer

Entrepreneurial executive with proven leveraged buyout deal structuring experience, as well as

accomplishments in improving private equity firms and operating companies.

• M&A – Formulated $10M – $400M value creation strategies and financial models of defending private

equity investments using leverage and creating additional value through the improvement in operations

through oversight of time-phased plans as an advisor of: privately held companies, as well as bulge

bracket and middle market private equity firms.

• Operations – Achieved Lean Manufacturing maturity via leading the implementation of “The Toyota

Production System” with former Toyota General Manager.

• Turnarounds – Returned multiple middle market companies to industry benchmarked upper quartile

profitability and improved exit valuation through financial restructuring, strategic business analysis and

implementation of tactical improvement plans.

• Capital Sourcing – Raised over $12 Million of committed acquisition capital via private equity, asset

based lending, sale lease back of property, and mezzanine finance during difficult economic times.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

STEELE PARTNERS, Saint Louis, MO 2009 to Present

Managing Partner

STRATEGIC BUSINESS PARTNERS, Arlington Heights, IL 2008 – 2009

Senior Executive Business Consultant

THE GABRIEL MANAGEMENT GROUP, Saint Louis, MO 2005 – 2008

Director

LMC INDUSTRIES, INC., Arnold, MO 1994 - 2005

Project Manager 1997 - 2005

Manager of Maintenance 1994 – 1997

Process Engineer 1994

EDUCATION

Olin Business School, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Ranked #2 in the World by: “The Wall Street Journal”

Executive Master of Business Administration, 2003

University of Missouri, Rolla, MO

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 1993

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