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Tom Bohardt - Bio. 2008 to present – Founded BOHARDT LLC a management consulting firm 2008 to present – Outside Director for The Riverside Company’s portfolio company iAutomation in Beverly, MA.
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Tom Bohardt - Bio • 2008 to present – Founded BOHARDT LLC a management consulting firm • 2008 to present – Outside Director for The Riverside Company’s portfolio company iAutomation in Beverly, MA. • 2008 to present – Volunteer Business Analyst for the Small Business Development Center at Florida Gulf Coast University • 2007 – Sold Meier Transmission • 2007 – Sold Samson Industrial • 2003 – Acquired Samson Industrial from Samson Investments in Tulsa, OK • 2003 – Acquired Electric Motor Repair (EMR) and consolidated with MQN into EMR builiding • 2000 – Acquired MQN Electric from Great Lakes Power Products in Mentor, OH • 1996 – Acquired Meier (Class A member), investor group: former Reliance Electric execs Chuck Ames, Bill Hendrix, and Al Muren • 1972 to 1996 – Reliance Electric Co. • 1995-1996 VP Standard Electrical Drives (R&D, Mktg, Operations) • (2) Locations – Cleveland, and Athens, GA. • (200) employees • $90M in sales • 1993-1995 GM Drive Systems (Engineering, Operations, Startup) • (12) Locations in 11 States • (450) employees • $200M in sales • 1989-1995 GM Service Group (Motor and Electronic Repair, Aftermarket Parts, Customer Training, Field Services) • (50+) Locations in 25 States, Canada, Mexico, Hong Kong, South Korea and China • (1,100) employees • $250M in sales • 1986-1989 Manager of Drive Field Services (Breakdown, Startup, Customer Training, Contract Sales & Administration) • 1984-1986 Electrical Group Customer Service Manager • 1979-1984 Drive Systems Plant Manager/Regional Drives Operations Manager • 1977-1979 Telecommunications Production Manager • 1977-1979 Motor Production Superintendent • 1975-1977 Inventory Control & Scheduling Supervisor • 1972-1975 Industrial Engineering Supervisor • 1969-1972 National Cash Register Co. (NCR) • 1971-1972 Industrial Engineering Project Manager • 1969-1971 Time Study Analyst • EDUCATION • B.S.B.A. Bowling Green State University (Majors: Industrial Management and Industrial Relations) • M.B.A. University of Dayton (Focus: Operations Research) • AFFILIATIONS – Board of Directors - PTDA, member: NAHAD, AHTD, EASA, SCIP, Falk Distributor Council, Dodge Market Maker Council, Cover Article PT Motion Systems Distributor, published in Industrial Distribution.
Career Highlights • 25+ years in structured manufacturing corporate environment. • Managing Partner for investor group that included the Vice Chairman and a Senior Partner of Clayton Dubilier & Rice. Group acquired $10M Independent Industrial Distributor in 1996 • Signed (21) C/A’s as possible acquisitions • Signed (5) Indications of Interest • Acquired (2) Motor Repair shops in 2000 and 2003 that employed 15 people with $3M in sales. One from operating profit and the other with new capital from all partners. Consolidated into a single location. • Acquired a $40M Industrial Distributor headquartered in Tulsa, OK in 2003. Funding required new partner capital, new partner, and private equity firm (Vestor in Sante Fe, NM) with minority interest. • Original investment sales in 1996 was $10M. Sales at time of exit in 2007 was $64M. • Sold all holdings in 2007 to two strategic companies. • Joined The Riverside Company as an Outside Director in 2008. • Founded BOHARDT LLC a management consulting firm in 2008.
Significant Professional Relationships • Clayton Dubilier & Rice - Vice Chairman and Senior Partner invested alongside in 1996 • Brown Gibbons & Lang – investment bank advised first acquisition in 1996 • Key Bank – working capital and acquisition financing for Meier Transmission in 1996 • National City Bank – working capital for Meier Transmission in 1999 • National City Investment – investment bank advised fourth acquisition of Samson Industrial in 2003 • PNC Bank - working capital and acquisition financing for Meier Holding LLC in 2003 • Vestor Equity Partners – minority investor in Meier Holding LLC after 2003 • Stephens, Inc. Investment Bankers advised in the sale of Meier Holding LLC in 2007 • The Riverside Company – Bohardt serves as an Outside Director for a portfolio company. • Skoda Minotti– Public Accounting firm during entire investment 1996 – 2007 • McDonald Hopkins – Law firm during entire investment 1996 – 2007