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Carlo A. von Schroeter
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Jonathan E. Hunnicutt
Jonathan E. Hunnicutt
 

Carlo A. von Schroeter

Managing Partner
(617) 261-2051
cvs@wvcapital.com


Carlo has a successful track record of investing in middle market companies across a diverse range of industries for over fifteen years. Prior to co-founding WestView Capital in 2004, Carlo was a General Partner of Weston Presidio, a private equity firm which manages five funds totaling over $3.3 billion in capital. Carlo joined Weston Presidio in 1992 as the second professional in its Boston office and actively participated in, and contributed to, the growth of Weston Presidio over 12 years. Prior to Weston Presidio, Carlo was a Vice President at Security Pacific Capital, a long standing private equity and venture capital group. Prior to Security Pacific Capital, Carlo was a District Engineering Manager at Shell Canada Limited responsible for the Eastern Ontario region.

Since entering the private equity business in 1990, Carlo has been actively involved in management buyouts, recapitalizations, leveraged consolidations and growth financings across the industrial, service, consumer and publishing sectors. He has served as a Director of American Asphalt & Grading, Star International Holdings, Geosystems/Mapquest (NASDAQ: MQST), Delstar/US Netting, Lion Brewery (NASDAQ: MALT) and Medscape (NASDAQ: MSCP). Prior investment involvement also includes Casella Waste Systems (NASDAQ: CWST), Achievement Technologies, Tekni-Plex, Business Depot (Staples Canada) and Coffee Connection.

Carlo received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with Honors from Queen’s University (Ontario, Canada) and his MBA from Harvard Business School. He currently serves on the Board of the New England Venture Capital Association (NEVCA) and is a member of the New England Chapter of YPO.

 

Richard J. Williams

Managing Partner
(617) 261-2052
rjw@wvcapital.com


Rick has a successful track record of investing in middle market companies for over fifteen years. Prior to co-founding WestView Capital Partners, he was a Partner in Tudor Investment Corporation’s private equity group. Tudor is a globally recognized investment manager with over $10 billion in total capital and more than $500 million under management in its private equity area. While at Tudor, Rick focused on investing in growth-oriented service companies. Prior to joining Tudor in 2000, Rick was a Managing Director and investment committee member of Triumph Capital Group, a Boston-based private equity firm with more than $800 million in capital. During his ten years at Triumph, he led numerous investments in middle market companies in a variety of recapitalization, growth financing, leveraged buyout and consolidation transactions. Before joining Triumph in 1990, Rick was an Associate in the investment banking group of Drexel Burnham Lambert.

While at both Tudor and Triumph, Rick was responsible for investments in companies in the business services, healthcare services, distribution and technology services industries. He has served as a director of Ameridata Technologies (NYSE: ADA), United Natural Foods (NASDAQ: UNFI), Hatten Communications, Claricom Holdings, Longview Group, International Computer Graphics, OutSource International (NASDAQ: OSIX), Value Asset Management, Certus Corporation, Ballard Petroleum, Granitar Systems, Knowledge Impact, ManagedStorage International and Wavelink Corporation.

Rick received his B.S. degree in Computer Science from Yale University and his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

John H. Turner

General Partner
617-261-2053
jht@wvcapital.com


John has a successful track record of investing in middle market companies for over 18 years. Prior to joining WestView Capital Partners, John was a General Partner of Norwest Mezzanine Partners where he was one of two partners responsible for managing two investment funds totaling $650 million and a member of the firm's investment committee. Previously, John was a Managing Director of Triumph Capital Group, a private equity firm with more than $800 million in capital, and one of three Directors managing approximately $300 million at Nomura Leveraged Finance. John started his career in middle market investing at Heller Financial in 1987 where he spent nine years focused on equity-enhanced leveraged lending in a wide range of industries. John has completed over 30 investments at every tranche of the capital structure in amounts ranging from $5 million to $75 million.

John received his B.A. in Economics from the University of New Hampshire and his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Matthew T. Carroll

Principal
(617) 261-2054
mtc@wvcapital.com


Prior to joining WestView Capital Partners, Matt served as Vice President of Corporate Development for LogistiCare, a leading provider of outsourced medical transportation logistics services. During his affiliation with the company, revenue grew from $45 million to greater than $200 million. In May 2004, LogistiCare was recapitalized by Charterhouse Group and Summit Partners. Previously, Matt served as Vice President at Alouette Capital, a Boston-based merchant banking boutique and as an Associate at Triumph Capital Group, a private equity firm that raised three private equity funds totaling $840 million in capital. While at Triumph, Matt was involved with lower middle market companies in the healthcare service, business service and media sectors and served on several Boards of Directors, including LogistiCare. Prior to entering the private equity industry, Matt was an Analyst in the Acquisition/Private Capital Group at Dean Witter Reynolds where he completed numerous middle market private equity, mezzanine and senior debt financings.

Matt received his B.S. degree in Finance magna cum laude from Boston College.

 

Jonathan E. Hunnicutt

Principal
(617) 261-2055
jeh@wvcapital.com


Prior to joining WestView Capital Partners, Jonathan was an Associate at Weston Presidio, a private equity firm that manages five private equity funds totaling over $3.3 billion in capital where he was involved with middle market companies in the business services, media and publishing, consumer and retail, manufacturing and industrial sectors. Prior to joining Weston Presidio, Jonathan was an Associate at Fleet Equity Partners (Nautic Partners), a $1.7 billion private equity firm where he focused on middle market media and information service companies. Prior to entering the private equity industry, Jonathan was an Analyst in investment banking at Merrill Lynch. His investment banking experience includes mergers and acquisitions, management buyouts, high-yield financings and equity offerings.

Jonathan received his A.B. in Government and Geography cum laude from Dartmouth College and his MBA from the Tuck School at Dartmouth where he was a Tuck Scholar.

 

Evan Horton

Associate
(617) 261-2057
reh@wvcapital.com

Horton


Prior to joining WestView Capital Partners, Evan was a Managing Partner at Hunters Grove Holdings, a family partnership under which he operated three Cold Stone Creamery franchises. He received multiple awards, including two for ranking in the top 5% nationally and Best Newcomer, based on a franchisor-developed operational excellence index. Prior to starting Hunters Grove Holdings, Evan was an Analyst in investment banking at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. where he was involved with mergers and acquisitions and equity and debt financings.

Evan received his B.B.A. in Finance and Accounting with high distinction from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.