We invest for the long-term in innovative companies alongside the owners and managers who cultivate creative, value-oriented cultures. We nurture relationships between the leaders of these independent companies to encourage the patient and profitable development of the modern electric grid.
President & CEO
Jeff has more than 35 years of experience in sales, marketing, strategy, and management. He is an experienced businessman and leader now working in M&A, enabling and supporting companies’ growth and coordinating shared resources to unlock potential.
Serving as VP and General Manager of Southern States’ Power Switching Division for 10 years, he led all aspects of the business including R&D, sales, manufacturing, engineering and aftersales support. During his tenure the business doubled its revenues and tripled its earnings. Before Southern States, Jeff was a growing leader at Siemens over 15 years in many roles in the US and Germany. He started in Strategy and M&A and later took on more and more leadership responsibilities in marketing, product management, and business unit management. Jeff started his career in IBM’s world class sales organization selling to and supporting large manufacturing companies in the south east.
He received a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech and an MBA in Finance and Strategy from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Jeff currently serves on the Board of Directors of several operating companies including Southern States LLC, Coelme-Egic, Northern Transformer, Systems with Intelligence, Vanguard Electric and Evolution Insurance. He is a board observer and official advisor to Diram and ACT.
We are always asking our customers what they need today and what they will need in the future, and then we set out to find or build a solution for them. It is impossible for us to address our industry’s needs by ourselves, so we are constantly adding talent to our team and always keeping our customers’ needs at the forefront.
We like technology and how it solves customer needs. Designing and producing electrical power equipment and helping to build the modern grid involves many of the most challenging technical and environmental problems on earth. We love working together with engineers across companies and around the world, coming up with and developing new and innovative solutions.
