Mr. Lelon is responsible for Kamylon’s first fundraise and the makeup of the firm’s team, values, mission and culture. During his twenty year career as a private equity professional, Mr. Lelon has been involved in the investment of over $350 million of equity in more than forty businesses.

Prior to founding Kamylon, Mr. Lelon was a General Partner and Executive Vice President of Falconhead Capital, a New York based, private equity firm investing in sports, leisure and lifestyle industries, with $215 million of capital under management. He joined Falconhead, manager of the Sports Capital Funds, shortly after its formation and assisted in the raising of its first fund. Falconhead is partnered with IMG the world’s largest, independent sports marketing company. Mr. Lelon was recruited to Falconhead in part to invest at the nexus of media and sports, a strategy that culminated in the launch of ESPN Classic Europe, a joint venture with ESPN/Disney. As a member of the firm’s Investment Committee, he led or contributed significantly to each of the firm’s investments serving on the boards of all Falconhead portfolio companies during his tenure.

Before joining Falconhead, Mr. Lelon was a Principal at Veronis, Suhler, Stevenson, a $2.0 billion private equity firm and merchant bank dedicated to the media, communications, and information industries. Mr. Lelon began his private equity career with Summit Partners in Boston, a leading private equity firm, with more than $5.5 billion of capital under management.

Mr. Lelon graduated cum laude with an A.B. from Harvard College, holds an M.T.S. from Harvard Divinity School and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Spencer leads Kamylon’s portfolio management efforts where, on a day-to-day basis, he and his team of Kamylon Operating Partners help drive performance improvement initiatives at Kamylon’s portfolio companies.  Mr. Spencer served as interim C.E.O. of Kamylon’s first portfolio company and has twenty five years of experience as a general manager and business consultant. He has led several businesses ranging from small service businesses to a $750 million division of a Fortune 500 company.

Prior to Kamylon, Mr. Spencer was a Principal with The George Group, a consulting firm specializing in operations strategy, operational improvement (Lean Six Sigma), business simplification and accelerating the new product/service development process. He was a practice leader and contributor to the books Conquering Complexity in Your Business and Fast Innovation.

Prior to The George Group, Mr. Spencer was an executive with Capital One, where he led one of the firm’s most profitable credit card businesses. There he revamped the business unit’s strategy and marketing plans, implemented a series of critical infrastructure improvements, growing the business by over 50%. Mr. Spencer then went on to lead Capital One’s direct mail and outbound telemarketing operations supporting all of the credit card businesses. There, his team drove lean process improvement initiatives cutting direct mail solicitation cycle time by 75% and orchestrated the execution of 1,000 solicitations per year delivering almost one billion mail pieces and 300 million telemarketing calls annually.

Before Capital One, Mr. Spencer spent over 8 years as a consultant with McKinsey & Company where he specialized in designing and implementing broad-based performance improvement programs across a range of industries. At McKinsey, Mr. Spencer co-led both the lean manufacturing and supply chain management practices and helped dozens of general managers drive substantial top and bottom line performance improvement.

Mr. Spencer began his career as a manufacturing engineer and management trainee at the Rover Group – the largest indigenous automaker in the United Kingdom -- where he helped to implement lean production and rapid cycle product development at a time when Japanese management techniques were only just beginning to gain notoriety in the West.

Mr. Spencer holds a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with First Class Honors from the Imperial College, University of London and an M.B.A from Harvard Business School where he graduated as a Baker Scholar.

Mr. Latouf began with Kamylon in 2007 and has more than twenty years of management and leadership experience contributing to the improved performance and profitability of automotive parts, plastic, metal, and tool manufacturing companies. Most recently, Mr. Latouf served as President and C.E.O. of one of Kamylon’s portfolio companies which was recently acquired by Accuride Corporation (NYSE: ACW). As an Operating Partner, Mr. Latouf oversees portfolio company operations and leads key performance improvement initiatives. Additionally, Mr. Latouf leverages his industry relationship to originate new investment opportunities, which led to the investment of one of Kamylon’s portfolio companies.

In earlier positions, Todd was President and Chief Restructuring Officer for Hallmark Technologies, a Canadian-based automotive manufacturer of precision tooling and plastic parts. He also served as General Manager of European Operations and North American Modular Operations for Magna International, a leading global supplier of technologically-advanced automotive systems. Prior to his tenure as GM, Todd played a key role in the growth at Magna Closures, a division of Magna which provides electro- mechanical vehicle closure devices for the global automotive industry. He also held several other leadership positions at Magna International, including Director of Program Management.

Todd excels at negotiating complex, multi-million dollar agreements and delivering customer satisfaction initiatives to improve retention. His multi-cultural management and etiquette skills have provided the base for his successful dealings with diverse workforces and customer bases worldwide. In fact, over his career, he has been responsible for producing more than $9.5 billion in gross revenue that dropped an estimated $1.2 billion to the bottom line for the firms with which he has been associated, while leading initiatives that have saved nearly $800 million in operating costs.

Mr. Latouf holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Warren National University, a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Windsor, and a Chemical Engineering Technology Diploma from Saint Clair College. His professional development includes training in General Management, Negotiation, Green Belt Certification, and Lean Initiatives. Mr. Latouf is also an active member of the Society of Automotive Engineers.
 

Mr. Littlejohn joined Kamylon in 2009 and brings over twenty-five years of experience in driving strategic financial initiatives across a variety of private equity, venture capital and hedge fund firms.  In his capacity, Kevin is responsible for the overall fiscal control of the firm, including financial reporting, cash management, tax compliance and limited partner reporting. He leads the extensive proprietary financial reporting system deployed throughout the Kamylon portfolio.  He is actively involved with each of the controllers in developing their annual budgets as well as the monthly reporting of financial performance. In partnering with the controllers, Kevin is available to work closely with portfolio companies on an ad hoc basis to support financial initiatives that arise throughout the year.

Mr. Littlejohn began his career as a certified public accountant with the financial services audit practice of Arthur Andersen and then spent seven as a partner of The Prospect Street Companies, a private equity firm specializing in leveraged loans and high yield debt. He later served as Chief Financial Officer of AIG International Asset Management, Inc. a multi-product hedge fund that managed a wide variety of domestic and international investment partnerships. Mr. Littlejohn also led the finance function at Ascent Venture Partners and Polaris Venture Partners, two prominent venture capital firms in the Boston area. On the operating company side, he served as Chief Financial Officer for Bankruptcy Management Solutions, a national provider of management services for the bankruptcy industry.

Mr. Littlejohn received his Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Western New England University and his Masters in Taxation from Bentley University.

Ms. Vyas brings to Kamylon over 25 years of cross functional leadership experience ranging from process engineering, investment evaluation, general management, and consulting to private equity backed portfolio firms and major non-profits.

Ms. Vyas started her professional career with a BS in Chemical Engineering from MIT and a MBA in Finance from Columbia University. After working for Exxon Chemical and the investment firm Fisher Brothers, she joined McKinsey & Co where she worked primarily with the firm’s industrial clients.

Ms. Vyas later joined General Electric where she led a number of continuous improvement initiatives in manufacturing, new product introduction and supply chain management.

Ms. Vyas later served as General Manager of GE Appliances’ Range Products, a $1 Billion division with multiple manufacturing plants and 2000 employees, where she helped double operating income over a two year period.

After GE, Ms. Vyas became CEO of Signature Brands (Mr Coffee and other brands), a $280 million private equity backed consumer products firm. At Signature Ms. Vyas drove significant operations and top line initiatives which led to an eventual sale of the firm to Sunbeam Corporation.

Most recently, Ms. Vyas has held key leadership roles in two non-profit organizations, the World Wildlife Fund of India and The National Audubon Society as well as providing consulting services to a variety of private equity portfolio firms and non-profit boards.

Mr. Johnson joined Kamylon in 2008 and brings over 20 years experience in driving strategic HR initiatives across a variety of businesses from start-up entities to global publicly traded firms. In his role, Mr. Johnson leads our efforts in building Kamylon’s talent management system with a particular emphasis on attracting, developing and retaining world class talent throughout Kamylon and its portfolio companies. Mr. Johnson is also a resource to portfolio companies for advice and counsel on HR and talent management matters, and assists in establishing best HR practices throughout the firm and supporting HR related due diligence in our investment process.

Most recently, Mr. Johnson led the staffing and leadership function at Investment Technology Group, a leading global provider of equity trading products and services for the institutional investment markets.

Prior to ITG, Mr. Johnson was Director of Global Staffing and Development for Thermo Electron Corporation and built a global talent acquisition, development and succession planning function to support the firm’s evolution from many disparate operating units to an integrated operating company.

Mr. Johnson has also held a number of strategic HR roles at Nortel Networks, focusing largely on building high performing teams across the R&D, Manufacturing, Sales and Service functions. Mr. Johnson earned his BA at Harvard College and MBA at Boston University.

Mr. Sopp joined Kamylon Capital in 2007.  He has more than fifteen years of private equity experience including his time with Kamylon.  Mr. Sopp is responsible for the evaluation and execution of investments, leading and participating in the due diligence processes for three of Kamylon’s acquisitions.  He arranges debt financing for Kamylon’s transactions, and he leads the capital market activities for all of Kamylon’s portfolio companies.  Mr. Sopp serves on the Board of one of Kamylon’s portfolio companies.

Prior to Kamylon, Mr. Sopp was a Principal with Capital Resource Partners, a private capital firm that invests preferred equity and subordinated debt into later-stage growth, buyout and recapitalization transactions, where he originated and closed transactions for the firm, resulting in the investment of $140 million of capital in seven companies.  Mr. Sopp played an active role as a board member for six of CRP’s portfolio companies, and he helped raise CRP’s fifth fund in 2003.  Prior to CRP, Mr. Sopp was an Associate with HarbourVest Partners, a global private equity firm with more than $20 billion of assets under management, where he identified and recommended high growth transactions leading to approximately $70 million of equity invested in nine companies.  Mr. Sopp began his career as an Analyst with ABS Capital Partners where he managed the due diligence processes that resulted in the investment of more than $80 million of equity in ten companies.  

Mr. Sinnett joined Kamylon in 2005 and is responsible for the evaluation and execution of investments at Kamylon. Mr. Sinnett has participated in the execution and evaluation of each of Kamylon’s investments and has led the due diligence process of three transactions.  He played a key role in designing the firm’s origination process and building its origination team and serves on the Board of three portfolio companies. Most recently, Mr. Sinnett led the definitive documentation process for Kamylon’s first realization.

Prior to joining Kamylon full-time in 2006, Mr. Sinnett position traded his own capital in equities and equity derivatives. Earlier in his career, he was a technical sales executive with both AT&T and Qwest Communications, where he managed a $15 million annual revenue portfolio of Fortune 500 companies. 

Mr. Sinnett holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from DePaul University and an M.B.A. from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Mr. Brauer’s primary responsibilities at Kamylon are the evaluation and execution of new investment opportunities. Most recently, Mr. Brauer played an integral role in originating, evaluating and closing the firm’s latest platform investment. Since joining Kamylon in 2008, Mr. Brauer has also led the development and standardization of several of the firm’s evaluation systems and procedures, to include Kamylon’s long-form investment model.

Prior to joining Kamylon, Mr. Brauer worked in the Leveraged Buyout Group of Morgenthaler Partners, a middle-market private equity firm with $2.9 billion of assets under management. Previously, Mr. Brauer was an Associate Consultant at Bain & Company where he conducted strategic due diligence for private equity firms and managed client relationships on engagements for Fortune 1000 companies.  Additionally, Mr. Brauer served as Captain in the United States Marine Corps.

Mr. Brauer holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Colgate University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. 

Since joining Kamylon in 2007, Mr. Lee has played key roles in the execution of three of Kamylon’s investments and led the firm’s first exit.  Mr. Lee sources, evaluates and executes new investment opportunities, while co-leading fundraising efforts and providing critical support to portfolio companies.  Additionally during his tenure, Mr. Lee has played roles on the boards of two portfolio companies and has led Kamylon’s origination practice.

Mr. Lee began his professional career as a signed recording artist and songwriter for a Nashville-based music publishing company. Mr. Lee’s musical career boasts achievements such as platinum-selling album credits and tour support for Willie Nelson.
Immediately prior to joining Kamylon, Mr. Lee served as a financial consultant to a Southeastern-based franchise during the company’s launch and initial expansion phase. Formerly, Mr. Lee served under the president of Carson Advisory, a member firm of the Raymond James Financial Services network.

A summa cum laude in Finance, Mr. Lee earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Terry School of Business at the University of Georgia.

 

Mr. Paré is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, and executing new investments. Prior to joining Kamylon, Mr. Paré was a manager in the Global Supply Chain group at Houghton Mifflin company, where he helped design and implement the company’s outsourcing strategy, both domestically and offshore. Before Houghton Mifflin, Mr. Paré worked as a Senior Associate at BancBoston Capital, the multi-strategy private equity investing arm of FleetBoston Financial with $4.5 billion of assets under management. At BancBoston Capital, Mr. Paré focused on buyout equity and mezzanine debt investments ranging on average from $5 to 20 million in middle market companies, with a particular focus on transactions in the restaurant industry.

Previously, Mr. Paré was an Associate Analyst in Advest’s Specialty Retailing and Consumer Products group, performing sell-side research on equities in the automotive aftermarket and the licensed collectible spaces. Prior to Advest, Mr. Paré spent several years at BankBoston, where he helped form a specialized lending group focusing on acquisition finance and equity-sponsored transactions in the automotive industry. Mr. Paré served as a portfolio manager specializing in highly leveraged consolidators in the OEM supplier segment.

Mr. Paré graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in International Politics and Economics from Middlebury College and holds an M.B.A. from Tuck School at Dartmouth where he was a research fellow at the school’s Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship.

 

Mr. Barshteyn serves Kamylon in both a project management and technical role as director of Kamylon's I.T. operations. He oversees the purchase, assembly, and configuration of workstations, servers, and other network infrastructure. He has also authored or co-authored various policies and procedures, and negotiated service level agreements with vendors. Mr. Barshteyn plays an important role in portfolio company operations, performing I.T. audits, infrastructure upgrades, and ground-up establishment of new facilities and infrastructure. He also assists Kamylon's investment professionals during due dilligence procedures by answering technical questions and offering industry-related news and advice.

Before joining Kamylon, Mr. Barshteyn served as a network support associate at the Appalachian Mountain Club’s headquarters in Boston.

Mr. Barshteyn holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Brandeis University, along with a number of professional certifications across various industries.

Prior to joining Kamylon Capital in 2007, Ms. Allan held positions in office administration with Bowdoin Construction Corporation, Home Depot USA, Inc. and Ludlow Laminating & Coating.