Private Equity Firm

Meet Our Team

Our team brings tremendous experience to our portfolio companies, providing the businesses with a real competitive advantage. With their deep operational, analytical and transactional skills, our advisors have navigated through complex and challenging market situations. In addition, they are an important source of high-caliber deals.

RESILIENCE TEAM

Bassem Mansour
Managing Partner
Steve Rosen
Managing Partner


Transaction Team

David Glickman
Partner
Ki Mixon
Partner
Michael Cavanaugh
Principal
Robert Schwartz
Vice President - Business Development
Megan McPherson
Associate
William Tobin
Analyst

 

Operations Team

Michael Lundin
Head of Operations
Ulf Buergel
Partner - Operations
Ron Cozean
Partner - Operations
Robert Potokar
Partner - Operations
Doug Campbell
Senior Vice President - Operations


Operating Partners

Steven Demetriou
Tom Embrescia
Michael Merriman
Kenn Ricci


Administrative Team

George Ammar
Chief Financial Officer
Claire Firrell
Executive Assistant
Jessica McKinney
Administrative Assistant
Kristina Timko
Receptionist

Robert Potokar

Partner - Operations

Robert joined Resilience in 2006 as the CEO of Steel Parts Manufacturing, one of Resilience’s Portfolio Companies. Robert has over 30 years of lean manufacturing experience. His experience spans from product and manufacturing engineering and development, to plant and facilities engineering and production leadership, to IPOs and turnarounds of troubled enterprises. Prior to Steel Parts, Robert held key executive positions at General Motors Corporation, Saturn Corporation and Decoma International Inc., a division of Magna International. He has extensive experience in site selection and startup of new facilities in the United States, Mexico and Brazil. Robert received bachelor degrees in chemical and mechanical engineering, and master degrees in thermal and environmental engineering from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois.


rpotokar@resiliencecapital.com
(216) 360-7244