Alex has more than 25 years of investment and operational experience focused on supporting management of portfolio companies in organic and external growth strategies, making operational improvements, implementing change management and lean service. Alex was a Partner and Head of Portfolio Management at Alinda Capital Partners including the role of lead Director of Reliance Home Comfort, the pioneer rental HVAC company and now the largest Residential HVAC contractor in Canada. Prior to joining Alinda, Alex was a Senior Director of Kroll Zolfo Cooper working in interim C-level positions and advisory work specializing in implementing strategic and operational turnarounds. He has held CEO, COO and CFO management positions in service, energy and manufacturing businesses and has also been a Board member of numerous companies.
Alison Albrecht is the Vice President of Marketing for Granite Comfort LP. She is responsible for the vision, strategic direction, and performance of all current partners marketing activities. Alison has spent her career managing integrated marketing across all customer touchpoints. Prior to Granite Comfort she has held executive roles at various retail verticals including Kohl’s Department Stores, Stage Stores, CVSHealth, and most recently Conn’s HomePlus.
Andrew Rust is the Chief Financial Officer for Granite Comfort LP. He is responsible for identifying, executing, and integrating acquisitions, implementing the EASE Comfort® Rental Program, and financial management and reporting. Prior to Granite Comfort, Andrew was Corporate Development Manager at Tronair where he led the acquisitions function and managed strategic projects. Andrew started his career as an investment banking analyst at Livingstone Partners before transitioning into Private Equity at Huron Capital Partners and then Corporate Development at General Motors.
Kara Schuler is the Director of Accounting & Financial Reporting for Granite Comfort LP. She is responsible for compiling, analyzing, consolidating, and synthesizing financial data and KPIs for all key stakeholders, overall management of the accounting function across all brands, and supporting strategic initiative implementations. Prior to Granite Comfort, Kara was the Director of FP&A for Luminii, Inc., where she implemented a flexible sales and margin analysis on product lines and customers, led the budget process for both domestic and international entities, and produced financial reports and analytics to private equity investors. Kara began her career in audit at PwC prior to transitioning to private equity as a Finance Manager at BDT Capital Partners, LLC, and is a CPA.
Jeff has more than 30 years of experience driving business development initiatives within start-up environments and existing corporations in the HVAC and plumbing industry. Consistently recognized for the ability to champion process improvement initiatives to significantly increase efficiency throughout daily operations. Expert level knowledge of mergers and acquisitions with over 30 transactions. Prior to Frymire experience included President of Greenstar Home Service and Dial One Ballard Plumbing Heating and Air Conditioning.
Paul Mills is the founder and President of Air Experts Heating and Cooling which was established in 2009. Paul has been in the Heating and Air Conditioning industry since 1985, during which time he joined Piedmont Air Conditioning Company in Raleigh, NC. Paul continued with Service Experts as their Sales Manager and General Manager. Paul’s success is the result of exemplary team building while paying particular attention to customer satisfaction. The culture within Air Experts led to top of the industry processes promoting growth and efficiency.Air Experts has grown to be the largest Residential Heating and Air Conditioning Company in Raleigh.
Bob Gress is the founder and President of Signature Heating and Air Conditioning which was established in 2008. With more than 25 years of experience, Bob started in his family business Wesley Wood and continued as the General Manager for Service Experts in West Chester, PA. Bob has built a customer first culture at Signature with a strong management team that focuses on driving business development initiatives to promote efficiency, process, growth and an outstanding reputation in their market.
Larry Kichatay is the co-founder and President of Green Air Care which was established in 2011. He has more than 20 years of experience including starting up iPromo.com, an e-commerce promotional-products company and four years at Accenture, where he was a software engineer consultant. Larry along with Erik Babayev, co-founder and Installation Director, have built a customer centric culture at Green Air Care delivering consistent growth, development of new products and high quality service.
Joe Strittmatter grew up in the HVAC industry and has held positions ranging from the counter helper at a local HVAC supply house to an installer, lead installer, service technician, and owner. In 2005 Joe took over his parent’s family business in Denton, Texas. Over the past 15 years, Joe, and his wife Tawnya, expanded the Strittmatter business to include plumbing and HVAC. Strittmatter has won the annual Best of Denton County award since 2014 and has grown into the leading, customer-focused home services company.
Tom Spall and his father, James M Spall, founded Spall and Son in 1985, headquartered in Carbondale, PA. Growing up in the trades, Tom started pulling wires alongside his electrician father at five years old. From designing, servicing, and installing heating and cooling systems, Tom has worked on all aspects of the business. In 1996 Tom took over as the President of TE Spall and Son and has grown the business into Northeastern Pennsylvania’s leading home services company. Tom and his wife Jean have always focused on training and developing their team to provide the best customer experience. TE Spall and Son and their employees support numerous local military foundations and children’s charities.
President of Anytime Heating, Cooling, and Plumbing
Jason Bergstrom
Jason Bergstrom founded Anytime Heating, Cooling, and Plumbing in 2001, headquartered in Alpharetta, GA. Over 27 years ago, Jason began his career as an installation helper. With an eagerness to learn the trade, he learned every aspect of the HVAC business and launched Anytime HVAC. Anytime serves all of Metro Atlanta with a focus on providing customer service that exceeds other home services companies. In 2018 Anytime added a plumbing division to offer their loyal customer base additional services. Focusing on quality workmanship and customer service has accelerated Anytime’s growth.
Tom Monahan joined his father, Tom Sr., in running the family business, after graduating from college. Yost & Campbell, based in Mt. Vernon NY, has been serving Westchester, Bronx, and Queens counties since 1939. For the past 40 years, Tom has been the President and CEO and has developed a team to grow Yost & Campbell into an award-winning heating, cooling, and generator company, renowned for their customer service. Tom is an NYC & Westchester County Licensed Master Plumber.
Board Director Managing Director Tiger Infrastructure Partners
Marc Blair
Marc Blair is a Managing Director and has been a member of the Tiger Infrastructure team since the firm’s inception. Marc was previously a member of the Lehman Brothers' infrastructure private equity team. Prior to that, he served as a Managing Director in the Lehman Brothers Natural Resources Group and as a credit officer with Christiania Bank. Marc serves on the boards of Granite Comfort, American Natural, Danskammer, Strategic Venue Partners, Sunlight Financial, and is a board observer at Summit Brazil Renewables. He holds a BA in International Affairs from Colgate and an MBA with High Honors from the University of Chicago.
Board Director CEO & Managing Director Tiger Infrastructure Partners
Emil Henry, Jr.
Emil W. Henry, Jr. is the Founder, CEO and a Managing Director at Tiger Infrastructure Partners. Emil previously served as Global Head of Lehman Brothers’ infrastructure private equity business. From 1990-2005, he was a Partner and Managing Director with Gleacher Partners, where he served as Chairman of Asset Management and led the firm’s investment activities. In 2005, Emil was appointed by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate, unanimously, as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. In this role, he served as attaché to the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets, oversaw the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection, led the Treasury’s efforts to establish emergency response protocols in the event of a financial crisis and was key advisor to two Treasury secretaries. Emil is recognized as one of the first U.S. senior public officials to outline publicly and prior to the financial crisis how a systemic crisis might unfold driven by Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s concentrated holdings of sub-prime mortgages. Emil was awarded the Alexander Hamilton Award, the highest honor the Treasury can bestow upon a public official. Earlier in his career, he was a member of Morgan Stanley’s private equity group. Emil currently serves on the boards of Granite Comfort, American Natural, Sunlight Financial, SmartSky Networks, Zenobe Energy, Danskammer, Modern Aviation, Strategic Venue Partners, Easterly Government Properties, StoneCastle Financial, and is a member of the Investment Advisory Committee of Summit Brazil Renewables. Emil has represented the U.S. Treasury on the boards of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC), and the National Gallery of Art and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a frequent public speaker and author, and has been published in leading periodicals including the Wall St. Journal, the Financial Times, National Review, Politico and the Washington Post. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics, cum laude, from Yale University.
