Michael Madsen

Executive in Residence

Scale-up experience:

Executive Vice President, Pentair

• Grew company from $55M to $180M in 11 years
• Managed five integration projects
• Developed and championed Sales Process Excellence initiative across $250M global business unit
• Deployed globalization and channel growth strategy

President & CEO, Aquion Inc.

• CEO of PE-owned company acquired for $32M and sold for $165M in five years
• Improved EBITDA margin from 9% to 20% via operational excellence strategy
• Acquired one bolt on company as vehicle to enter new market
• Built new US and Belgium plants to expand operations

Noteworthy:

• Investor and Board member of 2 growth ventures
• Investment thesis advisor to two PE firms

Ask me about:

• Sales process
• Product portfolio management
• Strategy execution
• Operations/manufacturing continuous improvement