Michael Madsen
Executive in Residence

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