Alpine Investors

We’re thrilled to announce that Orion Group, Alpine’s field service platform, is partnering with RSM Facility Solutions through Leo FM! This partnership marks Leo FM’s tenth investment in the industry. With the addition of RSM Facility Solutions, Leo FM expands its geographical footprint and enhances its core capabilities in handyman, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and more, serving multi-site commercial customers across the U.S. and Canada. Will Adams, Co-CEO of Orion, said that “This partnership will enhance the service offering we can bring to existing and new customers. Orion and the Leo FM team are proud to partner with the great team at RSM.” “RSM is extremely enthusiastic about our new partnership with Orion,” said Stephen Sargenti. “This will give us access to additional resources, advanced technology, and broader market reach. The partnership will also enable us to enhance our services and deliver even greater value to our clients, allowing us to push the boundaries of what RSM can achieve.” Congratulations to the teams at Orion, LeoFM and RSM! Read the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/eXUKnCQA #Press #FacilitiesManagement #Partnership

We’re excited to support EcoInteractive as they join mdf commerce! After six years of growth and innovation under ASG and Jessie Yu’s leadership, EcoInteractive’s SaaS solutions are set to enhance mdf's offerings for public agencies across North America. Congratulations to the EcoInteractive team on this new chapter! #privateequity #SaaS #govtech #growth #innovation

Internship season is here and we're excited to welcome our 23 interns across the San Francisco, New York and Salt Lake City offices! Alpine creates summer programs where #interns operate like full-time employees from day one to help them work on impactful projects and launch their #careers. They will be joining a range of teams across Alpine and Alpine Operations Group (AOG), including Atlas, Capital Markets, Investing and Direct Sourcing. We’re excited to see their progress and success! Thank you to everyone on our team who helped make this year's summer internship program possible. Interested in learning more about our careers? Click here: https://lnkd.in/eHP9X4MP #internship #privateequity

Congratulations to Alpine Investors Founder and CEO Graham Weaver for his recent receipt of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business (GSB) 2024 MBA Distinguished Teaching Award! When he’s not inspiring growth at Alpine, Weaver teaches a top-rated strategic management course at GSB and received this award in honor of his contributions as a professor. Read Graham’s full acceptance speech on his blog: https://lnkd.in/eBssR5Yp #award #business #privateequity #teaching

Touré Owen, an ASV fellow and Stanford University Graduate School of Business (GSB) alumnus, has always found his community in the comfort of the Black barbershop. Whether he was working at one of the world’s largest tech companies in Silicon Valley or working in foreign countries thousands of miles away from home, Owen found community and acceptance in the chair of his local barber. Inspired by this connection, Owen traded his tech company ambitions for a chance at revitalizing the industry he truly loves most. In 2023, Owen founded Mobo, a revitalized Black barbershop and school that he envisions as a source of economic opportunity for barbers and joy for customers by solving some of the industry’s long-standing challenges. Through Mobo, Owen is an Alpine Social Ventures (ASV) fellow and part of the program’s 2023-2024 class. ASV aims to support the next generation of social-impact leaders by providing capital and insights to help them successfully launch their businesses. Built upon practices learned through Alpine Investors’ CEO-In-Training (CIT) program, ASV leverages Alpine’s playbooks and practices derived from 20+ years of private equity investing. In reflecting on his career journey and the heritage around Black barbershops, Owen shares why he’s energized by growing Mobo—and why its success journey is only just beginning. Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/eBP2cCmt #privateequity #social #impact #business

In continuing coverage of our CEO-in-Training (CIT) program, Business Insider’s Alex Nicoll featured David Wurtzbacher's story of going from MBA to CEO in just seven years through Alpine’s CIT program. Wurtzbacher was studying for his MBA at Harvard Business School when he learned about our program. Shortly after, he recalls that our team “just wanted to get to know who I really am” during interviews. The program matched him as a CFO for Lightwave Dental, a DC-based company operating dental practices in the Southeast that was within Alpine's portfolio at the time. The team grew from six locations to 80 during his time there. Now, Wurtzbacher is the founder and #CEO of Ascend where they are enabling CPAs to grow their practice while honoring their independence. “In less than a year and a half, we've already done a couple dozen acquisitions,” Wurtzbacher shares-- and the momentum will continue. Wurtzbacher largely attributes his rapid success to Alpine’s CIT program and its #PeopleFirst approach. “The twelve people who started the CIT class with me 12 years ago? Eleven of them are still with Alpine,” he said. To read the full article, visit BI’s website: https://lnkd.in/e2vwT7zZ #Leadership #MBA #Business #PrivateEquity

Drew Barvir is the co-founder and CEO of Sonar, an innovative mental health insights and support platform. For Barvir, expanding access to support is a professional mission with deeply personal roots. Like many Americans, he has experienced loss as a result of mental illness. The company blends artificial intelligence (#AI) and insights from social media with support from vetted peer counselors to predict and expedite timely mental health support for young people. With an emphasis on text-based communication, Sonar’s evidence-based recommendations reach teens directly, eliminating common barriers to support amid the nation’s ongoing youth mental health crisis. Through Sonar, Barvir is a 2023-24 fellow of the Alpine Social Ventures (ASV) program. Established in 2022, ASV aims to support the next generation of social-impact leaders by providing capital and insights to help get their businesses off the ground. Interested in learning more? Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/eKSVgRuc #mentalhealth #privateequity #software #education

Join us in welcoming Michelle Lin to Alpine Operations Group (AOG) as Vice President of Sales! On AOG’s Atlas team, Michelle will deliver a sales program designed to drive significant, lasting impact across Alpine’s portfolio companies, focused on protecting and creating value. When asked what attracted her most to join the firm, Michelle shared that it was Alpine’s people in combination with the firm's focus on execution. From our entire community-- welcome to Alpine, Michelle! #privateequity #peoplefirst #team

We are thrilled to announce that our platform Cobalt Service Partners, a commercial access solutions platform, has acquired Digi Security Systems. Since its founding in 2003, Digi has been a standout in providing top-notch security solutions to over 1,000 customers, especially within the education sector. Digis’ President, Joshua Herron, explained that “Over a hundred companies sought our partnership, but Cobalt stood out as a team fully dedicated to the same thing we are – people. We couldn’t be more excited about this next era in Digi’s history.” Under Cobalt's ownership, Joshua Herron and his team will continue to lead Digi, further supported by a new CEO to accelerate growth. Thank you to everyone who made this partnership possible! Read the full press release: https://lnkd.in/detZcCQV #privateequity #press #services #security #education

In a follow-up article to Business Insider’s coverage of our CEO-in-Training (CIT) program, BI features advice from Alpine Investors Founder and CEO Graham Weaver, Chief Talent Officer Tal Lee Anderman and former CIT turned Ascend Co-Founder and CEO David Wurtzbacher about what it takes to join our exclusive executive talent programs. As BI’s Alex Nicoll reports, our hiring process is more focused on a candidate's cultural fit and abilities than their accomplishments. "It's easy to teach plumbing or private equity. It's really hard to teach culture or core values," Anderman shared with BI, repeating the advice she originally received from Weaver. Our executive talent programs are a key part of our #PeopleFirst investment strategy: we hire people first and together find businesses that fit their skillset and Alpine’s investment focus. To learn more about what it takes to be accepted into our programs, read the full article on BI’s website: https://lnkd.in/eASg6ndt You can also learn more about our talent programs on our website: https://lnkd.in/e5Az3zyA #leadership #privateequity #CEO #MBA #business