Larry Colangelo

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Mr. Larry Colangelo is a Co-Founder and serves as a Managing Member at The Trillium Group. He served as Director & General Partner at MidMark Capital. He served as President & Chief Operating Officer at L-3 Communications SPD Technologies. He served as President, Advisory Board Member & Chief Operating Officer at Harbor Wing Technologies. He joined MidMark in 2000. He contributes to the team with more than twenty-five years of operating experience in the defense, automotive, aerospace, and electrical products markets. For the nine years prior to joining MidMark, He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of SPD Technologies, a designer and manufacturer of a wide variety of electrical products and systems for the U.S. Navy and the aerospace, utility, and rail markets with revenues of $230 million and 1,500 employees. SPD Technologies was formed in 1987 through a management buyout co-led by him. Again, in 1996 Mr. Colangelo led the management buyout of SPD Technologies, for which MidMark Capital provided the equity. He, through five acquisitions and an aggressive diversification program, strategically positioned SPD Technologies as the dominant player in its primary markets and negotiated the successful merger with L-3 Communications. During his twenty years with SPD Technologies and its predecessor companies, he served in a variety of executive positions in the areas of manufacturing, materials management, engineering, and finance. Earlier in his career, He held executive positions with RCA and Rockwell International. He has served as a director of numerous companies, including SPD Technologies and several of MidMark's portfolio companies. In 1999, Mr. Colangelo was the recipient in Greater Philadelphia and a national finalist for the Entrepreneur of the Year Award in Manufacturing. He graduated from Rowan University (B.A., 1975) and Xavier University (M.B.A., 1976).