TEAM BIOGRAPHY

Jim Turner has spent nearly his entire career working in private equity or helping to manage private equity backed companies. He started his career at JP Morgan Chase (fka Chemical Bank) as an associate in the Leverage Finance Division in New York City. He then was a Principal at Ardshiel Inc., a private equity firm in New York City with over $300 million under management. Jim was then Managing Director and Co-Founder of Buffalo Capital Partners a lower middle market private equity firm in Houston.

He also was CEO of Elaine Turner Designs, a vertically integrated designer and retailer of women’s fashion. Most recently, he was a Partner and EVP of Business Development at TIP Excise, LLC a niche tax consulting firm.

Jim received a BA from Amherst College where he was a member of the Hockey and Golf teams. He is actively involved in several charities primarily supporting children with autism and special needs, honoring his daughter. He is a Board Member of TFF, a charitable foundation focused on supporting at risk families.

Robert Whilden is currently EVP of Corporate Development with a tax consulting business. Previously, Mr. Whilden was a Managing Director at OFS Energy Fund, a private equity fund with over $300 million in committed capital. Prior to OFS, Mr. Whilden was an EVP with Continental Energy Services, a pipeline construction and maintenance company. Before CES, Mr. Whilden was a Managing Partner at Boss Corp., a private equity group formed in 2005 that employed a single investment buy and build mandate with an active management strategy. Prior to Boss Corp, Mr. Whilden was Director and Co-Founder of Buffalo Capital Partners, a lower middle market private equity firm in Houston. Mr. Whilden started his career in investment banking with Jefferies & Company and then with RBC Capital Markets.

Mr. Whilden has served on a number of private company boards, as well as serving on the board of the Trotter Family Young Men’s Christian Association, a non-profit organization.

Mr. Whilden earned a B.B.A. in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin and an M.B.A and J.D. from University of Houston. Mr. Whilden is a licensed attorney in the State of Texas.

Emanuel Jimenez has worked in Finance Transformation consulting primarily for private equity-backed and venture capital-backed clients on their global operating model to support new strategic initiatives as part of their divestiture or M&A Integration. Emanuel began his career at Capgemini working on a Life Sciences client for a $1 B carve out in Switzerland including designing a global F&A shared services center in Poland. At Capgemini and Accenture, he has worked on clients across multiple industries within Software, Industrials, Financial Services, FinTech, and Life Sciences to optimize their operations through digital transformation.

Emanuel earned his B.B.A. in Management Information Systems from the University of Houston and is currently in the final year of his M.B.A. in Finance at Rice University, Jones Graduate School of Business.