Troy Smildzins

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Carmelina Capital Advisory LLC

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Troy Smildzins is a founder and Managing Partner of Carmelina Capital Partners.
He has more than 20 years of experience investing in and advising rapidly growing private companies across a broad range of industries.
Prior to joining Carmelina, Troy was a Partner at Seidler Equity Partners, a global investment firm with over $2.0 billion of capital under management.
Troy started his career at Crowell, Weedon & Co., a boutique investment bank in Los Angeles.
He later joined the Corporate Finance group at Arthur Andersen, LLP, where he was promoted to Manager in 2001.
Following the dissolution of Arthur Andersen in 2002, Troy joined members of his former team in starting the Los Angeles Corporate Finance practice at KPMG.
Troy received an MBA with honors from the Anderson School at UCLA, and a BS in Business with an emphasis on Finance and Marketing from The Marshall School of Business at USC.
Troy believes that private equity gets a bad name for good reasons: high leverage, short-term thinking, big egos, and sharp elbows.
Troy founded Carmelina with Kevin to be the antithesis of traditional private equity.

Troy Smildzins active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Carmelina Capital Advisory LLC Carmelina Capital Advisory LLC Investment ManagersFinance Carmelina Capital Advisory invests in companies located in the United States with an EBITDA of more than $3 million. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It provides financing for growth and buyout stage capital requirements.	Founder	2017-12-31

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KPMG LLP KPMG LLP Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides auditing, tax and advisory services	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
The Seidler Co. LLC The Seidler Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Seidler Equity Partners seeks investment opportunities in middle market companies located across the globe, primarily in the United States, Australia and New Zealand with an EBITDA of USD 10 - 50 million. The firm focuses on companies operating in the fields of chemicals & consumer goods, education, healthcare, manufacturing and business services sectors. It provides financing in the form of equity & debt for buyout, MBO, recapitalization, add-on acquisition and growth capital transactions. The firm acquires minority and majority interest.	Private Equity Investor	-

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KPMG LLP KPMG LLP Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides auditing, tax and advisory services	Commercial Services
University of Southern California University of Southern California Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
The Seidler Co. LLC The Seidler Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Seidler Equity Partners seeks investment opportunities in middle market companies located across the globe, primarily in the United States, Australia and New Zealand with an EBITDA of USD 10 - 50 million. The firm focuses on companies operating in the fields of chemicals & consumer goods, education, healthcare, manufacturing and business services sectors. It provides financing in the form of equity & debt for buyout, MBO, recapitalization, add-on acquisition and growth capital transactions. The firm acquires minority and majority interest.	Finance
Carmelina Capital Advisory LLC Carmelina Capital Advisory LLC Investment ManagersFinance Carmelina Capital Advisory invests in companies located in the United States with an EBITDA of more than $3 million. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It provides financing for growth and buyout stage capital requirements.	Finance