Validor Capital Team

Mr. Kaufman is the Founder and Managing Partner of Validor Capital. He is a senior private equity professional with more than 25 years of principal investing experience. Over the course of his career, he has led the execution of numerous equity, debt and merger and acquisition transactions and has significant experience managing portfolio companies and turnarounds. Mr. Kaufman was previously senior managing director with GSC Group, where he was a member of the investment committee of the private equity and distressed debt group. Prior to that he was director of corporate finance with NextWave Telecom and worked in private equity and M&A at The Blackstone Group and Bear Stearns. Mr. Kaufman has served on the board of directors of numerous corporate and not-for-profit entities and has held steering committee positions in several bankruptcies. Select board memberships include Chairman of Pacific Aerospace & Electronics and Aeromet Holdings (both in the aerospace and defense industry), Burke Industries (commercial flooring), Day International Group (printing press consumables and chemical products), Safety-Kleen Corp. (environmental services) and Woods Equipment Co. (agricultural and construction equipment.) Mr. Kaufman earned his BBA and MAcc degree from the University of Michigan.