Bio

Chris Randazzo brings a distinguished 23-year track record to the current portfolio by providing strategic sales and marketing planning, investment analysis, and operational execution. He has over 15 years of private investment experience in software, distribution, manufacturing, and real estate, and has equivalent years of experience in all aspects of the deal life cycle for these investment classes, from deal origination to close to operational execution. Previously, Chris served in senior sales and marketing roles for enterprise and vertically focused software and technology companies. Prior to Main Line Equity Partners, he completed a leveraged a buyout of Phoenix Integration, a software solution for model-based engineering, a software and systems development paradigm that emphasizes the application of visual modeling principles and best practices throughout the system development lifecycle, allowing for engineering simulation, design, and knowledge organization. The company had a compound annual growth rate of 19% over the last 10 years with investors receiving an 8.7x return representing a 123% IRR. Chris was embedded as the COO and VP of Sales & Marketing for over 6 years during that time helping to drive the significant growth. Chris maintains oversight of Main Line Equity Partners’ Alternative Asset Fund I and its CFO and third-party advisors. He also represents the investor side of the business, dealing with all reporting and investor related issues. Chris is part of the investment committee that ultimately determines which deals the Fund pursues. Chris holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Villanova University.