Bio

Tyson Smith is a founding Partner of Tecum and serves on the firm’s Investment Committee. In this position, he is responsible for leading all aspects of transaction origination, analysis, structuring, underwriting, deal execution, and monitoring of subject private equity and mezzanine debt investments. Tyson currently serves as a Board Member of Red Head Brass, and TopDown Inc., and he serves as a Board Observer for Mail Communications Group. He previously served on the board for Powertrack International. Prior to co-founding Tecum, Mr. Smith was a Vice President of its predecessor organization, F.N.B. Capital Corporation, LLC. Previously, Mr. Smith was an entrepreneur serving as the co-owner and developer of a franchisee territory for a national casual restaurant chain after starting his career as a sell-side equity research analyst for Robert W. Baird, a middle market investment bank. He also serves as the SBIC Chair on the Industry Council of the Small Business Investor Alliance. Mr. Smith received a B.S. in Finance from The University of Notre Dame where he was a member of the Applied Investment Management program. Mr. Smith holds a CFA Charter designation.