Bio

Ralph has spent the past 20 years as the Chief Executive Officer of a variety of technology and industrial businesses, including four private equity-backed portfolio companies. Ralph began working with private equity portfolio companies in 2001, when he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of TECOM Industries, a portfolio company of Veritas Capital. Ralph joined Smiths Group, plc, a FTSE 100 U.K.-based engineering company in 2004 when Smiths acquired TECOM. Ralph remained with Smiths for 13 years and grew TECOM and its successor entities from ~$350.0 million in revenue to ~$700.0 million in revenue through a combination of organic growth and acquisitions. Ralph was a member of the Executive Committee of Smiths Group, plc, as well as a member of the Board of Directors of several of Smiths’ portfolio companies. Ralph joined Channel Technologies Group, a portfolio company of Blue Wolf Capital, as Chief Executive Officer, in 2013. Ralph was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Ehrhardt Engineered Solutions in 2016, as well as Interim President of JWM/Coenen Mechanical in 2017. Both Ehrhardt Engineered Solutions and JWM/Coenen Mechanical are portfolio companies of Dunes Point Capital. Prior to joining TECOM in 2001, Ralph spent 19 years with Northrop Grumman/Litton Industries in various Program Management and Business Development roles, including Vice President of Business Development for Litton Guidance, a business with ~$500.0 million in annual revenue. ​Ralph received his B.S. in Engineering from Stanford University and completed executive coursework in Management and Finance from Harvard University and The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.