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Operating Advisors


  • Ron Coburn
    Ron Coburn has been associated with Nautic since early 1995.  Mr. Coburn is the Chairman and CEO of Savage Sports Corporation, a former portfolio company of Nautic Partners that was successfully sold in 2004. He currently serves on the boards of three Nautic portfolio companies: Pace Fitness, Medegen Holdings, and Curtis Industries Holdings, and assists Nautic in due diligence on new manufacturing-related investment opportunities. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, he received a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Canterbury School of Technology in England, as well as a Business Degree from Croydon School of Business in London. Mr. Coburn is also a board member for numerous company, association, and civic boards.
  • David Harrington
    David Harrington has had a relationship with our firm since 2004, bringing to Nautic over 35 years of increasingly responsible and successful experience in all key areas of health care delivery management. Mr. Harrington is rare among senior healthcare managers, having held executive positions with health plans (AETNA and United Healthcare), hospitals (Columbia/HCA), and physician-owned enterprises (Physician Quality Care). As CEO of Nautic investment American Imaging Management (AIM) from 2001 - 2008, Mr. Harrington turned around this radiology management business from minimal EBITDA and a negative net worth of $19M, grew the EBITDA to over $30M, and increased the net worth in excess of $350M. In August 2007, AIM was sold to WellPoint for $307M. Mr. Harrington earned his graduate degree from Columbia University and his undergraduate degree from Boston College.
  • H. Jay Sarles
    H. Jay Sarles has had an ongoing relationship with Nautic since its inception as Fleet Equity Partners in 1986, most recently as an operating advisor to Nautic since 2004.  He retired in March of 2005 as Vice Chairman of Bank of America. Prior to that, he was Vice Chairman and Chief Administrative Officer of FleetBoston Financial which was acquired by Bank of America in April of 2004. During his 37 years with Fleet, Mr. Sarles was a driving force behind Fleet’s growth from a Rhode Island-based bank with $971 million in assets, to a financial services company with bank assets of $190 billion and assets under management of $150 billion. Mr. Sarles oversaw virtually all of Fleet’s acquisitions and mergers during his tenure, as well as all of Fleet’s businesses at one time or another, including the company’s wholesale banking businesses, commercial finance, real estate finance, capital markets, global services, industry banking, middle market and large corporate lending, small business services, investment banking, and other financial services subsidiaries. Mr. Sarles received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Amherst College in Massachusetts. He also serves on numerous other company and educational boards.
  • Todd Taylor
    Todd Taylor has been associated with Nautic since 1996.  Mr. Taylor was the founder and former CEO of CustomMedia, a Nautic portfolio company that was successfully exited in 1999.   He currently assists Nautic in evaluating business service-related investment opportunities.  Mr. Taylor currently serves on the board of Imaging Technologies Services, a Nautic portfolio company, and was a board member for Chem-Dry prior to its sale to Home Depot in 2006. Mr. Taylor received a Bachelor of Science Financial Accounting from Winthrop University. He is also a member of numerous civic, charitable, and educational advisory boards.
  • Bill Troyk
    Bill Troyk has had an ongoing relationship with Nautic since 1997.  Mr. Troyk was the Founder and CEO of Roadrunner Freight Systems, a Nautic portfolio company that was successfully exited in 2003.  Mr. Troyk currently serves as a board member for Canada Cartage and previously served on the board of Corporate Lodging Consultants until its successful sale to FleetCor in 2009.  He assists Nautic in evaluating new business service-related investment opportunities, particularly in the areas of transportation and logistics.  Mr. Troyk is presently the Chairman and shareholder of Badger Trucking.  He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology.  Mr. Troyk has also served on numerous company and civic boards.

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