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Operating Partner & Sr. Vice President
jim.green@grantchestergroup.com
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Senior Advisor – Healthcare Services and Medical Devices
Mr. Green has three decades of global executive leadership experience across healthcare devices and services.
tom.stanton@grantchestergroup.com
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Senior Advisor
Mr. Stanton is a managing director in JLL’s New Jersey office. In his current role, he represents the firm’s corporate clients and other users in all their real estate matters.
Mr. Stanton has managed projects for some of America’s best-known companies including Lockheed Martin, ExxonMobil, Wyeth, Mitsubishi International Corp., Merck, Loral Space & Communications and Sanofi-Aventis.
Mr. Stanton began his career at JLL in July 2008 due to the merger of The Staubach Company.
Prior to joining JLL, Mr. Stanton was one of the two managing principals of The Staubach Company’s New Jersey corporate services division. Mr. Stanton joined Staubach in November 1998. In 1997,he was a principal of Loughlin Stanton, LLC, a commercial real estate firm he founded with his partner, Daniel J. Loughlin. Prior to the formation of Loughlin Stanton, LLC, Mr. Stanton was vice president for George Mintz & Company, Inc., a corporate real estate company where he specialized in tenant representation.
Mr. Stanton is a cum laude graduate of Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York. He is a Leadership New Jersey Fellow and is active in several civic leadership roles including membership on boards for Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars in Washington, D.C., the Regional Plan Association, the Hudson County Chamber of Commerce and New Jersey City University. Mr. Stanton is also active in several industry trade groups on a local and national level including Industrial Asset Management Council (IAMC) and Biotechnology Council of New Jersey (BioNJ).
pjankowski@grantchestergroup.com
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Industry Operating Executive – Technology
Mr. Jankowski’s ability to combine new ideas with enabling technology and bring that technology to market enhances all sectors of Grantchester’s target verticals.
jthompson@grantchestergroup.com
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Industry Operating Executive – Transportation & Energy
Mr. Thompson brings 40 years of transportation & energy related senior leadership and investment experience to Grantchester’s related verticals.
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Operating Partner
Diplomat of the American College of Radiology
Dr. Cooper brings his deep expertise in Radiology, Medicine and strong business perspectives to the Grantchester Team. After receiving an M.B.A , he combined his expertise in Radiology and Interventional procedures with his business acumen to provide a myriad of services for many health care related ventures. He has performed due diligence for various private equity firms as well as participating in many healthcare related round tables.
Mark was the president of the Physician Advisory Board of a national medical malpractice company. His expertise in operations management was utilized as a physician consultant for Radiology Business Solutions, a national company that managed numerous Radiology practices in the U.S. His roll was to act as mentor to large practices and provide guidance in leadership as well as the business of medicine. His roll was also integral in contract negotiations, always looking to create a “win-win” result for the Hospital and practicing Radiologists.
He has lectured for the American College of Radiology on topics such as practice management, retirement planning and investment strategies. As a member of the Managed Care committee of the American College of Radiology, he has been involved in national contract negotiations for reimbursement and appropriate utilization as well as coding. This committee has been on the cutting edge of the evolution of medicine and its progress during these challenging times.
His expertise as a consultant for a National Utilization review company entailed interacting with various CMO’s in the U.S. His depth of knowledge of all aspects of medicine was integral in this roll.
As Chief Medical Officer of Next Image Medical, his roll was to develop best practices for thousands of imaging centers . This created an efficient model to have the most appropriate studies performed ,thus enabling the patient/employee to be able to return to work in a timely manner without negatively impacting their performance. The need to have all specialties of medicine work together seamlessly to provide the most appropriate medical care as the primary goal was the primary focus.
Mark was Chief Resident at Thomas Jefferson University for two consecutive years. He received a fellowship in Interventional Radiology at Thomas Jefferson University and was an Assistant Professor. He was also Chief of Body Imaging.
One of Mark’s passions is baseball, where he was one of only three people to have their collection exhibited in the Baseball Hall of Fame n Cooperstown N.Y. He authored, Baseball Games: Home Versions of the National Pastime and is considered the world’s expert on this topic.The Smithsonian Institute has acknowledged Mark as having one of the top twenty baseball memorabilia collections in the world. He is highly respected as a baseball historian and has sat on many panels related to his expertise and love of the game. He is currently employed by the Cincinnati Reds and was inducted into their Baseball Fantasy Camp Hall of Fame.
joe.remke@grantchestergroup.com
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Senior Advisor – Physicians Practice and Healthcare Services
Dr. Remke is nationally known physician and eye care practice leader.
dtrznadal@grantchestergroup.com
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Vice President - Finance
Mr. Trznadel has nearly 30 years of experience in advisory services with specialized experience in financial modeling, mergers and acquisitions and other accounting/tax matters. Prior to joining Grantchester, Mr. Trznadel completed the sale of a shipping insurance company for $60 million and an office furniture manufacturer for $330 million. Mr. Trznadel has served as the CFO for a government contractor, where he helped double the company's base within one year prior to sale.
Has also led a capital and equity raises in: waste-to-energy, technology and internet yellow pages businesses. In addition, he also has extensive private equity transaction experience with Platinum Equity, and years of experience with bulge bracket investment banks including Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers, and ING Barings.
Mr. Trznadel began his career at Arthur Andersen & Company, where he developed tax software and was the chief designer of a product named PC Magazine's Product of the Year.
Mr. Trznadel has an MBA from Northwestern University's J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management and A Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Southern California.
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Partner - Grantchester Energy
Bill Maurer is the Senior Vice President of ABM Industries. Mr. Maurer is responsible for managing the entire Energy portfolio for ABM. ABM Industries is a best-in-class provider of Integrated Facility Services which include - Energy Solutions, Mechanical Service and Construction, Facility Management, Janitorial, Security, and Parking Services for building owners and operators in North America and selected international locations. ABM is one of the nation’s most successful single source providers of high value facilities management and building optimization services.
Mr. Maurer has over 24 years of experience in the Energy Industry where he has held various and increasing levels of management and responsibility. Most recently, Mr. Maurer joined ABM in 2006. Under his guidance, the Energy Solutions division has maintained exponential growth year after year. To do this Mr. Maurer had to completely re-organize and re-structure the existing energy division. There were significant changes made in personnel, market focus and overall strategy towards the Energy Business. Through the changes that were made in Energy offerings, ABM is now able to offer to their clients a unique program to provide cost savings that allow them to fund needed improvements to reduce energy consumption, reduce environmental impact and comply with government regulations. Not only has the revenue increased substantially in the Energy division, but the unique solutions delivered by ABM and the markets in which were focused on has also increased dramatically. The ABM Energy group is comprised of 114 employees and distributed throughout North America. These employees range from Regional Managers, Account Executives, Energy Engineers, Project Engineers, Project Managers and misc. administration and financial support. This is 21.87% growth from 2014 and 305% growth from 4 years prior. Mr. Maurer credits the exponential growth of his business to growing his team with the right personnel, focusing on the core business strategies he put in place, and continued laser focus on sales.
With a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Maurer’s career path began at the Systems and Services Division of Johnson Controls, an internationally renowned building technology and manufacturing leader. At Johnson Controls, he spent nearly 8 years in sales and management positions where he was a top performer with a track record of consistent top performances in growth, sales achievement, profitability and leadership. In 8 years Mr. Maurer had taken the Energy Business in the Michigan Area from $12M to over $72M. After 8 years at Johnson Controls, Maurer was recruited to a General Management Position with Chevron Energy, an energy solutions division of the oil company. During his 3 years in Management at Chevron, Maurer managed the Northeast Region – including Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania. He had responsibilities of multiple sales personnel and maintained a growth plan of over 15% annually for his entire tenure at Chevron.
Over the past 24 years, Mr. Maurer has been involved with over $900M in Energy Saving Programs to customers. He is a recognized leader in the industry by his co-workers and competition alike. He is involved with leadership positions in multiple industry related organizations – NAESCO (Board Member), BOMA, ASHRAE (Former Treasurer) and Energy Services Coalition. Mr. Maurer has been involved in multiple speaking engagements at industry/ market events and The White House. Mr. Maurer is also involved with and holds leadership positions within 2 Cancer Fund Organizations.
On a personal note, Mr. Maurer has a wife of 21 years and two children (16 old boy and 14 old girl). They have lived in Milford, MI area for the past 14 years. He enjoys playing competitive hockey, soccer and golf. He is an avid outdoorsman and enjoys hunting. Reading financial, motivational and educational books is a daily practice.
bgrissler@grantchestergroup.com
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Operating Partner
Brian Grissler is a nationally recognized leader in healthcare systems operations. His 40 years of experience across urban and suburban community hospitals, regional medical centers and top academic medical institutions enriches the Grantchester team’s ability to evaluate and run companies in the healthcare space.