HKW

Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company, Inc. (HKW) is a private equity firm, sponsoring management buy-outs of privately owned businesses and subsidiaries or divisions of public companies with revenues between $20 million and $200 million. With more than a century of excellence as its foundation, HKW is one of the nation's oldest private equity firms.
JB

Jeffery Bistrong

Partner

MB

Michael Bruell

Associate

JM

John M. Carsello

Partner

CM

Christopher Michael Eline

Principal, Private Equity

MA

Michael A. Foisy

Lead Operations Partner

KF

Kevin Fox

Senior Associate

SD

Sean D. Frazer

VP

RG

Ryan Grand

VP of Deal Generation

Daniel Kim

Partner

Ted Kramer

President and CEO

John Lammers

Associate

LA

Luke A. Phenicie

Partner and Lead Transaction Partner

CR

Constantine Rakkou

CFO and Chief Compliance Officer

Wilson Ren

Senior Associate

JR

Joonhyung Rhim

VP

Kent W. Robinson

Partner of Operations

TP

Thomas P. Shaw

VP

JS

James Snyder

Partner

MT

Michael Terrell

Senior Associate

Jeffrey Wood

Senior Partner

CY

Caroline Young

Partner

12 past transactions

Xirgo Technologies

Acquisition in 2016
Xirgo Technologies is a supplier of innovative, high-value M2M communication platforms with exceptional quality and scale. We facilitate significant time-to-market advantages and enable our customers and partners to quickly realize powerful and highly differentiated solutions for their customers, markets and stakeholders.

PANOS brands, LLC

Acquisition in 2016
PANOS brands™, a consumer packaged goods company created to manage a unique and defined portfolio of specialty food and beverage brands. "P.A.N.O.S." is an acronym that precisely defines the company’s mission to offer Premium, Authentic, Natural, Organic, and Specialty foods throughout the U.S and Canada. True to its namesake — the ancient Greek word for torch — we like to think of our brands as a beacon for consumers who are increasingly demanding a wide spectrum of specialty foods.

CIS Secure Computing

Acquisition in 2021
CIS Secure Computing, Inc. designs and manufactures computing and communication solutions for government and commercial customers. It offers computing products, such as network storage devices, computers, laptops, desktop PCs, tower workstations, and smart card readers; and cosmic products, including multi-CODEC switches, family rack mounts, rear connector conversion panels, network isolation switches, dual IP network isolation switches, dial isolators, secure network switch accessories, and secure communications travel cases. Its customers include organizations within the defense, intelligence, law enforcement, and homeland security communities whose missions depend heavily on their ability to communicate and exchange information in a secure manner and to operate in challenging physical environments. The company was founded in 1992 and is based in Ashburn, Virginia.

Protect Plus Air, LLC

Acquisition in 2017
Protect Plus Air, LLC provides air filters, air filters with air fresheners, and fiberglass filters. It sells its products through retail outlets, including grocery stores, drug stores, hardware and home centers, and mass merchants in the United States. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is based in Hickory, North Carolina.

Fresh Direct Produce

Acquisition in 2018
Fresh Direct Produce Ltd. imports, markets, and distributes fruits and vegetables. It serves chain stores, food service distributors, wholesalers, and independent grocers in Canada. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Vancouver, Canada with additional offices in Vancouver and Calgary, Canada.

Traductions Serge Bélair

Acquisition in 2019
Traductions Serge Bélair Inc. provides language translation services to corporate and institutional clients. The company offers translation solutions, terminology management, and interpretation services. It provides its services to finance, HR (Human Resource) and insurance, health sciences, and consumer products markets. Traductions Serge Bélair Inc. was founded in 1987 and is based in Montreal, Canada.

Allied Vision Group

Acquisition in 2017
Allied Vision Group is a distributor of contact lenses, optical products, and pet medication products.

Royal camp

Acquisition in 2012
Royal Camp Services Ltd. provides camp and catering services for remote location short term and long term projects. Its catering services include personnel, menu planning, and daily food preparation and service, as well as custodial support services for camp accommodations. The company owns and operates various open camps in Western Canada. It carries a fleet of dormitories, kitchen/diner units, wellsites, medic quarters, command centers, and recreation units. Royal Camp Services Ltd. was founded in 1991 and is based in Edmonton, Canada.

Urban Armor Gear

Acquisition in 2018
Urban Armor Gear, LLC designs and manufactures cases for mobile phones, laptops, and tablets. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Laguna Niguel, California.

John M. Floyd & Associates

Acquisition in 2019
John M. Floyd & Associates, Inc. develops income enhancement and expense reduction programs for banks and credit unions in the United States. The company provides a line of programs, support, and consulting services on earnings enhancement, expense control, organizational workflow, executive recruiting, account acquisition, and sales and services. Its services include financial consulting and staffing, recruitment, contract renegotiations, business process improvement, and business strategies and planning. The company was founded in 1972 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Indigo Wild, L.L.C.

Acquisition in 2018
Indigo Wild, L.L.C. provides aromatherapy products for body and home. The company was incorporated in 2000 and is based in Kansas City, Missouri.