Alan joined GulfStar Group in 2022 from Frost Bank, where he worked as a Relationship Banking Officer in the Commercial & Industrial Group and underwrote deals for clients within a variety of sectors, including real estate, oilfield services, construction, and marine. Prior to this, Alan completed a formal credit training program and served as an Associate Relationship Manager and Pool Lead Analyst at Frost.
Alan earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and Accounting, with highest honors, and a Master of Science in Finance from the University of Houston, C.T. Bauer College of Business.
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Founded in Southeast Texas in 1943, American Packing & Gasket Holdings (APG) is a master distributor of sealing and fluid conveyance products, including O-rings, gaskets and couplings, with operations in Houston and Knoxville, Tennessee. In 1944, EVER-TITE™, now owned by APG, patented the first cam and groove coupling, which was quickly adopted by the U.S. military. Today, APG operates as a value-added master distributor, maintaining a deep inventory of more than 40,000 active SKUs supported by a diversified network of OEM suppliers and delivering core value-added capabilities, including O-ring bagging, kitting and custom gasket fabrication, to customers across a variety of end markets.
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Headquartered in East Rutherford, New Jersey, GENLED is a designer, manufacturer and assembler of premium LED lighting products, systems and solutions serving a diverse range of signage, architectural and commercial lighting applications worldwide. The Company is recognized for its innovative product portfolio and ability to deliver customized lighting solutions tailored to specific customer applications and requirements. GENLED’s portfolio of brands includes AgiLight, a premier provider of innovative signage lighting solutions, and Acolyte, a leading provider of custom architectural lighting solutions for interior and exterior projects.
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CIMA Services is a full-service industrial and environmental resources company specializing in civil, structural, mechanical and waste management services for companies operating in the petrochemical, refining, midstream oil and gas, and general industrial industries across the U.S. Gulf Coast region. Headquartered in Pasadena, Texas, CIMA’s strategic location near the Houston Ship Channel facilitates rapid responsiveness and mobilization of personnel and equipment. The Company is led by a team of seasoned industry veterans and supported by more than 400 employees, including a broad array of skilled tradesmen.
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Based in Houston, BWFS is a full-service, ASME-certified fabricator of large, complex pressure vessels with in-house capabilities to engineer, draft, fabricate, stress relieve, sandblast, and coat large pressure vessels in one location with minimal outsourcing. The Company has proudly served the offshore oil and gas industry for more than 25 years and has over 14,000 vessels in use around the world.
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Founded in 1925 as Arthur Dooley & Son and renamed Dooley Tackaberry following its 1987 acquisition of The Tackaberry Company, Dooley has an extensive history in the distribution of fire and safety equipment to the oil and gas industry and municipal fire service market. Having grown steadily, Dooley’s biggest strengths are designing and fabricating fire detection and suppression systems as well as supplying fire protection and personal protective equipment to upstream, midstream and downstream customers throughout the world. Today, Dooley represents all major product lines in the fire and safety equipment industry.
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Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Collinsville, Oklahoma, Victory is a leading designer and manufacturer of industrial and commercial combustion, heat-transfer and steam production solutions, ranging from engineered firetube and watertube boilers and burners to heat recovery steam generators and high temperature hot water heaters. As part of the Company’s customer commitment, Victory provides extensive aftermarket customer support services, such as installation, commissioning and maintenance services, spare parts, burner and economizer retrofits and boiler fleet rental. Victory operates globally across a diverse and extensive group of industry sectors, including chemical, pulp & paper, food & beverage, bio-renewables, agriculture, education, healthcare, aviation and utilities.