Alex joined GulfStar in 2014 and was promoted multiple times within the organization, most recently serving as senior vice president. Over his investment banking career, Alex has advised a diverse range of clients in strategic and capital markets transactions with aggregate value in excess of $1.5 billion. These transactions have covered industrial, manufacturing, distribution, energy, business services, and consumer sectors of the economy.
Prior to joining GulfStar, Alex worked as a senior consultant in the Disputes & Investigations Practice at Navigant Consulting. While at Navigant, he performed business interruption and property damage analyses for large oil and gas clients with a focus on midstream transportation and refinery services.
Alex received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Classical Archaeology from The University of Texas at Austin.
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For over 50 years, Steger Bizzell has been a leader in civil engineering in Central Texas. The Company has performed more than 22,000 projects for governmental and private clients, with expertise covering a wide range of disciplines including hydraulic and hydro-logic analysis, floodplain mapping, transportation, water and wastewater utilities, planning and site design, and surveying. Headquartered in Georgetown, just north of Austin, Steger Bizzell adds a team of more than 50 technical experts with deep water, wastewater and land development expertise to CHA, a full-service engineering, design, and management consulting firm. Steger Bizzell will rebrand as Steger Bizzell, A CHA Company. The acquisition expands CHA’s team to more than 2,100 professionals across 55+ offices, from Canada to Florida to California.
JHBDMB Holdings, Inc.
Employee Stock Ownership Trust
Industrial Services & Manufacturing
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 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.
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Software & Tech-Enabled Services
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Divcon Controls provides building automation consultation and custom design for the commercial and manufacturing industries.
Industrial Services & Manufacturing
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Founded in 2008, PurgeRite is the leading provider of mechanical flushing and filtration services for water-based HVAC and geothermal systems. The Company ensures these systems operate with maximum efficiency and reliability across a variety of critical environments, including data centers, semiconductor fabrication, K-12 schools, universities, medical centers and other advanced manufacturing operations. Clean, efficient systems reduce power and water usage, ongoing maintenance and downtime, delivering meaningful savings and peace of mind to facility owners and operators.
Energy, Power & Infrastructure
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Founded in 1985 and based in Deer Park, Texas, Miller Integrated Solutions is a leading industrial cleaning, environmental, and mechanical services company that operates within the downstream, midstream, and upstream hydrocarbon processing markets. With six strategically located facilities across its Gulf Coast footprint, Miller Integrated Solutions leverages its 400+ field-based crewmembers to support over 100 master service agreements across multiple recurring, maintenance-driven, service disciplines including tank cleaning, unmanned hydroblasting, vacuum truck services, spill cleanup, air mover & hydro excavation, chemical cleaning, vapor control, rubber lining & coating services, field specialty welding, mechanical maintenance and fabrication. The Company also has extensive experience in the environmental spill response industry and can build, clean and demolish equipment and structures, as well as support any environmental needs throughout the lifecycle of its customers.