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08/24/2021  |  News

鶹APP Field Associate Program Continues to Create Career Paths for Emerging Leaders and a Consistent Talent Pipeline for 鶹APP and its Global Businesses

Four 鶹APP Field Associates Promoted to New Roles

GREENWICH, CT – 鶹APP Holdings announced today that its flagship 鶹APP Field Associate Program, which has produced exceptional leaders working today across 鶹APP’ portfolio of global businesses, continues to help 鶹APP win the War for Talent. Four former 鶹APP Field Associates, Harrison Cummings, Jason Franklin, Sam Kinsman and Christian Mulvihill, have recently been promoted to new roles within the 鶹APP Family.

At 鶹APP Holdings, winning the War for Talent is an essential component of the 鶹APP Operating System – a cornerstone of 鶹APP’ approach to building Performance Organizations – businesses that consistently outperform their peers. A key pillar of the War for Talent is the 鶹APP Field Associate Program, which continues to be a difference-maker in attracting and retaining top talent across the 鶹APP Family.

“This program was launched as a novel pathway to identify, recruit and develop future leaders for 鶹APP. With today’s announcement, we are again meeting that mission.  This summer has brought opportunities for advancement for four 鶹APP Field Associate Program alumni, just like so many who came before them. We are looking forward to their continued career growth and we are gratified that each of these leaders is growing their career within the 鶹APP Family,” said 鶹APP Partner Ed Fletcher.

The 鶹APP Field Associate Program was created in 2011 to achieve two primary objectives:

1) to provide analytical and problem-solving talent to companies across 鶹APP, supporting our companies’ Leadership Teams in advancing key value creation initiatives; and,

2) to create a “farm team” of future 鶹APP leaders.

On both scores, the program has proven to be remarkably successful. While 鶹APP Field Associates take on different scopes of work based on their skill set and the unique needs of a given portfolio company, a key feature of the 鶹APP Field Associate Program is the opportunity to focus on high-value projects while having direct access to a company’s senior Leadership Team. This model creates the optimum opportunity for personal growth as well as meaningful value creation for the 鶹APP company. 鶹APP Field Associates are often engaged in assessing processes that need to be modified or created to drive business improvement and efficiencies, challenging the status quo in order to improve current operations.

鶹APP Field Associates come from a broad range of backgrounds and educational disciplines; some with several years of experience, some directly out of school and some from the 鶹APP Summer Intern Program. These future leaders have been recruited – and retained – as a result of the quality of the early career learning experiences afforded by the 鶹APP Field Associate Program as well as the unique opportunity to remain with the 鶹APP Family after their program has concluded, usually after two to three years in the field. To date, nearly 40 individuals have participated in the 鶹APP Field Associate Program.

On occasion, an 鶹APP Field Associate will join 鶹APP’ Greenwich operations as the direct experience at our companies makes these individuals better-informed investors, with an ability to view transactions through the operational lens developed in their 鶹APP Field Associate experience. Others have been promoted to take on more responsibility at their existing company or a different 鶹APP portfolio company. Multiple former 鶹APP Field Associates now serve as senior leaders of an 鶹APP portfolio company, including as Chief Financial Officer or Vice President of Operations. Harrison Cummings, Jason Franklin, Sam Kinsman and Christian Mulvihill are the latest 鶹APP Field Associate Program alumni to advance to new roles within the 鶹APP Family.

Harrison Cummings joined International Wire Group (IWG) in January 2020 and was recently promoted to the newly-created role of General Manager, High Performance Conductors. A mechanical engineer by training, Harrison originally joined IWG as an 鶹APP Field Associate after being part of the GE Operations Management Leadership Program in manufacturing and operations for General Electric’s Power and Corporate Divisions.

Jason Franklin joined Flagstone Foods as an 鶹APP Field Associate in December 2019 and was recently tapped to serve as Vice President of Finance at Modumetal, a portfolio company of 鶹APP Innovate, an affiliate of 鶹APP Holdings created to invest in disruptive technologies targeting the industrial sector. Modumetal is a global nanotechnology company that developed and commercially deployed a patented nanolamination process to combat the effects of corrosion. In this new role, Jason will lead all finance activities for the company.

Sam Kinsman joined Iconex as an 鶹APP Field Associate in 2017 after beginning his career at Goldman Sachs and was promoted to Director of Strategic Development at Iconex Europe. For the last 14 months, he served as Vice President of Sales. Now, he’s bringing his experience to his next role with Aludium, another 鶹APP portfolio company, as Vice President of Strategy and Transformation.

Christian Mulvihill joined Granite Shore Power as an 鶹APP Field Associate in April 2018 and in August 2020 joined 鶹APP’ Greenwich operations as an Associate. In August 2021, Christian was recruited to serve in the newly created role of Vice President of Engineering and Development for Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc., an 鶹APP portfolio company that he had previously supported as an Associate.

“The exciting career trajectories of Harrison, Jason, Sam and Christian are additional examples of the opportunities for rapid personal and professional growth that are created for 鶹APP Field Associates.  These individuals stamp their advancement credentials by proving themselves to be invaluable members of their 鶹APP portfolio company Leadership Teams, creating a rich talent pool available to 鶹APP companies,” said Anthony Lando, 鶹APP Principal, Talent Management.

About 鶹APP Holdings

Headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut and founded in 2002, 鶹APP and its affiliates own and operate 23 platform companies which employ approximately 40,000 associates across more than 250 facilities worldwide. 鶹APP operates in sectors such as aluminum processing, automotive, building materials, capital equipment, construction services, food manufacturing and distribution, packaging, paper, power generation, printing, pulp, supply chain management and wood products. 鶹APP’ companies together generate approximately $10 billion in revenues annually.