Thomas A. Carver founded
Harren Equity Partners based upon his belief that companies with less than $100 million in revenues needed not only better access to capital, but more importantly needed investment partners who understood the unique issues facing companies of that size. Tom currently manages all aspects of the investment and portfolio management process at Harren and is a member of the Board of Directors for all of Harren's portfolio companies.
Prior to founding Harren, Tom Carver was a Partner with H.I.G. Capital in Miami, Florida, a successful private equity firm with over $2.0 billion in equity capital under management and investments in more than 50 portfolio companies. While at H.I.G., Tom served on the boards of many portfolio companies and was one of the firm’s original professionals.
Tom also has significant operating experience. He served as interim President of Plastic Fabricating Company, a manufacturer of mission critical composite plastic parts for the aerospace industry. Through the eighteen months Tom spent in Wichita, Kansas, the company significantly grew revenues and profitability. Additionally, after the unexpected death of Virginia Explosives & Drilling Company, Inc.'s President, Tom served as interim President of the company in Grundy, Virginia. Tom worked with the company's other executives to generate a two-fold increase in revenues and a three-fold increase in profitability.
Tom received a Bachelor of Science with Distinction from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia, where he was elected Beta Gamma Sigma. He received a Masters in Business Administration from the Darden School at the University of Virginia.
Tom currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Music Resource Center, a music education center for teenagers which uses recording and performing arts to create a sense of empowerment and accomplishment in the urban community (www.musicresourcecenter.org). Tom is active with the University of Virginia as well, serving as a Trustee for his class at the McIntire School of Commerce and lecturing at both the undergraduate and graduate business schools.
In his free time Tom enjoys golf, ice hockey, fly-fishing and hunting. Tom is also an IFR rated private pilot and a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization.
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