Dec 5, 2022
Mel Parker serves as a director. From May 2016 to February 2017, he served as the managing director for North America for Aggreko plc, the leading global provider of modular, mobile power, and adjacent product solutions. From November 2015 to February 2016, Mel served as senior vice president and general manager for residential and commercial energy solutions at Enphase Energy, Inc., a global energy technology company. From 2012 to December 2014, he served as president of North America for the Brink’s Company, a major provider of armored transportation services. Before joining Brink’s, Mel served as vice president and general manager of the North America consumer and small business division at Dell, Inc., from 2010 to 2012 and as executive director and general manager of U.S. small business – small and medium business – Americas at Dell, Inc., from 2009 to 2010. From 1994 until 2009, he held numerous senior leadership roles at multiple Fortune 500 companies, including PepsiCo., Corporate Express (Staples), and Newell Rubbermaid. Mel is a decorated combat veteran and graduate of the U.S. Army Ranger and Airborne School. He served with distinction in the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Mel currently serves as a director on the board of the National Black MBA Association. He is also a member of the Executive Leadership Council and was named to the Savoy Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America for 2012 and 2014. Mel received a bachelor’s degree from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Dec 4, 2022
Lee Evangelakos serves as a director. She joined American Industrial Partners in 2018, and previously worked at Microsoft and Applied Predictive Technologies as a software developer and consultant respectively. Lee graduated from Harvard College with a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science. She graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Master of Science in Civil Engineering as well as graduated from the Sloan School of Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she earned her Master of Business Administration.
Dec 3, 2022
Joined American Industrial Partners in 2020 and focuses on deal sourcing, capital markets activities and direct lending sourcing. He previously spent seven years at Deutsche Bank where he was a Director in the Financial Sponsors group. Prior to that, Mr. Elegba served eight years in the United States Army, completing his military career as a Captain in the Army Corps of Engineers. Mr. Elegba graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 2006 with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Management and received his MBA from the University of Virginia, Darden School of Business in 2013.
Dec 2, 2022
Dino Cusumano serves as a director. He joined American Industrial Partners in 2000. He served in the Investment Banking Department of J.P. Morgan & Co. Inc. from 1998 through 2000, where he worked on merger and acquisition and capital raising transactions primarily in the industrial sector. He served in the Investment Banking Department at Wedbush Morgan Securities. Dino graduated from the University of Notre Dame, where he received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance with honors. He is a CFA charter holder.
Dec 1, 2022
Chuck Prow is President and Chief Executive Officer at V2X, as well as a member of the V2X Board of Directors. He was appointed to both positions at Vectrus in December 2016. Chuck has more than 30 years of information technology and federal services experience, including leadership positions at IBM Corporation, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Coopers & Lybrand. During his career, Chuck has run global government services organizations, delivering solutions to a wide array of Department of Defense and other government customers. He served in multiple roles at IBM, including general manager of global government industry for IBM’s technology and services competencies, where he had responsibility for global revenues exceeding $9 billion. While at IBM, Chuck was successful in creating market differentiation through the integration of IBM’s technology and service competencies. He established strategies that focused on delivering complex solutions to critical government missions for national security, federal civilian agencies, and state and local entities. These efforts resulted in market share expansion, revenue growth, and margin improvement. Chuck has a bachelor’s degree in management and data processing from Northwest Missouri State University. He serves on the boards of directors of the International Research & Exchanges Board and the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts.
