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Bret Bero

Principal, Operations Team

Bret Bero joined American Capital, Ltd. in May 2007, and is a Principal on the Operations Team. Bret has served as the Interim CEO of American Capital portfolio companies, and currently serves on the boards of Jones Stephens Corporation, The Meadows of Wickenburg, and Test America Holdings.

Prior to joining American Capital, Bret was the President, North America for Drake Beam Morin (DBM), a leading global provider of career transition services. Bret was recruited to lead the turnaround of DBM’s North American business that generated over $75 million in revenues from its 80 offices and 950 employees. Prior to DBM, Bret and a partner founded ECHO Industries, Inc. to acquire the assets of a metal forming manufacturing company in a leverage buy-out. Bret has over 17 years of increasing leadership roles in world class consulting firms. As a Partner at Accenture, he was the operations lead for the Human Performance service line, and developed the Organization Strategy service offering. Bret was a Vice President and led multi-discipline project teams in addressing Business Process Reengineering, business strategy, and organization change issues for clients in the Diversified Industries/Diversified Services industry group at Gemini Consulting. While he was with Price Waterhouse, Bret addressed client cost management and financial effectiveness issues. His clients have included firms such as Marriott, Highmark BlueCross/BlueShield of Western PA, Ferguson Enterprises, Bausch & Lomb, National Services Industries, Lanier, Oldsmobile, Tupperware, Harry & David, KeyCorp, New York Life, and International Thomson. Bret began his professional career as a manufacturing cost analyst with Digital Equipment Corporation.

Bret holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and an AB in Economics and Political Science from Middlebury College. He resides in Carlisle, Massachusetts.

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