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Private Equity Group Management Team
As a private, independent company, Century Capital Management is proud
of the fact its management owns the firm. Century Capital’s management
team is the firm’s greatest asset. Possessing significant experience in
the industries in which the firm invests, the Private Equity Group
subscribes to a team approach that taps into the collective insight and
experience of each group member.
James B. Stradtner
Managing Director
Mr. Stradtner has more than thirty-nine years experience as a security
analyst, investment banker, financial advisor and private equity investor
within the insurance and financial services markets. Prior to Century
Capital Management he held positions as a General Partner and investment
banker to life insurance, property-casualty insurance, title insurance,
insurance brokers and health care companies at Alex, Brown & Sons. He
currently serves as a director of Cathedral Capital, Plc., and Legal
Mutual Insurance Society of Maryland. Mr. Stradtner earned a BS in
Economics and Business Administration from the University of Maryland and
an LLB from the University of Maryland School of Law. He is a Chartered
Financial Analyst and a member of the Baltimore Security Analysts
Society, the Maryland Bar Association and the National Economists Club.
Richard E. Smith
Managing Director
Mr. Smith has more than thirty years experience in the
property-casualty insurance and reinsurance businesses. He held the
positions of President and CEO of Converium Reinsurance (North America)
Inc. (2001-2003), Zurich Reinsurance (North America) Inc. (1997-2001),
and Zurich Reinsurance Centre, Inc. (1995-1997). Prior to joining Zurich,
Mr. Smith launched the Market Information Department and Finite Risk
brokerage unit of Guy Carpenter & Company, Inc., serving on that
Company's board of directors. He has also served on the Boards of ZRC
from 1993 until 1997 and of the three Converium operating companies,
Converium (Zurich), Converium (Germany) and Converium (North America).
Previously, he was responsible for the Property-Casualty Division of A.M.
Best Company and was Editor of Best's Insurance Reports and Best's Key
Rating Guide. Mr. Smith currently serves as a Trustee and Vice President
of the Executive Committee for The Children's Storefront, a private,
non-profit tuition free school in Harlem, NY. He holds a BA degree from
U.S. International University in San Diego, CA and attended Ohio State
University and the U.S. Naval Flight School.
Charles L. Kline
Managing Director
Mr. Kline has more than twenty-five years experience in all facets of
the reinsurance industry. As a Managing Director of Guy Carpenter and
Company Mr. Kline negotiated risk transfer reinsurances for major
insurers both domestically and internationally. In 1993 Mr. Kline left
Guy Carpenter & Company to co-found Cat Limited and Hamilton Services in
a private equity funding led by Morgan Stanley. Mr. Kline served as
President of CAT Limited the reinsurer and Chairman of Hamilton Services
which was formed to provide analytics and pricing products to the
insurance industry. CAT Limited also formed the financial risk reinsurer,
Enterprise Re, with Chubb, Morgan Stanley and GE as co-investors. CAT
Limited and Hamilton Services were sold to the ACE Group in 1997 and
Enterprise was sold to the Imagine Group in 1999.
Mr. Kline became co-CEO of ACE Capital Products after the sale of CAT
Limited and in 1998 became the founding CEO of the Homesite Group, a
nationwide homeowners insurer based in Boston and funded by the private
equity market led by Morgan Stanley, Chase Capital and others. Mr. Kline
stepped down from this position in 2001 by prior agreement, having
successfully secured the third and final round of financing and having
installed the full management team. Mr. Kline currently serves as a
consultant to Los Alamos National Laboratories for the Department of
Homeland Security and is a Director of the Bermuda Biological Station for
Research and the Brookline Music School. He earned a BBA from Southern
Methodist University and an MBA in Finance, Accounting and International
Business from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business.
Gerard
Vecchio
Managing Director
Mr. Vecchio has more than nineteen years
experience in private equity investing and investment banking in the
insurance and health care service industries. Prior to joining Century
Capital Management, Mr. Vecchio was a Partner at Conning Capital
Partners, a private equity fund manager specializing in financial
services and health care services. During Mr. Vecchio’s twelve year
tenure at Conning, he concentrated on making investments in
property-casualty insurers, outsourcing firms servicing insurance
clients, and health care service providers engaged in managing and
assuming insurance risks. In his capacity as an investor, Mr. Vecchio
served on numerous boards as a director or observer including Arlberg
Holdings Company, Inc., Cogent Health Care,
Inc., Familymeds, Inc., Home
Financial Network, NYMAGIC, Inc., Paradigm Health Care,
Paula Financial, Ward North America, Inc. Prior to Conning, Mr. Vecchio held
investment banking position with The Firemark Group and Nesbitt Thompson
Securities, Inc. where he specialized in the insurance industry. Mr.
Vecchio holds a AB in English and Political Science from Middlebury
College and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of
Pennsylvania.
Davis R. Fulkerson
Managing Director
Mr. Fulkerson has more than fourteen years of financial services and
investment experience. Prior to joining Century Capital Management he
held positions in the interest rate derivatives products area at
BankBoston, as a High Yield Bond Analyst for 1838 Investment Advisors,
and as a Corporate Finance Associate at Bank of America. He serves on the
Board of Directors of eReinsure, Inc., iArchives, Inc. and Rewards Plus
of America Corporation. He holds a BA degree from Williams College and
earned a Masters degree in Management from the Kellogg Graduate School of
Management at Northwestern University.
Allan W. Fulkerson
Advisor
Mr. Fulkerson’s thirty-five years of experience investing in insurance
and related business-services companies provides broad investment
perspective, in-depth industry knowledge and an extensive circle of
management contacts in the industry. He is a director of Argonaut Group,
Inc., Asset Allocation & Management Co., LLC, HCC Insurance Holdings,
Inc., International Financial Group, Inc., and Montpelier Re Holdings,
Ltd. Previously, he has served as a director of The Galtney Group, Inc.,
Risk Capital Holdings, Inc., SCUUL Limited, Tempest Reinsurance Co.,
Terra Nova (Bermuda) Holdings, Ltd., United Educators Risk Retention
Group, Inc., and Wellington Underwriting plc. Mr. Fulkerson is a graduate
of Williams College and is a former Trustee and Chairman of the Finance
Committee and currently sits on the Dean’s Council at Harvard
University’s Kennedy School of Government.
Frank Bazos
Managing Director
Mr. Bazos, a Managing Director of Century, has
more than 15 years of private equity experience, primarily in the
financial and healthcare services sectors. After 8 years with TA
Associates and ABN-AMRO Private Equity, Mr. Bazos joined Century in1998
and then rejoined the firm in 2006 after two years with North Atlantic
Capital. Mr. Bazos has served on the board or overseen several Century
investments including Insystems Technologies, Inc., Asset Allocation and
Management, LLC, UHY Advisors., and iArchives, Inc. Mr. Bazos earned a
BA degree from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Harvard Business
School.
Christopher J. Lalonde
Principal
Mr. Lalonde has more than six years of progressively responsible
experience in various financial operating roles and private equity. Prior
to joining Century Capital Management as an Associate in 2002, he was a
Venture Capital Analyst with Lucent Venture Partners and a graduate of
Lucent Technologies’ Financial Leadership Development Program. He serves
as Board Observer of and Century Capital Management`s representative to
Centerprise Advisors, Inc. and is actively involved with Asset Allocation
& Management, LLC and LoanCity.com. Mr. Lalonde earned a BA in Economics
from Boston College and a Masters degree in Accounting, Entrepreneurial
Finance and Strategic Cost Management from Babson College.
Stephen M. Marquardt
Associate
Mr. Marquardt joined Century Capital Management’s Private Equity Group
in 2004. He is responsible for proactively sourcing new investment
opportunities and provides support to Century Capital Management’s team
throughout the investment process. Prior to joining Century Capital
Management, Mr. Marquardt spent four years with PricewaterhouseCoopers,
most recently as a Senior Tax Consultant specializing in providing
consulting services related to mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations and
divestitures, focusing on Stock Basis and NOL issues. He holds a Bachelor
of Science in Business Administration from Merrimack College, with double
concentration in Accounting and Finance.
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