Network Affiliates

Centripetal has a wide network of valuable relationships which has been amassed through the broad experience of our general partners. Affiliates serve as sources of deal flow, capital, due diligence, and expertise. Included among them are:

David Ackerman

• Consultant to technology related businesses
• 30 years experience in developing and managing complex technologies and delivering telecommunications services to small and mid-size business customer
• Former Executive Vice President of Business Development and President of the Operating Business Units for Winstar Communications
• Former Executive Director of the United Negro College Fund and a former Director of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association

Burt Alimansky

• Managing Director, Alimansky Capital Group Inc., private equity advisors for middle-market and emerging companies
• Chairman, New York Capital Round Table, producer of seminars and master classes for the private equity, investment banking, venture capital and professional advisory communities.

Andrew Gaspar

• Co-Founder and Chairman, SV Investment Partners (formerly Schroder Ventures US)
• Value-added investors, specializing in buyouts and buildups in partnership with management of small to mid-market business service companies
• SV currently manages approximately $270 million of committed capital

Graubard Miller - David Alan Miller, Managing Partner

• A leading boutique New York-based law firm established in 1948
• Expert securities, venture capital, M&A and transaction capabilities

William Harvey

• 35 years leading the way in the area of media research with special emphasis on the New Media.
• Invented the Area of Dominant Influence or ADI, an audience-based definition of television markets, called by Sales & Marketing Magazine "the most widely used marketing tool in the world today".
• Founder and CEO, Next Century Media, a leading interactive media advisor to advertisers, advertising agencies, entertainment and media companies worldwide, and an enabler and service provider for addressable TV commercials and TV clickstream measurement.

Mayport Ventures - Dan Rice

• Investors and advisors for early stage companies operated by talented entrepreneurs possessing the energy, vision, passion, and values to build successful enterprises. We are relationship-oriented, long-term investors committed to providing outstanding support to our portfolio companies.

Lev & Berlin – Duane Berlin, Managing Partner

• Strong regional, Norwalk, CT based law firm.  Experts in securities and corporate finance related transactions.

Muskus & Wilemski – John Muskus

• Certified Public Accountants and Business Consultants specializing in tax strategy.

Denis J. Nayden

• Managing Partner, Oakhill Capital Management, Inc.
• Former Chairman and CEO, GE Capital

O’Connor, Davies, Mumms & Dobbins - Bruce Blasnik

• One of the largest accounting and consulting firms in the New York tri-state area and nationally, established in 1891.

Tom Saleh

• Founder of five successful high-technology companies, including Applied Logic, American Real Time Services (ARTS), NetworkTwo and Erevu
• Former Senior Vice President of New Business Development, Reuters
• Former President, Aladdin Enterprise Solutions
• Senior Advisor, NASDAQ and FASB