 Robert J. Simon
Senior Managing Director, joined Bradford in
1984 and has more than 25 years of private
equity investment and corporate finance
experience. Mr. Simon is or has been the
Chairman of the Board of numerous public and
private companies including Alkota Cleaning
Systems, Inc., Eagle Solutions, Inc.,
Independent Printing Company, Inc., Overseas
Equity Investors Ltd., Tufco Technologies,
Inc., Adco Technologies, Inc., Mexican
Accent, Inc., Overseas Private Equities N.V.,
Overseas Private Investors Ltd., Pamarco
Technologies, Inc., Paramount Cards, Inc.,
The Sunbelt Companies, Inc. and TriMark USA,
Inc. Mr. Simon serves or has served on the
boards of Atlantic-Meeco, Inc., Electron
Beam Technologies, Inc., Indo-European
Foods, Inc., Overseas Callander Fund, Ltd.,
Professional Plumbing Group, Inc., Sunbelt
Modular, Inc., The C.R. Gibson Company and
VSC Corporation. He is the Chairman of the
Board of the Entrepreneurs' Exchange, Inc.
at New York University Graduate School of
Business Administration and also serves on
the Advisory Board of the Berkley Center for
Entrepreneurial Studies. Prior to joining
Bradford, Mr. Simon worked at Kidder,
Peabody & Company, Inc. as a securities
analyst and at Minneapolis-based U.S.
Bancorp in the acquisition finance
department. Mr. Simon received an MBA in
finance with honors from New York University
Graduate School of Business Administration
and a B.S. in finance with honors from the
University of Minnesota School of
Management.
 Richard A. Rudolph
Managing Director, joined Bradford in 1998
and has approximately 16 years of private
equity investment experience. Mr. Rudolph
serves as Chairman of the Board of Atlantic-Meeco,
Inc., Electron Beam Technologies, Inc.,
Indo-European Foods, Inc. and Professional Plumbing
Group, Inc. and as a Director of Alkota
Cleaning Systems, Inc., Eagle Solutions,
Inc., Independent Printing Company, Inc. and
Sunbelt Modular, Inc. He also
served as a Director of Mexican Accent,
Inc., TriMark USA, Inc., Beverage
Enterprises, Inc. and HC Holdings, Inc. and
as a Board Observer of PriCellular
Corporation. Prior to joining Bradford, Mr.
Rudolph was employed by CoreStates
Enterprise Capital Group, the merchant
banking operation of CoreStates Bank, N.A.,
where he was responsible for making private
equity and subordinated debt investments in
middle-market companies. Mr. Rudolph has
also held private equity positions with
Public School Employees' Retirement Systems
of Pennsylvania and Liberty Mutual Insurance
Group. Mr. Rudolph received an M.S. in
Finance from Boston College and a B.B.A.
from St. Bonaventure University.
 Jon
A. Van Tuin
Managing Director, joined Bradford in 2002 and
has approximately 20 years of private equity
investment, corporate finance and leveraged
lending experience. Prior to joining Bradford,
Mr. Van Tuin was a Vice President at River
Capital, Inc., a private equity firm in Atlanta,
Georgia, where he was responsible for making
private equity investments in middle-market
companies. Before joining River Capital, Mr.
Van Tuin was a Managing Director with KPMG LLP's
Corporate Finance Group, where he provided
investment banking and corporate finance
advisory services to middle-market companies.
In addition, Mr. Van Tuin was with GE Capital
and Heller Financial where he was responsible
for making senior debt, subordinated debt and
equity investments in leveraged acquisitions.
Mr. Van Tuin was also with HK International LP,
a private equity firm. Mr. Van Tuin serves as
Chairman of the Board of Sunbelt Modular,
Inc., and as Director of Alkota Cleaning
Systems, Inc., Atlantic-Meeco, Inc., Eagle
Solutions, Inc., Electron Beam Technologies,
Inc., Independent Printing Company, Inc.,
Indo-European Foods, Inc. and Professional
Plumbing Group, Inc. Mr. Van Tuin received an
M.S.M. in finance and accounting from Georgia
Institute of Technology and a B.A. in Chemistry
from Miami University of Ohio.
Neil J. Taylor
Principal and Chief Financial Officer, joined
Bradford in 1990 and has approximately 21 years
of finance and administrative experience. Mr.
Taylor is responsible for the day-to-day
financial management of Bradford and its four
United States and European private equity
funds. Prior to joining Bradford, Mr. Taylor
was a senior accountant at Dreyfus Corporation,
where he was responsible for financial
reporting, budgeting, forecasting and
implementing computerized accounting systems.
Mr. Taylor graduated with honors from City of
London University, England with a B.A. degree in
Business Studies. He also completed the
Graduate Enterprise Program at the Cranfield
School of Management, England.
Beth Gregg
Administration Officer, joined Bradford in 2007
and has approximately 12 years of finance and
administrative experience. Ms. Gregg is
responsible for various finance and
administrative activities at Bradford. Prior to
joining Bradford, Ms. Gregg worked at Reckson
Associates Realty Corporation. She graduated
from Fordham College and Westchester Community
College.
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