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., 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., 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., 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.