The Team
Tourbillon Ventures is comprised of a leadership team and several affiliate executives. Depending upon the client needs and the engagement, the Managing Partner will assign specific individuals to deliver the best-in-class services harnessing some of the finest advisors in the appropriate industry sector. This custom service approach assures our clients that they are receiving the proper balance of industry expertise, judgment, dedication and integrity that are the hallmarks of an effective advisor/client partnership.
Fred B. LedermanManaging Director and President
Mr. Lederman completed an engagement as EVP & Managing Director of AdPlexRhodes, a company that has established itself as a major advertising printer and supplier of marketing and software services to the retail industry.
Mr. Lederman has over twenty years of senior executive experience in private and public companies ranging in size from $10 million to over $1 billion in revenue. He has had full P&L responsibility and managed entrepreneurial start up ventures to turnarounds to corporate revitalizations by providing organizational leadership, strategic marketing and innovation all with an objective of maximizing revenue, profit and long term stockholder value.
Mr. Lederman was President and CEO of San Antonio, TX based FOCUS Direct, Inc. In that capacity he took a $10 million privately held company in 1996 and, through organic growth and selective acquisitions, grew the business to a $72 million enterprise in 2000. In that year, he sold one division of the company to a New York based Investment Banker for a 240% capital gain. In 2003, he personally negotiated the sale of the company, in two parts, to a Connecticut based private equity fund and a private investor.
Mr. Lederman is on the Boards of FOCUS Direct, LLC, San Antonio, TX and Performance Marketing Associates, Avon, CT. He has also served on the Boards of MetroLabel, Dallas, TX; Governor Street Bagel, Seattle, WA; Door to Door, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI; and Big Brothers/Big Sisters prior to his move to the Houston area.
Mr. Lederman served as a faculty member at Fulcrum Information Services’ Database & Direct Marketing Industry M&A Forum and gave a presentation entitled, “Conducting Bulletproof Due Diligence”. A graduate of Boston University, he is listed in Who’s Who in Advertising. His hobbies include hiking, historical research and the study of mechanical devices.
“Any organization that aspires to be great must encourage unique individuals who think outside the nine-dot box and perform in a distinguished fashion…you’ve proven to be such an individual.”
Robert Kamerschen, former Chairman & CEO, ADVO, Inc.
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