Thomas Fitzpatrick is a senior operating partner of Sentinel Capital Partners. He has worked closely with Sentinel for more than a decade, and in 2001 joined the firm as a Senior Operating Partner. Previously, Mr. Fitzpatrick spent the majority of his career at Coopers & Lybrand, where most recently he led the team that supported acquisition due diligence reviews required by private equity firms and strategic buyers to support their investment operations. Sentinel was one of his clients.

In his 34 years with Coopers & Lybrand, Mr. Fitzpatrick held a number of significant senior executive positions. He was a member of the firm's Executive Committee, National Director of Mergers and Acquisitions, and Partner-in-Charge of the New York office's Financial Advisory Practice. Over the course of his career, he has worked with dozens of private equity firms conducting due diligence and acquisition reviews on hundreds of investment opportunities. In addition, Mr. Fitzpatrick was the Partner in Charge of Coopers & Lybrand's Investment Committee, which was responsible for investing the partners' personal funds in private equity and venture capital.

From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Fitzpatrick was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Englehard Corporation, a Fortune 500 company involved in surface and material sciences. Mr. Fitzpatrick is a CPA and received a BBA from St. John's University.

Mr. Fitzpatrick currently is a director of Sentinel portfolio companies Chase Doors, Chromalox, Engineering Controls International, Interim Healthcare, LTI Flexible Products, Spinrite, Trinity Consultants, and Vintage Parts. He also served as Chairman of Fasloc, and a Director of Alemite Holdings, Madill, and Nivel prior to the sale of these businesses.

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