Mr. Papa, a Founding Partner at CORE, is responsible for investment sourcing, evaluating potential acquisitions, valuation and the implementation of the CORE Operating Playbook. Before joining CORE, he spent 18 years creating value as CEO of five Private Equity portfolio companies, backed by the likes of HIG Capital, Riverside Capital, DDJ Capital and Sun Capital Partners. Prior to his private equity assignments, Mr. Papa spent 20 years as an Operations Executive in Fortune 100 businesses within 14 different industries, including GE, Stanley Tools, Textron and Hanes Brand. He currently serves on the boards of the following CORE portfolio companies: Vantage, Cohere, Kelvix, Century Box and Winky Lux.
A graduate from Lowell Technological Institute (U of Mass Lowell) with a BS in Engineering, Mr. Papa went on to graduate from U of Mass Amherst with an MBA. He also completed and graduated GE’s Corporate Manufacturing Management Program.
CORE strives to partner with business owners and management teams to build the strategies that can bring your company to the next level.
We seek deals in lower middle market manufacturing, industrial technology, and industrial services businesses and we highly value our relationships with the intermediary community.
CORE is continuously seeking the best and most experienced leaders to join our network of current and future portfolio companies across a variety of roles including CEO, CFO, and other C-suite positions.