How To Think Like A CEO: Adam Coffey

<div class= "et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light"> <div class="et_pb_text_inner"> <p>Adam Coffey has spent the past 18 years as President and CEO of 3 national service companies, each in different industries. Adam’s first company, Masterplan, was a medical device service company, owned by Three Cities Research (NYC) and Camden Partners (Baltimore) that was subsequently sold after his departure to Berkshire Partners (Boston) in 2007 and later became a division of Aramark (NYSE: ARMK) in 2011. Adam’s second company, WASH Multifamily Laundry, a commercial laundry service company, started as a family-owned business that during Coffey’s tenure was subsequently sold in 2008 to Code Hennessy & Simmons (Chicago) and was then sold again in 2015 to EQT Partners (Stockholm). Adam is currently building his third company, CoolSys, a commercial refrigeration and HVAC service company for the Audax Group (Boston). Known for building strong employee centered cultures, and for executing a buy and build strategy, Coffey is highly sought after by private equity and is considered an expert in running commercial and industrial service businesses. Adam is a former GE executive, an alumnus of the UCLA Anderson Executive Program, a pilot, and is a Veteran of the US Army. Adam’s first book – The Private Equity Playbook, was released in February of 2019 and became an instant Amazon Best Seller. He is married, a father, and makes his home in Yorba Linda, California.</p> </div> </div> <div class= "et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light"> <div class="et_pb_text_inner"> <p><strong>Connect with Jon Dwoskin:</strong></p> <p>Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/jdwoskin">@jdwoskin</a><br /> Facebook: <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin">https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin</a><br /> Instagram: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/thejondwoskinexperience/">https://www.instagram.com/thejondwoskinexperience/</a><br /> Website: <a href= "htt