Mark A. Filippell

Mr. Filippell brings to Western Reserve Partners over 26 years of investment banking experience during which he personally completed over 130 merger and acquisition transactions. Prior to joining Western Reserve Partners, he was Manager of the Mergers & Acquisitions Dept. at KeyBanc Capital Markets and McDonald Investments. His clients have included Advanced Ceramics Corporation, Allis Chalmers Industrial Truck Division Acquisition Group, American Precision Industries Inc., Bronx International, Inc., Computational Systems Inc., Eaton Corporation’s AC&R Division, Excel Mining Systems, Inc., Group Dekko, Liqui-Box Corporation, Mascotech Inc., Naporano Iron & Metal Co., National Machinery Company, Novar Electronics Corporation, Praegitzer Industries Inc., TruSeal Technologies, Inc. and Wiseco Piston Company Inc. Prior to running KeyBanc’s M&A department, Mr. Filippell led the Bankruptcy and Distressed Business Practice. In this capacity, he led the teams which sold Grabill Corp.’s 14 subsidiaries, sold six TIC United divisions, reorganized Eagle-Picher Industries Inc. and Sudbury Inc.; and represented the equity in Elder-Beerman Stores Corp.’s reorganization; Autodie Corporation and Kapaco Group Inc. Prior to joining Key, Mr. Filippell served as Assistant to the General Manager of Comau Spa, a $300 million factory automation company in Torino, Italy, then owned jointly by Fiat and Bendix. Prior to Comau, he worked as an associate with McKinsey & Company for three years. Mr. Filippell authored the book Mergers & Acquisitions Playbook: Lessons from the Middle-Market Trenches, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (Copyright 2011). Mr. Filippell was graduated class valedictorian with a B.A. in Economics from DePauw University in 1975. He received an M.B.A from Harvard Business School in 1977 and a J.D. from Michigan Law School in 1979 where he was a Senior Editor of the Michigan Law Review. He is on the Board of Directors of CHT Nuclear, LLC, member of the Executive Committee of the Board of the Great Lakes Museum of Science, Environment and Technology, a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of ideastream (Cleveland public radio and television), past Co-Chairman of "New Cuyahoga", the successful ballot initiative to restructure Cuyahoga County government, past Chairman of the Cleveland Center for Economic Education, Past Chairman of Hawken School’s campaign for a competition swimming pool and Past President of the Harvard Business School Club of Northeast Ohio. An avid cyclist, he speaks both Spanish and Italian.