MVP Team

MVP's professionals have extensive investment experience in a number of industry sectors including publishing, specialty retailing, business and consumer services, manufacturing, healthcare, and aviation. MVP professionals have been active in the private equity industry since 1981 and have developed a reputation as leaders in identifying and sponsoring private equity investments in the lower middle market.
  Thomas A. Penn
Partner
Mr. Penn joined MVP in 2000 from Boston Millennia Partners, a private equity firm where he was a Partner. He has served on numerous MVP company boards including Andrews International, Coffin Turbo Pump, and Implex.

From 1994 to 1998, Mr. Penn was President and CEO of Tektagen, Inc., a leading contract services firm serving the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Tektagen was successfully sold to Charles River Laboratories, Inc. in 1998. Prior to Tektagen, Mr. Penn was President of Independence Ventures, Inc., a firm that specialized in starting and building high-potential, technology-based companies. Earlier in his career he held several positions in industry and venture capital.

Mr. Penn is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, and the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
MVP Team Members Title
Robert E. Brown, Jr. Managing Partner
Ryan S. Northington Partner
David B. Pegg Partner
Thomas A. Penn Partner
Wayne C. Anderson Senior Vice President and CFO