Eric Wiklendt
About Eric
Eric Wiklendt is a Partner and Managing Director at Speyside Equity, a private equity firm focused on special situations in the manufacturing and value-added distribution sectors. With a background in operations and M&A, he helps lead the firm's "fix and build" strategy, which involves acquiring companies with complex operational challenges and transforming them into scalable platforms. Eric has been instrumental in deals like the acquisition and growth of Opta, a metallurgical solutions provider that grew from under $8M to over $100M in EBITDA under Speyside's ownership. All partners at Speyside have prior experience as C-level executives at manufacturing businesses.
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