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Colby College - B.A. 1996 - Alex's primary responsibilities include deal origination, structuring, and execution, industry research and portfolio management for the Ironwood Equity Fund. Prior to joining Ironwood Capital, Alex was a Vice President of Market Development and Strategic Planning for Carpet One, the nation's largest floor covering retailer with over $3 billion in network revenue, responsible for building the Carpet One business by both leveraging existing resources and developing new channels of business. Alex started his career with Morgan Stanley & Co. as a Financial Analyst in the Fixed Income Group and later joined Advent International, a leading Boston-based private equity investment firm with $4.0 billion under management. As an Associate at Advent, he focused on buyouts and later-stage growth investments in the business service, consumer, and manufacturing sectors. Alex then went on to start Anything for Home - a marketing consortium that uses consumer and multi-vendor transactional data to increase sales and profits of its partners in the home improvement and move industries - raising $1.5 million in start-up capital and later merging it with CCA Global Partners. | 