About Us
We believe that business is personal. Building the right relationships with the right people creates a distinct strategic advantage for your business.
We take our partner relationships personally. Whether you are seeking to transition out of your business or looking to accelerate growth, as a member of the Omada Water federation, you get a genuine, engaging partnership.
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We aren’t a silent partner who will disappear after the sale. We work closely andm collaboratively with you and your management team to build and improve your business and achieve long-term goals.
When you tap into our deep industry knowledge, expertise, and access to resources, you are a orded a tremendous advantage to compete and thrive in today’s water treatment technology world.
Perhaps most importantly, together we'll build a company that our employees are proud to work for and take joy in providing world-class service to our customers.
Meet the Team
Bob Tangredi
Bob Tangredi is a proven entrepreneur with more than 30 years of experience leading public and private equity businesses. He effectively drives innovative change and provides a “spark” for revenue growth, profitability, and enterprise value. Bob is an expert in defining market-focused strategies, aligning business structures to deliver growth, and attracting talent. He has successfully led water treatment, healthcare, transportation, and technology businesses. Bob has deep buy-side M&A experience, acquiring and integrating dozens of companies, and has implemented lean continuous improvement to drive synergy. Bob has spoken to groups of over 1,000 on the topics of commercial growth, business process reengineering, and talent management. Bob believes building a solid strategy starts with creating an employee-focused culture..
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Bob's last role was as CEO of Pure Water Technology (PHSI®), one of the nation’s leading manufacturers and marketers of water puri cation systems to commercial customers. PHSI serviced over 10,000 direct customers and supported a hundred partner dealers. Bob led PHSI, a private equity-owned business, through a successful sale process in January 2019.
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Before PHSI, Bob spent ten years as a Corporate Vice President & General Manager at Stericycle (NASDAQ: SRCL), helping lead businesses from $140 to $550 million in revenue. Bob’s  rst job out of college turned into a 15-year career with Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX), and he was then recruited as a commercial leader at Monster.com (NYSE: MWW).
AEA Investors Overview
AEA Investors LP was founded in 1968 by the Rockefeller, Mellon, and Harriman family interests and S.G. Warburg & Co. as a private investment vehicle for a select group of industrial family offices with substantial assets. AEA has an extraordinary global network built over many years, which includes leading industrial families, business executives, and leaders, many of whom invest with AEA as active individual investors and/or join its portfolio company boards or act in other advisory roles.
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Today, AEA’s approximately 100 investment professionals operate globally, with offices in New York, Stamford, San Francisco, London, Munich, and Shanghai. The  rm manages funds with over $17 billion of invested and committed capital, including the leveraged buyouts of middle market companies and small business companies, growth capital, and mezzanine and senior debt investments. AEA Private Debt is a strategy within AEA that has invested $7.2 billion since its inception in 2005. The team of experienced professionals partners with leading middle market private equity  firms, family offices, and entrepreneur-backed companies to provide senior secured  financings, junior capital, and equity co-investments in support of buyouts, recapitalizations, add-on acquisitions, and re-financings.
