GenNx360 Capital Partners

Houma, Louisiana-based Barracuda provides magnetic particle testing, liquid penetrant examination, phased array ultrasonic testing, and rope access services to petrochemical, midstream, and industrial manufacturing clients along the Gulf Coast.

Prior to joining GenNx360, Feuer served as a procurement and supply chain operating partner at One Rock Capital Partners.

In this role, Dawit will engage directly with portfolio company management teams and the firm’s investment professionals to support value creation initiatives across the portfolio.

Rajeevan’s significant transaction experience includes investing in over ten platform companies and 30 add-on investments during his tenure at GenNx360.

Ardian, Blackstone, Bridgepoint and EQT and are among the firms tapping into the TICC industry.

Founded in 1996, PAG currently operates 29 locations worldwide.

Based in Cleveland, H&S is a provider of industrial gearing solutions.

HBS is a Little Chute, Wisconsin-based provider of IT services for commercial and public sector clients across the Midwestern US.

Vipperman brings more than two decades of asset management and regulatory compliance experience to the role.

Blackwell succeeds Carmen Rojas.

Eleanor, West Virginia-based Appalachian Railcar Services LLC, a provider of railcar repair, railcar storage, plant loading and unloading, and short line switching operation, has appointed Michael Obertop as chief commercial officer. Previously, Obertop worked at CaD Railway & Caltrax where he was vice president of sales and business development. ARS is backed by GenNx360 Capital Partners.

Waud Capital Partners has hired Timothy J. Cremieux as vice president. The appointment becomes effective immediately. Previously, Cremieux worked at GenNx360 Capital Partners where he served as a vice president.

The Canadian affiliate of Luxembourg's SAF-Holland Group SA has sold its agricultural equipment business, AerWay, to Salford Group Inc, a Canadian manufacturer and marketer of farming machinery. No financial terms were released for the deal, which closed earlier this month. SAF-Holland said the soil loosening and cultivation equipment in the AerWay product line did not represent a core activity to its commercial vehicle supply business. Based in Salford, Ontario, Salford is a portfolio company of U.S. private equity firm GenNx360 Capital Partners. In May, the company acquired /canada/2015/05/11/pe-backed-salford-buys-valmar/ Valmar Airflo Inc.

The following hires, promotions and appointments are for the April 6, 2015, issue of Buyouts.

Ed Dandridge, the outspoken head of the National Association of Investment Companies, worked to highlight the strong performance of diverse and minority-led firms.