Board of Directors

Charlie Miller
Chairman of the Board

Charlie Miller is the Deputy Managing Partner of Patton Boggs LLP firm-wide and a member of the firm's Management Committee, as well as an ex-officio member of the firm's Executive Committee.  Patton Boggs LLP is an AmLaw 100 firm with offices in Dallas, Washington D.C., New York, New Jersey, Anchorage, Denver, Doha and Abu Dhabi.

Miller counsels financial institutions, private equity funds, hedge funds, mezzanine and equity funds, and other institutional investors on matters involving mergers and acquisitions, structured and project financings, acquisition financings, recapitalizations, restructuring and reorganizations, and other complex business transactions.  Notably, he led the legal team in charge of Blue Wolf Capital Management LLC's acquisition of Montauk Energy Capital LLC, an acquisition which received Small Deal of the Year for 2006 from Buyouts magazine.

Miller has also served as counsel to the independent directors of numerous publicly-traded and private companies in connection with their restructuring, reorganization and recapitalization, and has advised investment banks in connection with fairness opinions for both public and private mergers and acquisitions..

Before joining the firm, Miller was an executive officer of a publicly-traded telecommunications company and founded and operated several other privately-held companies.  His experience in establishing and running businesses provides Miller with a distinct perspective on the challenges faced by businesses today.

Alan Bratton
President and Chief Executive Officer

Alan Bratton oversees a growing global organization and provides the leadership and vision that has created an environment where people at all levels can optimize performance.  He has demonstrated leadership expertise across multiple industries and markets, including medical devices, commercial real estate, IT professional services, eBusiness marketing and services, commercial printing and promotional products.  Bratton led Paranets acquisition of Digital Reach,  Abacus Technical Services and Knowledge Transfer.

Bratton served as an interim CEO for Thoma Cressey Equity Partners; as president and CEO of Global DocuGraphix, Inc. a $130 million distributor of print and promotional products; as president and CEO of Connectech and its successor, Hybrid, Inc., an eBusiness marketing solutions and software services company; and EVP of Decision Consultants Inc., a national IT professional services firm.

Bratton has also held various management positions with Ciber, Inc.; Harry B. Lucas Company; and Johnson & Johnson. He currently serves on the boards of Paranet Solutions, Valeo Capital and the Plano Arts and Cultural Endowment, Inc. He earned a BBA degree in marketing and management from the University of Central Arkansas.

Erik Akopiantz

Chief Operating Officer

As chief operating officer, Akopiantz oversees business planning and process, operational systems, and financial operations. Akopiantz co-founded Digital Reach which was acquired by Paranet Solutions LLC in September 2008. Prior to co-founding Digital Reach, he was director of corporate development and later, director of finance for Sabre Holdings. Akopiantz formerly served the executive committee of a private equity firm as consultant for three global companies with combined revenue of $65 million.

Akopiantz brings a combination of entrepreneurial, operational, strategic, and transaction experience that uniquely qualify him to lead a customer focused organization. From Fortune 500 organizations to start-ups, he has gained experience to diverse industries, venture capital funding, rapid-growth enterprises, and a multinational publicly traded company. In all settings, he achieved success through focused leadership.

Akopiantz holds an MBA in Finance from Rice University, the Jesse H. Jones School of Administration. 

Jessie Mann

Jessie Mann has an extensive background in high-technology products, solutions and system development and deployment as well real estate. He co-founded Vital Solutions, and Vivare Inc. He was instrumental in the strategic acquisition of Paranet Solutions from Sprint. He also manages several commercial real estate partnerships with income properties and commercial land development. Jessie also successfully led consulting teams at Sybase, Digital Equipment Corporation and AT&T Bell Labs. He earned a BS and an MS in Computer Science from the University of Texas in San Antonio.

Rohit Mehrotra

Rohit Mehrotra is a highly experienced executive recognized for his ability to turn simple ideas into high growth businesses that bring exceptional value to stakeholders. His background includes more than 20 years in key leadership and operations position within software and technology service companies.

Mehrotra co-founded Vital Solutions, and Vivare Inc., and was instrumental in the strategic acquisition of Paranet Solutions from Sprint and subsequent sale to Valeo Capital. Prior to starting Vital Solutions, he led the Advanced Services Group for Sybase. Mehrotra is currently involved in advising business entrepreneurs and providing angel investing to start-up companies.

Mehrotra earned a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT-R, and M.S in Computer Science from University of Alabama.

David Truetzel

David Truetzel is an accomplished transaction processing operator and private equity investor, as well as a former Investment Banker.  As a Founder and General Partner of Hela Capital Partners, LLC, Hela acquired a 12% interest in Kanbay, a US based, India staffed, IT services provider for the financial services industry in 2003.  Truetzel was the CFO of Paymentech, a private credit-card processing company. Paymentech was the third largest credit-card processing company in the United States.  In addition to other private equity experience as a Managing Director of Gryphon Holdings II, Truetzel was an Investment Banker at A.G. Edwards for ten years, where he advised on over seventy transactions, with a combined transaction value of over $4 billion.  Truetzel is a former C.P.A. and has an MBA from Wharton.  Also, Truetzel is on the Board of Clearent.

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