McNally Capital Expands Portfolio Company Operations Team and Deal Team with Five Hires

Strategic Growth Reinforces Commitment to Portfolio Value Creation and Technology

McNally Capital (“McNally”), a private equity firm specializing in acquiring founder-, family-, and management-owned businesses in the lower middle market, is pleased to announce the addition of five experienced professionals to its team—Gus Pinto, Tim Gossett, Rob Kirk, and Ryan McDonough joining the Portfolio Operations Team, and Grace Chatas joining the Deal Team.

“Our ability to drive transformative value for our portfolio companies is strengthened by our continued investment in operational and technology expertise,” said Lou Rassey, Co-CEO and Managing Partner of McNally Capital. “Gus, Tim, Rob, and Ryan bring significant experience in performance improvement, digital transformation, and strategic growth—and Grace further strengthens our Deal Team and transaction execution capabilities. We are thrilled to welcome them to the McNally Capital team.”

McNally’s Portfolio Operations Team plays a critical role in executing the firm’s proprietary value creation approach, Atlas, by equipping portfolio companies with the strategic guidance and hands-on expertise needed to accelerate growth. In addition to driving results at the portfolio level, the team helps build and scale McNally’s firmwide capabilities in strategy-setting, operations excellence, artificial intelligence (“AI”) and software-driven innovation, and digital transformation.

The group combines broad-based value creation leadership with deep functional specialization. Rob and Ryan focus on full-spectrum value creation across the portfolio – from strategy-setting to 100-day planning to value capture post-close. Gus and Tim bring deep expertise in software, AI, and digital transformation to support these high-impact value creation levers across the portfolio. This team provides fractional CTO and digital leadership support to portfolio companies, while also helping to embed technology-driven innovation into McNally Capital’s deal execution and value creation processes.

Portfolio Operations Team Members:

Gus Pinto – Principal, Portfolio Operations

Gus Pinto joins McNally Capital to lead software strategy and development across the firm’s portfolio companies and the firm’s internal operations. With over 20 years of experience in technology leadership, product development, and business operations, Gus has built and scaled software solutions that drive business growth and operational efficiency. Previously, he was Chief Product and Technology Officer at SyBridge and held leadership roles at Fast Radius, Magic Leap, and Citrix. He specializes in AI-enabled workflow automation, software-driven business operations, cloud computing, and digital transformation.

Tim Gossett – Vice President, Portfolio Operations

Tim Gossett brings extensive expertise in cloud architecture, AI, and software-driven enterprise solutions. In his role, he will focus on digital transformation and AI integration within McNally’s portfolio companies. He previously held leadership roles at SyBridge Technologies, Fast Radius, and Bellhop, where he led cloud architecture, software prototyping, and optimization algorithm development. His focus will be on leveraging digital innovation to enhance portfolio company operations, and to ensure robust, modernized IT foundations are in place across the portfolio.

Rob Kirk – Vice President, Portfolio Operations

Rob Kirk brings deep expertise in strategy, M&A, and business transformation. Before joining McNally Capital, he was a Principal at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), working extensively in the Private Equity practice with clients across industries focused on value creation initiatives. His experience in business strategy, go-to-market strategy, and operational execution will be instrumental in strengthening McNally Capital’s portfolio companies.

Ryan McDonough – Vice President, Portfolio Operations

Ryan McDonough joins McNally Capital from Bain & Company, where he advised clients in Aerospace & Defense and Advanced Manufacturing on strategy, operational performance improvement, and value creation. Before Bain, Ryan held leadership roles in a defense technology company and served as a U.S. Navy bomb disposal officer. His performance improvement and operational strategy expertise will support and accelerate McNally Capital’s value creation initiatives.

Deal Team Member:

Grace Chatas – Associate

Grace joins from William Blair & Company, where she was an Investment Banking Analyst who focused on mergers and acquisitions and equity financings. She will focus on evaluating and executing direct private equity investments and supporting McNally Capital’s portfolio companies.

About McNally Capital

McNally Capital is a private equity firm based in Chicago, Illinois. The firm is currently investing out of its committed buyout fund, McNally Capital Fund III, LP.

The Firm seeks thesis-driven buyout investments in the lower middle market across two primary industries: Aerospace & Defense and Industrial Technology & Services. McNally Capital seeks to apply its hands-on experience, institutional capabilities, and proprietary value creation framework to its portfolio companies to benefit management teams in their next phase of growth and build value for McNally Capital’s investors.

Ward McNally, Co-CEO & Managing Partner, founded the firm in 2008. He is a sixth-generation member of the McNally family, which proudly owned and operated Rand McNally & Company for nearly 150 years until its sale in 1997. We believe these roots provide a deep appreciation of building and scaling companies that shape industries and endure for generations. This experience drove the Firm to invest capital into founder-, family- and management-led businesses in the lower middle market on behalf of investors, with the goal of preserving legacies while promoting possibility.

Today, the Firm consists of 19 team members dedicated to navigating transformation and growth for its portfolio companies through a rigorous, repeatable, and scalable value creation process.

For more information, please visit www.mcnallycapital.com.

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Our ability to drive transformative value for our portfolio companies is strengthened by our continued investment in operational & technology expertise. These hires bring significant experience in performance improvement, digital transformation, & more.