Bernhard Capital Partners

Bernhard Capital Partners is an infrastructure firm established in 2013 and headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with an additional office in Brentwood. Founded by Jim Bernhard, Jeff Jenkins, and a team of seasoned private equity professionals, the firm specializes in energy services, focusing on investments in electric, gas, water, and wastewater utilities. Bernhard Capital Partners aims to create sustainable value by leveraging the extensive experience of its founding partners in acquiring, operating, and growing energy services businesses. The firm employs a value-added investment strategy, which encompasses providing strategic insights, operational efficiencies, and best-practice management to enhance the performance of its portfolio companies.

Julius Bedford

Managing Director

Patrick Bernhard

Managing Director

Jim Bernhard

Founder and Partner

Catherine Cusimano

Principal

Christopher Dillon

Partner and Investment Committee Member

Rhoman Hardy

Operating Partner

Jamie Kiser JD

Principal

Jeffrey Koonce

Partner and Member of the Investment Committee

Ryan Lemoine

Principal

Dori McAuliffe

Vice President

Bryan Poppler

Principal

Phillip Preis

Managing Director

Christopher Ringswald

Principal

Jeffrey Yuknis

Managing Director and Member of the Investment Committee

Past deals in Industrial Engineering

Engineering Testing Services

Acquisition in 2017
Engineering Testing Services (ETS) is an engineering firm that provides solutions to equipment problems using advanced hardware and software tools. Projects range from small process improvements to resolving highly complex dynamic behavior of large systems. As can be imagined the markets served are very diverse spanning the process industries, manufacturing, and municipal environments. The expertise of the principal engineer servicing these applications is based on an engineering career encompassing machine design, test and measurement, and engineering analysis. For the past twelve years ETS has provided solutions to many well-known fortune 500 companies and institutions and has earned the honor of business by referral.
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