Mr. Zink is a Director in Marlin Operations Group, Inc., focused on operational due diligence and providing operational support to portfolio companies. Prior to joining Marlin, Mr. Zink was a Director at Vista Consulting Group, where he led numerous value creation programs in his role as business transformation lead for Vista’s flagship fund. Prior thereto, he was head of Marketplace and Strategic Planning at Raise Marketplace, an e-commerce platform. Earlier in his career he was at Deloitte where he led merger integration and performance improvement programs for technology, services and media clients. Mr. Zink earned his B.S. in Entrepreneurship and Management at Indiana University and his MBA from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas.
*Members of the Operations Group assist Marlin in its operational due diligence, financing and other transactional support for prospective and consummated transactions and in its post-closing operating and other initiatives for portfolio companies, including manufacturing, sales, marketing, finance, tax, technology, information technology, debt and equity financing, legal, real estate/facilities management, financial planning and analysis, human resources, acquisition integration, data analytics, procurement and other services. Operations Group members are either employees of Marlin Operations Group, Inc., an exclusive consulting firm affiliated with Marlin Management Company, LLC, or independent contractors. Subject to limited exceptions, Operations Group members are not employees of Marlin Management Company, LLC and are compensated by portfolio companies and/or investment funds sponsored and managed by Marlin and its affiliates (including the Fund and other investment funds that may be formed in the future) (collectively referred to herein as the “Marlin Funds”), and such compensation is not covered by the management fee paid by a Marlin Fund.