Paul Decker previously shared management of the Firm with Mike and Chuck, advising on matters of portfolio company strategy and process improvement. He is a Director of Color Communications, LLC and the Chairman of Kobuk Holdings, f/k/a ABP Induction Holdings, LLC. Mr. Decker led CMA’s investment in ABP Induction as its CEO from acquisition through 2016, over the course of 11 years executing an international growth strategy that resulted in a ten-country platform servicing all major global industrial regions. Mr. Decker, as Chairman beginning in 2017, was integral in completing the successful sale of the Company in August 2019.
Prior to joining ABP in 2005, Mr. Decker managed and consulted to middle market manufacturing businesses with sales ranging from $2 million to $100 million. Previously, he was CEO/President of Cobotics, Inc., a venture backed start-up in the field of human-interactive robotics used in the final assembly of autos that was sold to Stanley Works. Earlier, he led MST Analytics, a supplier of high-reliability, digital life safety systems to the semiconductor industry that was sold to ATMI, Inc., now Entegris. Prior to MST/ATMI, he founded and sold a turbine blade finishing business after managing the engineering and production of Abrasive-Form, Inc. a Tier 1 supplier to the aerospace, energy, medical and automotive industries.
Mr. Decker received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan and his MBA from Northwestern University (Kellogg).