Gregg Schor

Chief Executive Officer

Gregg Schor has over 25 years of experience managing mergers and acquisitions, corporate development, legal, and human resources for companies of all sizes in a wide range of industries. He has previously held senior management positions at companies that have been acquired by IBM, Microsoft, and EMC, including Deputy and General Counsel, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, Senior Vice President of Human Resources, and Director of European Operations. As the result, he brings a very unique perspective to Protegrity clients, having been on all sides of M&A transactions and in a variety of roles.

Over the years he has developed an extensive network of national and international relationships with public and private companies, private equity firms, family offices, search funds, and serial entrepreneurs, looking for businesses to acquire. He is on the boards of the Exit Planning Institute and the Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors, and is a member of the Exit Planning Exchange (Long Island Chapters).

Gregg received a J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law and a Diploma on International and Comparative Law for study in Russia and Poland from the University of San Diego School of Law. He also completed the Mergers and Acquisitions Executive Education Program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Eric Langmack

Vice President

With 20 years of experience, Eric Langmack is expert at identifying and analyzing key business and financial metrics and translating them into sophisticated financial models and projections which enable our clients to maximize their valuations in a way which is credible and can be supported. He is very comfortable and has substantial experience going head-to-head with some of the largest national and international accounting firms in the world, many of which commonly represent the acquirers of our clients.

Eric plays a key role throughout the M&A process, assessing credit card bills, profit and loss statements, balance sheets, general ledgers, and everything in between in order to uncover and identify potential add-backs and to formulate an adjusted EBITDA calculation which typically forms the basis of a valuation. He works closely with our clients’ accounting firms and is actively involved during the due diligence and purchase price negotiation phases as well.

He graduated at the top of his class with a Masters in Finance from the University of Iowa and received the second highest score in the U.S. out of 65,000 people on the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam. Eric subsequently earned the Accredited in Business Valuations (ABV) designation.

Bruce Newman

Senior Advisor

Bruce Newman is a serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in developing and financing a variety of technology, media, product and service companies where he was responsible for revenue creation, client/supplier partnerships, product development, product/business acquisitions, internal systems, and capital funding to build and run successful operations.

He is an experienced chief executive who has structured nearly $50 million in venture capital financings for private and public early stage companies where he was a founder and CEO. Bruce is an organizational expert who understands the startup, expansion and exit phases of a business.

Bruce is President of the Brookhaven Business Advisory Council and serves on the Board of Directors of the Social Enterprise Alliance of Long Island. He also serves as a non-executive advisor to several technology and product companies. In addition, Bruce is co-author of a book on software for the commercial design industry and is an inventor of record on two U.S. patents in the area of electronic distribution.

Robert R. Pospischil

Senior Advisor

Bob Pospischil brings over 31 years of experience to the M&A industry. He specializes in turnarounds, startups and acquiring financing for major projects associated with business expansions. He has vast experience in private, public and not-for-profit companies.

Bob is the former President and CEO of Bissett Nursery and Bissett Equipment Corporation. He has negotiated the sale of multiple companies on Long Island and was the team leader in numerous turnarounds that led to either an expansion of the businesses or positioned them for eventual sale. He has also participated in the acquisition of companies and is certified by the SEC as an investment advisor.

He currently sits on the board of the CEO Leadership Council for Stony Brook University College of Business as well as the boards of Contractors for Kids and the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation. He also serves as the financial advisor to the Long Island Aquarium and Hyatt Place Hotel in Riverhead, New York.

Bob spent 14 years as a Marine fighter pilot/instructor and test pilot. He was a member of the military think tank for advanced weapons systems and has an extensive background in aerospace technology.

Joshua Valentino

Research and M&A Analyst

Joshua Valentino is involved in all aspects of Protegrity deals and plays a key role in preparing private companies for sale.

An integral part of Protegrity’s M&A team, Josh analyzes and researches potential strategic targets, typically public and private companies and private equity firms, as well as current and future market trends and industry valuation factors. He works to ensure a smooth transaction for every client by helping coordinate outside legal, accounting, and finance teams. He also provides support for deals in progress including managing the due diligence process and assisting with the drafting of teasers and CIMs.

Josh brings his experience as a corporate lawyer to his work at Protegrity. He graduated from Adelphi University and the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University.

Joseph N. Campolo

Chairman

Joe Campolo, Chairman of Protegrity Advisors, has vast experience in the M&A space from all sides of the table, from lawyer to client to advisor.

Joe serves as the Managing Partner of Campolo, Middleton & McCormick, LLP, a premier law firm with offices in Westbury, Ronkonkoma, and Riverhead. Under Joe’s leadership, the firm has grown from two lawyers to a robust and highly respected team of over 30 lawyers servicing clients in a wide range of practice areas—and continues to grow—with a deep commitment to the Long Island community.

Joe is described by the press as “a fearless lawyer willing to tackle big and complex cases.” His deep knowledge of the inner workings of the corporate universe gives him a unique advantage in both complex transactions and litigation, and as a result he is routinely retained in “bet the company” legal matters by companies large and small.

Joe has spearheaded some of the most important initiatives in recent years to grow the regional economy. As Chairman of the HIA-LI Board of Directors, Joe is the driving force behind HIA-LI’s detailed study of the economic impact of the Long Island Innovation Park at Hauppauge (formerly the Hauppauge Industrial Park), the largest industrial park in the nation after Silicon Valley, attracting public and private dollars to support this critical economic engine. He has also facilitated partnerships among the region’s power players to boost the economy and promote innovation. Joe is also a philanthropist who gives financial support and time to some of the nation’s most impactful nonprofits, including America’s VetDogs.

Previously, Joe served as in-house General Counsel to a national technology company, where he was ultimately promoted to President. In that role, he was responsible for the company’s international growth and gained invaluable experience negotiating and closing all types of business agreements and transactions, raising private equity, and managing complex litigation.

Joe served honorably in the United States Marine Corps.  He is also a published author on negotiation and business development and pens a popular blog, Off the Record, where he connects with the business community by sharing his refreshingly honest views on current events, important social issues, and deeply personal topics. View his blog at www.joecampolo.com.

Sal Ferro

CEO, Alure Home Improvements
Councilman, Town of Huntington

Salvatore Ferro started his career with Alure Home Improvements in 1989 as a production manager. After serving in many roles, Sal took on the role of President and CEO in 2002, and under his leadership, Alure grew from a small painting contractor to one of the most successful remodeling companies in the country. In 2022, Alure was acquired by Audax Private Equity.  Sal is also a partner at Old Fields Capital Partners and as of January 1, 2022, he was elected to serve as a Councilman for the Town of Huntington.

Sal was named Long Island’s Most Philanthropic Person by The Long Island Press and was presented the Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award for Community Service by the Long Island Association. Ferro was featured on ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition where he helped renovate houses for deserving families. He is also a past president and a proud active member of The Long Island Builders Institute, he’s on the Board of Trustees of Huntington Hospital and is also a founding board member of Empire National Bank, a local bank. He serves on the boards of several non-profit organizations, including The Clark Gillies Foundation, Family Service League, The Farmingdale College Foundation, The Community Chest of Long Island, as well as his own charity, The Ferro Foundation, which helps low-income veterans and senior citizens make critical improvements to their homes. The Foundation also provides scholarships for disadvantaged Long Island college-bound students. 

Councilman Ferro attended SUNY Farmingdale where he graduated with a degree in Business Administration. He is also a graduate of the Molloy College Energia Partnership and holds several industry certifications.

Alex Pinchev

Angel Investor and Chief Executive Officer, Capri Ventures

Alex Pinchev is a veteran global executive with a 35+ year track record of success in the software industry whose experience ranges from founding companies to being a senior executive and serving on boards of prominent publicly traded global companies. He was previously the President of Global Sales and Marketing at Rackspace, a publicly traded company with revenue approaching $2 billion and over 300,000 customers worldwide. From 2003 to 2012, he led global sales, services and field marketing at Red Hat, and helped increase the company's revenue tenfold to more than $1 billion. While at Red Hat, Alex built key relationships with many Fortune 1000 companies and launched a global partner network with major original equipment manufacturers, value-added resellers, independent software vendors and system integrators.

After leaving Red Hat, Alex served as President and CEO of Acronis, a leader in data protection and disaster recovery software. He is the CEO of Capri Ventures, which helps tech companies develop go-to-market strategies, sales scalability and business modeling to accelerate growth. Alex serves on the board of directors of numerous companies, including Quantum Corp. [NYSE: QTM], and is the Chairman of Quantum’s Strategy Committee.

Alex holds a master's degree in applied mathematics and computer science from University ITMO in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Yogesh Gupta

President & Chief Executive Officer, Progress Software

Yogesh Gupta is the President & CEO of a Progress Software (NASDAQ: PRGS), a global leader in application development, with offerings spanning web, mobile and data for on-premise and cloud environments, powering startups and industry titans worldwide.  He is a software industry veteran with over two decades of experience in product development, marketing, strategy, planning and business development.  Yogesh was formerly the Chairman and CEO of Kaseya, the world leading IT Management software provider for MSPs and mid-market enterprises. He has also been the CEO of FatWire Software, which was sold to Oracle after four years of significant revenue growth under his leadership. Prior to FatWire, he held senior management roles at CA (NYSE: CA) where he was Chief Technology Officer for over five years and, in 2004, was selected by InfoWorld as one of the 25 most influential CTOs worldwide. As CTO he delivered double-digit annual revenue growth of a multi-billion dollar portfolio. He also led the acquisition of three public and fifteen private companies over a two-and-a-half year period.

A recognized expert in emerging technologies and industry trends, Yogesh is a published author and much sought-after speaker who regularly presents to audiences ranging from CIOs to CTOs, to industry analysts, financial investors and the media. He holds a patent in the field of neural networks, has a Bachelors degree in Electronics Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and a Masters degree in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin.

Emilie R. Feldman

Associate Professor of Management, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Emilie R. Feldman is an Associate Professor of Management (with tenure) at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College, where she studied Economics and French Literature, and she received her MBA and DBA in Strategy from the Harvard Business School. Her dissertation won the Wyss Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research at the Harvard Business School and was a finalist for the Wiley-Blackwell Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Academy of Management.

Emilie’s research focuses on corporate strategy and governance, with particular interests in the internal functioning of multi-business firms and the role that divestitures, spinoffs, and mergers and acquisitions play in corporate reconfiguration. Her research has been published in top academic journals, including the Strategic Management Journal, Strategy Science, Organization Science, and the Academy of Management Journal. She has received numerous scholarly awards, including the Emerging Scholar Award and the Best Conference Paper Award from the Strategic Management Society as well as two Distinguished Paper Awards from the Academy of Management. Additionally, her research has been featured extensively in popular press outlets such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, and Fortune.

Emilie currently serves as an Associate Editor of the Strategic Management Journal, and she is on the Editorial Board of Organization Science. She is the Associate Program Chair of the Competitive Strategy Interest Group in the Strategic Management Society, and she is a member of the Executive Committee of the Business Policy and Strategy Division of the Academy of Management.

Emilie teaches courses on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate strategy, and corporate governance in the undergraduate, MBA, law, and executive programs at Wharton and Penn. She received the Undergraduate Excellence in Teaching Award in 2017. She has also consulted and served as a speaker to numerous practitioner audiences.

Jacen Dinoff

CEO of KCP Advisory Group

Jacen Dinoff is an experienced and highly-regarded corporate restructuring and turnaround management advisor with over 20 years of hands-on accounting, finance, management and operations experience. His career has included engagements in financial and operational restructurings, asset divestitures through sale and liquidation, and senior debtor/creditor advisor roles for many well-known companies.

Mr. Dinoff has provided management advisory services to both privately and publicly held retail and consumer goods companies such as fine department stores, supermarket chains, furniture, jewelry, sporting goods, books and specialty clothing. He has also worked for clients in healthcare, manufacturing, oil and gas, renewable energy, seafood, business services and finance companies. Prior to consulting he held a number of positions at Paragon Capital, LLC (now Wells Fargo Retail Finance). The group provided secured debt financing to regional and national retail and consumer product companies, specializing in expansion working capital for early stage and emerging growth companies as well as those pursuing reorganization.

Mr. Dinoff holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the Whittemore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire, and an M.B.A in Finance from Bentley College. He is an active member of the Turnaround Management Association and American Bankruptcy Institute, and is a frequent speaker and contributor at industry events and media outlets.

Stewart Gittelman

Managing Member, Excelavest LLC

Stewart Gittelman was CEO of Advanced Care, Inc. (ACI) which he owned with his wife Nancy for 25 years. At the time of its sale in 2014, ACI was the largest, independently owned acute care home infusion provider in New York State. He sold ACI to a private equity firm and it was subsequently sold to a subsidiary of United Health Group (OptumRx) in 2015. At the time that Stewart sold the business, ACI consisted of approximately 180 employees and provided hi tech nursing and pharmacy coverage throughout NY State.

Prior to ACI, Stewart was the founder and president of a sales and marketing company that specialized in providing consulting advice to software developers across the country on how to sell relatively high priced vertical software without face-to-face contact, a common practice today, but very unique and innovative in the 1980’s.

In 2019 Stewart founded Excelavest, a business management consulting firm. He is a classic small business entrepreneur, an out-of-the-box thinker, with a great deal of experience managing and developing sales talent, as well as problem solving strategic business concerns. He graduated from UMass Amherst, majoring in Philosophy.