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How PeopleFirst Leadership Powers Growth at Ascend

Ascend brings Alpine’s PeopleFirst leadership to life, showing how people-first private equity can drive growth while preserving integrity.

How PeopleFirst Leadership Powers Growth at Ascend

Ascend brings Alpine’s PeopleFirst leadership to life, showing how people-first private equity can drive growth while preserving integrity.

Force for Good 2026: How Two Alpine Platforms Put the Operating Rhythm to Work

See how two Alpine platforms, Aspen Standard Wealth and Guardian Restoration Partners, used the PeopleFirst Operating Rhythm to drive founder satisfac...

Force for Good 2026: Sustainability for a New Generation of Pet Parents

See how Antelope Pets is building sustainability into its operating model, from recyclable packaging to supply chain transparency, across its natural...

Force for Good 2026: Climate Risk Meets Engineering Solutions at Fuss & O’Neill

See how Fuss & O'Neill is helping clients navigate climate risk through interdisciplinary engineering solutions, from flood resilience to sea-level ri...

Force for Good 2026: Investing in People Through Cobalt Academy

Learn how Cobalt Service Partners built Cobalt Academy to train, retain, and grow skilled technicians across its national access control and security...

Force for Good 2026: Apex Gives Veterans a New Place to Serve

See how Apex Service Partners built a veteran hiring strategy that creates meaningful career pathways in residential HVAC, plumbing, and electrical se...

The Window Experts Unlock the Next Stage of Growth

Jeff Ludy built The Window Experts from a garage startup to a category leader. See how he chose Alpine to protect his team and legacy while unlocking...

Innovative Systems: A Rural Tech Giant’s Growth Journey

See how Alpine scaled Innovative Systems from a founder-led firm in South Dakota to a high-growth tech leader with a successful exit to GTCR.

Restoring Balance: Midwest Restoration Builds for What’s Next

In early 2023, Midwest Restoration, a home restoration company in the Fox Valley area of Wisconsin, was thriving. The company Coyne Bor...

Force for Good 2025: AEx Builds Leadership Community at Alpine

Alpine’s Executive Experience (AEx) connects high-performing leaders through curated peer groups and in-person summits. These small pods foster real c...

Q&A: Marcus Bradley’s Journey from CIT to CEO

In this Q&A, Marcus Bradley shares his path from Harvard MBA to CEO of Hmong Home Health Care—highlighting leadership lessons from Alpine’s CIT progra...

Closing Education Gaps with FEV Tutor

Alpine acquired FEV Tutor in July 2022. FEV Tutor has been providing 1:1, high-dosage tutoring directly to schools and districts across the U.S. for m...

Founder Story: How Vertex Helped King Quality Construction Grow

Jeff Brett, founder and CEO of King Quality Construction, shares his story of partnership, transformation and success alongside Vertex Service Partner...

Ascend Founder and CEO Is Bringing Fresh Leadership to the Rapidly Transforming CPA Industry

We caught up with David to learn about the state of the CPA industry, the game-changing platform he’s building and the sense of purpose that drives hi...

How ASG President Alice Song Channels Her Own Executive Experience as a Mentor to ASG CEOs

Alpine Software Group (ASG) President Alice Song embraced a career of constant learning and now she’s sharing those lessons with more than 30 ASG CEOs...

Geographic Expansion Through Marketing – Apex Service Partners

Business Description: Apex Service Partners is a people-focused HVAC, plumbing, and electrical services group whose goal is to partner...

How Ingenio Rediscovered Its Purpose to Drive Growth

After years of misalignment, Ingenio found renewed purpose and double-digit growth with Alpine’s PeopleFirst leadership and the guidance of a mission-...

Optima Healthcare Solutions’ Steve Mackie on Working with Alpine Investors

Where would we be without our founders? When we set out to buy a new company, our first step is a conversation with the founder. We aim...

Pursuing Literacy for All Through Wilson Language Training

Literacy and improved reading and writing skills are not just educational issues. Rather, they are issues that affect outcomes ranging from the qualit...

A Partnership for the Long Term: Evergreen and Alta Vista Technology

The partnership between Evergreen, an Alpine Investors-backed family of leading services and software companies, and Alta Vista Technology, a national...

Evergreen Builds Lasting Business Legacies for MSPs

Learn how a founder’s legacy lives on through Evergreen—preserving people, culture, and growth in over 100 managed IT services and MSP businesses nati...

From Investment to Exit: How Mindful Leads with Customer Experience

Under Alpine ownership, Mindful added over 30% to both its employee population and total active clients.

As One Door Closes: IDC Founder Jerry Fields on Leadership, Retirement and Choosing Cobalt Service Partners

Jerry shares what it was like to start a business as a teenager, how a few emails changed the course of the company and why he decided Cobalt was the...

State Trails, Water Solutions and Wildfire Prevention: 4 Ways Trilon Group Built Stronger Communities in 2022

Trilon is home to more than 2,000 highly skilled, expert staff who work with government agencies to plan, repair, and expand existing infrastructure w...

How the PeopleFirst Leadership Program’s Vision and Strategy Helped Aplos

In joining the Alpine portfolio, Aplos and its leadership team underwent the PeopleFirst leadership program to help grow its business to new heights.

AirDNA Launches PeopleFirst Leadership Program

AirDNA, a leading provider of global short-term rental data and business intelligence software, partnered with Alpine in early 2022 and welcomed Demi...

How Piedmont Door Solutions Found the Right Partner in Cobalt

Discover how Piedmont Door Solutions’ President and CEO Chris Mitchell grew Piedmont Door Solutions into an industry leader and found the right privat...

Escape Expands Its Impact and Legacy with Alpine

When Escape Technology’s founder stepped back, Alpine helped the K–12 ERP provider go national—backing a new president, investing in talent, and expan...

Force for Good 2025: Medusind Unites with PeopleFirst Leadership

Medusind CEO Jose Rivero used Alpine Investor's PeopleFirst approach to unite a global team around a shared culture. Through leadership training, team...

Force for Good 2025: Trilon Leads on Workplace Safety Standards

Trilon Group is rethinking health and safety through a cultural lens—empowering employees, using smarter reporting tools, and launching a portfolio-wi...

Force for Good 2025: Evergreen Champions Women in Leadership

Evergreen Services Group is advancing women in leadership through intentional hiring practices, mentorship, and its Women in Leadership Summit. With 5...

Force for Good 2025: Elevating Ethics Across Alpine Companies

Alpine partnered with Ethisphere to create a customizable code of conduct for portfolio companies—empowering employees to speak up, report concerns, a...

Force for Good 2025: Coaching Culture Powers Astra’s Growth

Astra CEO Alberto Gomez believes leadership coaching benefits everyone—from executives to frontline managers. By bringing PeopleFirst coaching to over...

Working Toward Equitable Workforces with AirDNA

Learn how AirDNA used Alpine Investors’ Playbook to create a plan for its diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) programming.

TEAM CEO Josh Greenberg on What Makes Alpine Different

From industry expertise to playbook support, to a whole community of other leaders to lean on, Alpine portfolio operators are never alo...

Ascend’s CPO Erin Stahmer on Rethinking Career Paths

Erin Stahmer shares how she and David Wurtzbacher are taking a PeopleFirst approach to transforming the accounting industry, why she’s passionate abou...

Ethisphere 2023 Year-in-Review

Explore how Ethisphere honored 135 ethical firms, launched a new accessible platform, hosted global events, and more in 2023.

Investing in Sustainability with Trilon Group and Alta Planning

Learn how Trilon Group, an Alpine-backed civil engineering and infrastructure consulting firm platform, invests with sustainability in mind.

Supporting the Human Services Industry with Radicle Health

Radicle Health, a platform for human services software companies that is part of Alpine Software Group (ASG) and backed by Alpine Inves...

Mind The Gap with Alpine Software Group (ASG)

Read how founder-friendly Alpine Software Group (ASG) is backing software firms outside of Silicon Valley.

Drylux Founders Ben and Robert Horne on Putting People First

Brothers Ben and Robert Horne started the Arizona-based restoration company Drylux Restoration, and they’re joining Guardian Restoration Partners, a n...

How Ascend Expedited Engagement Using Alpine’s PeopleFirst Approach

Learn how Ascend’s PeopleFirst leadership model is transforming careers and accelerating growth for entrepreneurial CPAs.

Why LMC Advisors Partnered With Ascend

Lee Cohen, Founder of LMC, shares how partnering with Ascend allowed them to leverage resources and expertise to achieve a vision beyond what was once...

Foothold Technology’s Marlowe Greenberg on Why Alpine Investors Was the Right Partner

Where would we be without our founders? When we set out to buy a new company, our first step is a conversation with the founder. We aim...

How Homebot Prioritized Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in 2022

At the start of 2022, Homebot’s VP of People Operations Caroline Ellis, CEO Charlie Pratt and their team reflected on where their organ...

Bridging the Gap Between Investor and Operator – Homebot

Business Description: Homebot is a client-for-life portal that maximizes repeat and referral business for lenders by empowering consume...

Closing the Rural Tech Gap – Innovative Systems

Authored by Mark Strauch, Founding Partner at Alpine. This article was originally published in Middle Market Growth. Roger Musick is t...

Other Resources

Ascend brings Alpine’s PeopleFirst leadership to life, showing how people-first private equity can drive growth while preserving integrity.

See how two Alpine platforms, Aspen Standard Wealth and Guardian Restoration Partners, used the PeopleFirst Operating Rhythm to drive founder satisfac...

See how Antelope Pets is building sustainability into its operating model, from recyclable packaging to supply chain transparency, across its natural...

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