Bret Bero

Prior to joining American Capital in May 2007, Mr. Bero was the President, North America for Drake Beam Morin (DBM), a leading global provider of career transition services.
He was recruited to lead the turnaround of DBM’s North American business that generated over $75 Million in revenues from its 80 offices and 950 employees.
DBM North America was able to significantly increase its profit margin by establishing enhanced management control systems and new service delivery processes.
DBM also was able to acquire new customers by instituting sales management processes and developing industry segmented marketing strategies.
He began his professional career as a manufacturing cost analyst with Digital Equipment Corporation.
Prior to DBM, Mr. Bero and a partner founded ECHO Industries, Inc. to acquire the assets of a metal forming manufacturing company in a leverage buy-out.
He held increasing leadership roles in world class consulting firms.
As a Partner at Accenture, he was the operations lead for the Human Performance service line, and developed the Organization Strategy service offering.
He was a Vice President and led multi-discipline project teams in addressing Business Process Reengineering, business strategy, and organization change issues for clients in the Diversified Industries/Diversified Services industry group at Gemini Consulting.
While he was with Price Waterhouse, he addressed client cost management and financial effectiveness issues.
His clients have included firms such as Marriott, Highmark BlueCross/BlueShield of Western PA, Ferguson Enterprises, Bausch & Lomb, National Services Industries, Lanier, Oldsmobile, Tupperware, Harry & David, KeyCorp, New York Life, and International Thomson.
Mr. Bero holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and an AB in Economics and Political Science from Middlebury College.