LEADERSHIP

Mr. Feenan partnered with White Wolf Capital in creating the Seacoast Service Partners platform and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in January 2024.

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John has over twenty-five years of C Suite experience. He started his career at the IBM Corporation in New York. He has been the Chief Financial Officer of both public and private equity based global business ranging in size from $1B - $5B+. His private equity experience includes assignments at Investcorp, The Carlyle Group, Bain Capital and most recently at KKR.

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His industry experience ranges from consumer products, industrial businesses, chemicals, steel and most recently business services. He has extensive financial, operational and M&A experience including the completion of more than forty transactions since 2017. He has consistently built world class teams and has also helped lead two successful IPO’s for financial sponsor owned businesses on the NYSE in 2014 and 2018.

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John also sits on the board of directors of the Treasure Coast Hospice serving Martin, St Lucie, Okeechobee and Indian River counties.

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John has a BA in Economics from St Anselm College and an MBA in Finance from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is also a Certified Management Accountant.

Hersh Purwar joined the Seacoast team in February 2024. Hersh is part of executive leadership team and oversees all aspects of finance functions for Seacoast Service Partners including controllership, credit, FP&A, audit, tax, M&A and corporate governance.

 

He has more than 15 years of experience in various financial leadership and management roles.  Prior to joining Seacoast Service Partners, he was with Linde for over 13 years. In his previous role he served as a Director of FP&A and Business Intelligence at NuCO2 (a subsidiary of Linde PLC) and has previously been part of corporate finance team at Linde. Before joining Linde, he was a consultant with Accenture. 

 

Hersh is a certified lean professional and graduated with an MBA from State University of New York at Buffalo and has a bachelor’s in computer science from JIIT, India.

Sean Ryan joined the Seacoast team in December 2023 in the role of Finance | Integration Manager. Prior to joining Seacoast, Sean worked at PwC in their Financial Due Diligence practice, working on the buy-side and the sell-side of a variety of transactions for corporate and private clients. 

 

Sean also has experience in both private and public accounting, having spent several years working in the fund accounting department of Third Point LLC, a Manhattan based hedge fund, and several years in PwC’s Audit practice working on the financial statement audits of large insurance clients. 

 

Sean graduated from University of Richmond in 2014 and holds a CPA License in the state of New York and a reciprocal CPA license in the state of Georgia.

Michele Slaughter joined Seacoast Service Partners in May 2024.  She has over 15 years of experience in financial accounting roles in the commercial and residential Real Estate industry between New York and South Florida.  

 

Her most recent roll was with Related Companies in South Florida, and before that she was at Sterling Organization in West Palm Beach, and Thor Equities and Sterling Equities in New York.  

 

She has an undergraduate degree from NYU Stern School of Business and an MBA from Longwood University.

Jon Gassett is responsible for the technology initiatives at Seacoast.  Jon has ten years of experience as technology lead and business analyst for Total Comfort in the HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and propane gas business.  

 

Prior to Total Comfort he was a design engineer with GE Appliances.  He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech and an MBA from Duke.

​Phil Tamblyn joined Seacoast Service Partners on January 27, 2025. He most recently was the Senior Manager, HR for SHL Medical in Deerfield Beach, FL and has over 15 years of varied HR experience in medical devices, power transformers, cold chain logistics, consumer products manufacturing, government contracting, occupational health, and the military. 

 

Phil is currently a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Reserve. He has a BSBA from Florida Tech, an MSM from Embry-Riddle, and an MBA from Georgia Southern University.

Tiffany Fratello joined Seacoast Service Partners on January 27th, 2025. With a strong background in accounting and finance, prior to joining us, Tiffany served as a Senior Financial Analyst at Fidelity Information Services in St. Petersburg and as a Financial Analyst at Lennar Homebuilders in Miami. 

 

Her extensive skill set spans corporate finance, accounting, FP&A, as well as complementary skills in AP, AR, and cash management.