Mr. Zawalski is an Operating Partner focused on investment opportunities across multiple sectors, and brings to Marlin a wealth of executive management and operations experience. Mr. Zawalski’s primary responsibilities include conducting due diligence and providing operational support and oversight to Marlin portfolio companies. Mr. Zawalski’s industry experience is broad based, including manufacturing, distribution, services, technology and consumer-based companies.

Prior to Marlin, Mr. Zawalski was President and CEO of Workflow One, an $850 million print management, technology and services provider. Prior to joining Workflow, Mr. Zawalski was Group President at Gores Technology Group (now the Gores Group) where he was responsible for the due diligence and operations for numerous Gores’ portfolio companies. Prior thereto, Mr. Zawalski held senior executive positions at Mail-Well, Ryder, The Coleman Company, Quaker Oats, Heller Financial and Arthur Andersen. Mr. Zawalski has been a CEO, COO and a CFO and has broad expertise in leading turnarounds, driving new growth, operational restructuring, acquisitions and divestitures, financial management, management team revitalization and supply chain optimization. Mr. Zawalski earned a Masters of Management from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a B.S. in Accounting and Business Administration from Illinois State University. Mr. Zawalski is also a CPA.