Harris Brings Nearly Three Decades of Experience Helping Brands, Teams, and Entrepreneurs Grow Greenwich, CT – July 21, 2026 – Southfield Capital (“Southfield”), a premier lower middle market private equity firm, today announced that its portfolio company, Franchise FastLane (“FastLane” or the “Company”), a leading franchise sales organization, has appointed Heather Harris as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. With nearly three decades of leadership experience across franchising, retail, and consumer brands, Harris brings a people-first approach that has been honed through her extensive career as an executive and a lifetime of building teams, developing people, and creating cultures rooted in accountability, collaboration, and growth. As CEO, Harris will focus on strengthening FastLane’s ability to support emerging brands, franchise consultants, and entrepreneurs. Her appointment comes during a period of meaningful growth and investment for FastLane as the Company expands its team, suite of services, and support capabilities for emerging franchise brands. “Heather is an accomplished executive with a proven track record of building high-performing organizations and helping franchise brands scale,” said Vince Tyra, Partner at Southfield Capital. “Her operational expertise, strategic mindset, and people-first leadership style qualifies her to lead Franchise FastLane into the next phase of growth. We are excited to partner with Heather and the entire management team as they continue building on the Company's strong foundation of delivering exceptional value to franchisors, consultants, and entrepreneurs.” Harris most recently served as CEO of Uni K Wax, where she led operational and marketing initiatives that strengthened the brand’s growth strategy, expanded its studio footprint, and helped position the company for national franchise growth. Previously, she held additional executive leadership roles, including president of CycleBar and Intelligent Office, where she helped guide franchise brands through periods of rapid growth, operational transformation, and strategic expansion. “Throughout my career, I have been a close admirer of the growth, culture, and impact FastLane has had on the franchising industry as a whole,” said Harris. “What makes this opportunity so meaningful is that it feels like a natural next step in my career journey and I am thrilled to be joining a team that shares my belief that relationships, accountability, and genuine care for people are what moves businesses forward. I look forward to supporting our employees, consultant partners, brand partners, and entrepreneurs as we lead Franchise FastLane into this exciting chapter.” About Southfield Capital Southfield Capital is a premier private equity firm with a foundational commitment to driving value at high-growth, lower middle market companies in the business services sector. The firm leverages its deep team of highly-experienced investment, technology and value-creation professionals, combined with fully-integrated AI-driven capabilities to partner with founders and manager-owned teams. For more information, please visit www.southfieldcapital.com About Franchise FastLane Franchise FastLane provides franchise development services. It manages the entire franchisee sales lifecycle from franchise formation services to initial lead generation to prospect qualification through to deal closure. FastLane works with franchisors to perfect their discovery process, bring qualified franchisee leads, and drive strong growth. FastLane leverages a rigorous diligence and onboarding process, industry-leading technology platform, and exceptional sales executives to drive successful franchise development for its franchisor clients. For more information, please visit www.franchisefastlane.com
Sale Represents Successful Exit Following Significant Earnings Growth and Value Creation During Southfield’s Period of Investment Greenwich, CT – June 3, 2026 – Southfield Capital (“Southfield”), a premier lower middle market private equity firm, announced today that it has completed the sale of Milrose Consultants (“Milrose” or the “Company”), a leading national provider of code consulting, permit expediting, architecture and engineering, inspection services, and municipal real estate compliance solutions, to Littlejohn & Co. (“Littlejohn”). Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Since partnering with Southfield in 2019, Milrose has achieved significant growth, expanding from a NYC focused company to a leading nationwide provider with over 435 professionals operating from offices in all 50 states. During that time, Milrose increased its earnings by over 7x through the expansion of its sales platform, broadening its services offerings, recruiting a highly-talented management team, and successfully executing 14 strategic add-on acquisitions. Key members of the management team will remain shareholders in partnership with Littlejohn. Southfield’s continuation vehicle transaction with Milrose in 2023 provided existing investors with optional liquidity while reaffirming its conviction in the Company’s strong market position and management team’s long-term strategic growth vision. The sale to Littlejohn represents a successful exit for Southfield’s investors. “Southfield has been an exceptional value-add partner and trusted advisor throughout our time working together,” said Dominic Maurillo, CEO of Milrose since 2021. “Their thoughtful and collaborative approach, together with an unwavering commitment to investing in our people and infrastructure, have helped position Milrose for long-term success. We are grateful for their support and have appreciated their ability to provide a consistently valuable perspective while empowering and trusting us to execute on our growth and operational strategy.” “It has been a pleasure partnering with Dom and the entire Milrose team over the past several years,” said Chris Grambling, Partner at Southfield. “Together, we executed on a shared vision to scale the platform by expanding geographically, broadening the Company’s service offerings, and completing a number of strategic acquisitions to help evolve Milrose into a national leader in building code compliance and consulting. We are proud of what we accomplished alongside Milrose’s management team and believe the Company is well positioned for continued success in the next phase of its growth.” Solomon Partners served as lead financial advisor, Houlihan Lokey served as financial co-advisor, KPMG USA provided transaction advisory services, and Wiggin and Dana LLP served as legal advisor to Milrose in this transaction. About Southfield Capital Southfield Capital is a premier private equity firm with a foundational commitment to driving value at high-growth, lower middle market companies in the business services sector. The firm leverages its deep team of highly-experienced investment, technology and value-creation professionals, combined with fully-integrated AI-driven capabilities to partner with founders and manager-owned teams. For more information, please visit www.southfieldcapital.com About Milrose Consultants Milrose Consultants is the national leader in the field of building code consulting and municipal expediting with headquarters in New York City and offices nationwide. Customers rely on Milrose to provide end-to-end building compliance services that include permitting, code & zoning, regulatory filing, special inspections, façade inspections, due diligence & research, and other compliance solutions. Milrose provides high-end services across various large, growing industries, including commercial, multi-family residential, retail, industrial, healthcare, and academia. For more information, please visit www.milrose.com
GREENWICH, CT - Southfield Capital, a leading lower middle market private equity firm, announced today its partnership with Ntiva Inc., a full-service provider of managed IT services for small and medium-sized businesses. Ntiva’s founder and CEO, Steven Freidkin, along with the Ntiva management team will be continuing in their current roles. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Ntiva provides a full suite of outsourced IT services, including onsite support, remote monitoring, cloud services, backup and disaster recovery, and strategic consulting. The company enables its customers to outsource their IT infrastructure, allowing them to improve their performance, reduce costs and enhance security. Ntiva CEO, Steven Freidkin, commented, “Ntiva today is recognized as one of the fastest growing MSPs in the nation mostly due to our continued focus on customer satisfaction and success. As the industry grows, we want to remain one of the top players and we believe this requires a continued commitment to growing people. In order to achieve our goal, we needed to partner with a firm that can assist us with appropriately scaling our organization and executing complementary acquisition opportunities. The partner also needed to share our organizational values and focus on growing people. After an exhaustive search, we are excited to partner with Southfield Capital, a firm that has experience in guiding companies like Ntiva through the next phase of growth and shares our people first approach.” Southfield Partner, Heb James, commented, “The managed IT services industry should benefit from the continued transition of small and medium-sized businesses to outsourced IT management and cloud-based services and from the growing focus on improving data security. Significant opportunity exists for a mid-market focused MSP that understands the sector specific needs of its clients and has the infrastructure to deliver. Ntiva is an exemplary outsourced IT provider with its talented team, deep sector and functional expertise and vast referral network of satisfied clients. Steven, the founder, has clearly built a very impressive business and we are excited to have the opportunity to work with such a successful entrepreneur to continue to expand the company’s footprint.” Crestline Investors provided debt financing. Finn Dixon & Herling provided legal counsel to Southfield Capital. About Southfield Capital Southfield Capital is a private equity firm that invests in exceptional, growing companies in the lower middle market. The firm makes control investments in North American companies generating $4 - 12 million in EBITDA with proven business models, attractive growth and profitability trends, and strong leadership. For more information, please visit www.southfieldcapital.com . Contact Heb James, Partner Southfield Capital (203) 813-4113 hjames@southfieldcapital.com
GREENWICH, CT – Vanguard Dealer Services, a portfolio company of Southfield Capital, announced an investment in Centurion Automotive Products Inc. (“Centurion” or “the Company”), a regional agent of finance and insurance (“F&I”) products and services to automobile dealerships in the Northeast. Senior management invested alongside Vanguard and will continue in their operational roles. Centurion, located in Syracuse, NY, offers third party vehicle service contracts and consulting services focused on enhancing dealership profitability. The Company also distributes vehicle appearance protection products. Centurion has a long history of delivering industry leading income development and sales training to F&I departments throughout the Northeast. Mark Fiorini, CEO of Centurion, commented, “The Centurion team is very excited about our new partnership with Vanguard and Southfield. Our team is energized and focused on Vanguard's aggressive growth strategy. We look forward to the future, and anticipate the mutual success of our new team and our long term dealer partners.” “We are very excited to partner with an organization with such deep roots in the F&I industry. Centurion’s long history in the Northeast is a testament to its customer-centric focus and the value it creates for the dealers it services. Mark Fiorini and his team are excellent additions to the Vanguard platform and we will look to leverage them in our ongoing pursuit to create a best-in-class service offering,” said Jim Polley, CEO of Vanguard. East West Bank provided the senior debt financing. Finn Dixon & Herling acted as legal advisor to Vanguard. About Vanguard Headquartered in Fairfield, NJ, Vanguard Dealers Services is a premier agent and administrator of F&I products and services to automobile dealers nationwide. Vanguard offers a full suite of proprietary and third party auto extended warranty products, F&I consulting and reinsurance services focused on enhancing dealership profitability. Vanguard’s value-added services include, F&I training, compensation plan development, dealer incentive management, compliance review, sales strategy and F&I specialist staffing. About Southfield Capital Southfield Capital is a private equity firm that invests in exceptional, growing companies in the lower middle market. The firm makes control investments in North American companies generating $4 - 12 million in EBITDA with proven business models, attractive growth and profitability trends, and strong leadership. For more information, please visit www.southfieldcapital.com Contact Andy Cook, Partner Southfield Capital (203) 813-4100 acook@southfieldcapital.com