Tony Kiehn

Bio

Tony Kiehn is a Managing Director at Blackford Capital, LLC. As Managing Director, Mr. Kiehn oversees all of Blackford Capital’s global operations including portfolio company performance, finance/treasury, IT, due diligence, and recruitment.Mr. Kiehn also held various senior positions while in Hong Kong at Jardine Matheson, one of the largest holding companies in the non-Japan Asia. While at Jardine Matheson, Mr. Kiehn served as General Manager of Matheson PFC, one of Asia’s largest mutual fund intermediaries. He was responsible for managing the strategic and financial relationships with 82 fund houses representing 1,100 funds. Mr Kiehn also held various strategic roles related to Jardine’s commercial technology group. He managed partnerships with Sun, Netscape, and Hong Kong's largest ISP. Mr. Kiehn began his career in finance and operations at General Electric. While at GE, Mr. Kiehn he worked in the Power Generation, Plastics, Electrical Distribution & Control, and Appliance businesses. He also participated in GE Capital’s initial acquisitions throughout Asia and worked on the Corporate Audit Staff. He serves as Chairman of the Board for Best Security Industries (www.bestsecurityindustries.com) and Industrial Piping Inc. (www.goipi.com) and is on the Board of Directors of Unimacts. Mr. Kiehn has also served on the boards of three other former Blackford Capital portfolio companies. Mr. Kiehn has been involved in over a dozen acquisitions, investments, and exits.Prior to Blackford Capital, Mr. Kiehn had an extensive career as both an operator and an investor, with a particular focus on start-up, high tech, international, and manufacturing businesses. Most recently, Mr. Kiehn was CEO for PowerFile, Inc., a leading manufacturer of optical storage device manufacturer, and he led the successful recapitalization of the business with Sequoia Capital Prior to PowerFile, Mr. Kiehn served as the Managing Director for Conxion Europe, one of the largest hosting and content distribution firms on the continent. While at Conxion, Mr. Kiehn was responsible for developing and servicing key strategic relationships with Microsoft and Symantec. Prior to Conxion, Mr. Kiehn served as the Managing Director of SpeedPort, an Amsterdam-based start-up that built and maintained data centers throughout Europe. Mr. Kiehn was responsible for the sale of SpeedPort to Conxion in August of 2000. The Netherlands, and Hungary. Mr. Kiehn received an MBA from the Harvard Business School and holds a BA from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.