Britton H Murdoch

Bio

Britton H. Murdoch is Founder and Managing Director of Strattech Partners, LLC based in Radnor, PA. Strattech Partners is a business consulting and investing firm specializing in CFO and strategic consulting services as well as investing in growth-stage technology, telecom and other industries principally in the B2B space. Mr. Murdoch is also the Principal and CEO of City Line Motors, LLC which owns BMW and MINI of the Main Line. In addition, he is on the Board of Directors of Bryn Mawr Trust Corporation (NASD:BMTC), Fiberlink, Inc., and Starcite, Inc. In the non-profit area, Mr. Murdoch is a Trustee of Thomas Jefferson University and the EMF Foundation. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Murdoch was Acting CFO at Fiberlink and V-Span (venture backed, communications and software companies) at various times. Sales, for both companies, doubled each year during that time and they were able to attract strategic investors such as Comcast, Goldman Sachs and GE Capital. Mr. Murdoch was also Chief Financial Officer for Internet Capital Group (NASD: ICGE), a development company for B to B e-commerce companies, from 1997 until June 1998. He was responsible for ICGE’s second round equity financing, bank financing, strategic planning and SEC exemptions, which were key to the company’s IPO in August 1999. Internet Capital, at its high, had a market capitalization in excess of $50 billion. Prior to 1997, Mr. Murdoch was the Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Finance and Treasurer for Airgas, Inc. (NYSE: ARG), a distributor of industrial gases and welding supplies. Between 1987 and 1990, Mr. Murdoch was Vice President-Corporate Development. During his tenure, Airgas acquired over 200 companies which expanded the industrial gas distribution network from 65 locations in 12 states to over 570 locations in 41 states, Canada and Mexico. Revenues grew from $100 million to over $1.2 billion and Airgas common stock performed in the top 100 of all NYSE stocks every year between 1992 and 1996. During this time, Mr. Murdoch was awarded Mitchell and Company’s CFO 100 Award for three consecutive years. Mr. Murdoch began his career at Marine Midland Bank in New York City before joining the Philadelphia National Bank, where he was Vice President and Unit Manager of the Eastern Corporate Division. Mr. Murdoch was responsible for the large corporate market from Philadelphia through Florida where he arranged various credit facilities, loan syndications and Euro-market financings. Mr. Murdoch also served on the Board of Directors of Rental Service Corp. (NYSE: RSV), an acquisition oriented industrial equipment rental business, from 1997 until August 1999 when the company was sold to Atlas Copco. Mr. Murdoch served on the two-person Executive Committee of Rental Service from March 1999 until August 1999. During that time, the CEO required a medical leave of absence. Mr. Murdoch guided the company through a major merger transaction with Nationsrent (NYSE: NRI) and a hostile takeover bid by United Rentals (NYSE: URI) prior to selling the company to Atlas Copco. Rental Service was sold for a 20% premium over the hostile bidder’s offer. Mr. Murdoch is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Finance, earning a Bachelor of Science in Economics, with majors in Finance and Entrepreneurial Management. He also received a Masters in Business Administration from New York University.