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Kurt Bratton

Special Advisor to the Board of Directors at TurnPoint Services

Louisville, Kentucky, USA

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Why they matter

Ran the home-services buy-and-build playbook firsthand — 16 add-ons, ~10x revenue, two PE sponsors — and can now speak candidly since he's off the P&L.

Background

Kurt Bratton is a 30+ year operations executive who served as CEO of TurnPoint Services, a Louisville, KY-based multi-brand HVAC, plumbing, and electrical services platform, from Trivest Partners' 2016 initial investment in Dauenhauer Heating & Air through his retirement in February 2026. Earlier in his career he held operating roles at BrightView, Republic Services, Saint-Gobain, and Johns Manville. He holds an MBA from Averett University and a BS in Industrial Engineering from Kansas State University.

Notable deals

  • 2020
    Grew TurnPoint Services from a single platform investment into a 13-state, ~2,000-employee company via 16 add-on acquisitions, increasing revenue nearly 10x under Trivest Partners ownership
  • 2020
    Led TurnPoint Services through its sale by Trivest Partners to OMERS Private Equity and stayed on as CEO for the next ownership phase
  • 2026
    Retired as CEO of TurnPoint Services and transitioned to Special Advisor to the Board as Greg Bochicchio became the company's first founder-successor CEO

Call-prep brief

Background

  • CEO of TurnPoint Services (Louisville, KY) from Trivest Partners' 2016 platform investment (Dauenhauer Heating & Air) through his February 2026 retirement
  • 30+ years of prior operating experience at BrightView, Republic Services, Saint-Gobain, and Johns Manville
  • MBA, Averett University; BS Industrial Engineering, Kansas State University

Current Focus

  • Special Advisor to TurnPoint's Board since Feb 27, 2026, supporting incoming CEO Greg Bochicchio (formerly of Marmic Fire & Safety) through the transition
  • No longer holds day-to-day operating authority, which likely means more bandwidth for outside conversations

What He Cares About

  • Disciplined, people-first integration of acquired brands — his farewell remarks explicitly praised a "team-first" approach and "disciplined execution"
  • Multi-brand roll-up mechanics: standardizing back-office and ops across 17+ local brands while preserving local brand equity and technician retention

Recent Moves

  • Nov 2020: guided TurnPoint through its sale from Trivest Partners to OMERS Private Equity after 16 add-ons and ~10x revenue growth
  • Feb 2026: stepped down as CEO after roughly a decade, moving into a board advisory role as TurnPoint marked its first founder-successor CEO transition

Sensitivities

  • Recently retired — avoid anything that reads as second-guessing the new CEO or the succession plan
  • May retain confidentiality/non-compete obligations to TurnPoint/OMERS — keep questions about playbook and pattern-matching, not TurnPoint-specific financials

Questions to Ask

  1. What separated the add-ons that integrated cleanly from the ones that struggled, across all 16 deals?
  2. How did governance and reporting cadence change between the Trivest and OMERS ownership periods, and what would you change?
  3. What underwriting mistakes do sponsors most often make in residential trades roll-ups?

Outreach draft

Subject
Home-services roll-up playbook — quick call?
Hi Kurt, I lead deal work on home-services roll-ups for a private equity team, and your run at TurnPoint — 16 add-ons, ~10x revenue, and two ownership transitions — is exactly the playbook we're trying to underwrite well. Now that you've moved into the advisor seat, I'd love 20 minutes to hear what actually separated the acquisitions that integrated cleanly from the ones that didn't, and how the Trivest-to-OMERS handoff changed governance day to day. No pitch — just trying to learn from someone who's lived it. Would a short call sometime in the next couple of weeks work? Best, [Name]

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