Operators First. Owners for the Long Term.

Jeff Hollenbeck is a senior operating executive and entrepreneur who has spent his career leading and growing established businesses.

Jeff has held senior executive responsibility within a nine-figure operating platform and across individual business units operating at eight-figure scale.

His work has spanned multi-location operating leadership, P&L responsibility, organizational strategy, operational turnarounds, leadership development, capital allocation, financial discipline, customer relationships, and complex service and asset-based operations.

His operating background is in trucking, logistics, warehousing, fleet maintenance, brokerage, driveaway, bulk transportation, and specialized transportation. That work has been hands-on: pricing, cost control, safety, customer retention, acquisitions, and the patient effort required to build teams and systems that hold up over time.

Jeff completed his first business acquisition at age 20, before forming Nellis Holdings. He acquired a towing and transportation company through a creative seller-financing structure, then operated it, made it more organized and professionally run, and later sold it back to the original founder.

That early experience taught him the practical realities of owning a privately held company: managing employees, serving customers, honoring seller-financing obligations, and improving operations without losing what made the business work.

Jeff began as an entrepreneur, founding and building several businesses before moving into senior corporate leadership. That path gives him a perspective many buyers lack: he understands ownership from the founder's side of the desk and execution from the operator's.

Named one of Heavy Duty Trucking magazine’s Emerging Leaders in 2021.

Jeff will lead each acquisition directly, from the first conversation with a seller through the transition and the years following closing.

That same operating experience is also available on a selective basis through advisory and litigation-support engagements.

We are based in Erie, Pennsylvania, with a preference for businesses located within approximately two hours of Erie. We are also within a short drive of Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Buffalo, and this region is where we live, work, and are focused on investing.

Select opportunities outside the preferred radius may be considered when capable local management is in place and the business does not require daily on-site ownership.

We believe in supporting the communities we will operate in. Strong businesses make for strong communities, and we take that responsibility seriously.