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 Founding Partners

Robert Chefitz, John Mack and Joe Falkenstein have formed Egis Capital Partners (ECP) to create the leading private equity firm focused on the security and homeland defense industries. The individual partners historically have completed over 200 transactions in the sector with a combined enterprise value in excess of $3 billion.

Robert Chefitz is a 25 year
veteran of the private equity
business. His first seven years
were with Golder Thoma Cressy,
followed by 15 years as a partner
at Apax Partners where he
generated a realized IRR of 42%.
He spent the last five years co-
managing the NJTC Venture
Fund with Joe Falkenstein.



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John Mack was the CEO of
Protection One, the third largest
alarm services company in
the nation, where he grew the
company from $20 million in
revenues to $600 million with an
enterprise value in excess of $2
billion. Protection One was an
Apax investment led by Chefitz
that generated a 7x return. After
the successful sale of Protection
One, Mack founded USBX.

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Joe Falkenstein co-founded
NJTC Venture Fund, a fully
-invested, top performing 2001
vintage venture fund. Prior to
NJTC, Joe was a partner at
Andersen LLC where his
practice focused exclusively on
private equity, private equity
backed companies, and
transaction advisory services
during a 14 year tenure.


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For more information
Call (973) 994-1172 or
Send an email to rchefitz@egiscp.com