ACG Pittsburgh 2026 April Program

Nico Glorieux is a principal with Baker Tilly and is the Pittsburgh market leader as well as the firm’s commercial practice leader. He specializes in commercial, manufacturing and distribution practices, including experience serving middle-market private and public clients. Nico joined the firm in 2008 and provides guidance on technical accounting issues and best practices for implementing new accounting standards. He is a frequent speaker on these topics at both Baker Tilly-sponsored and industry events.

Paul Cohn is a partner and founder of Agility Equity Partners. He is responsible for all aspects of investment management, including sourcing and executing new investments, monitoring existing portfolio company performance, and leading intermediary deal sourcing. Before founding Agility, Paul was a Managing Director and a member of the Investment Committee of Fort Washington Capital Partners, where he led all investments in GP-Led Secondaries. Paul was a Partner with Mellon Ventures, Mellon Bank’s private equity affiliate.  Paul was a founding team member, and by the time he left, Mellon Ventures had $1.3 billion invested and committed to over 100 portfolio companies and over 70 funds.  Paul started his career as an investment manager at Westinghouse Credit Corporation, acting as a lender in leveraged buyouts. Paul holds a B.S. and an MBA from the Tepper School at Carnegie Mellon University.

Brad Phillips, Managing Director, joined Incline in June 2017. He is responsible for evaluating, analyzing and monitoring investments made by the firm.

Brad currently serves as a Board Member for Barefoot Mosquito & Pest Control, Cosmetic Skin & Laser Center, Montgomery DME, Mr. Magic Car Wash and Smile Source.

Previously, Brad was a Strategy and M&A Manager at The Heritage Group.  Prior to that, he was a Senior Associate at LaSalle Capital where he focused on evaluating, executing and monitoring business services investments. Brad began his career in investment banking at William Blair.

Brad received a B.A. in Psychology from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Tyson Smith is a founding Partner of Tecum and serves on the firm’s Investment Committee. In this position, he is responsible for leading all aspects of transaction origination, analysis, structuring, underwriting, deal execution, and monitoring of subject private equity and mezzanine debt investments.

Tyson currently serves as a Board Member of TopDown Inc., and he serves as a Board Observer for Mail Communications Group. He previously served on the board for Powertrack International.

Prior to co-founding Tecum, Mr. Smith was a Vice President of its predecessor organization, F.N.B. Capital Corporation, LLC. Previously, Mr. Smith was an entrepreneur serving as the co-owner and developer of a franchisee territory for a national casual restaurant chain after starting his career as a sell-side equity research analyst for Robert W. Baird, a middle market investment bank. He also serves as the SBIC Chair on the Industry Council of the Small Business Investor Alliance.

Mr. Smith received a B.S. in Finance from The University of Notre Dame where he was a member of the Applied Investment Management program. Mr. Smith holds a CFA Charter designation.

Andrew joined Riverarch Equity Partners in 2011 from PNC Equity Partners. Prior to PNC, Andrew worked within the investment bank at JPMorgan. 

Andrew received a bachelor of business administration in finance and economics, magna cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA, with honors, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

He was previously or is currently a director of twenty Riverarch portfolio companies. His current investments include APA Industries, Ascend Bakery Brands, Clayton Kendall, Fortress Pest Brands, The Messenger Company, Metal Supermarkets, and The Perfect Purée of Napa Valley.