Steve Irish

Stephen Irish possess over 30 plus years of finance industry knowledge and experience as a competitive financial services and Private Equity executive and Business general manager. Mr. Irish’s strong track record is in creating, managing, growing profitable and turning around high margin businesses.

In 2019, Mr. Irish Co-Founded a Private Equity Fund with Dale Baker called Blue Ocean Fund, LLC. Funds were sourced from Two Family Offices and a number of High Net Worth Individuals. Prior to Blue Ocean, Mr. Irish lead another Private Equity group called Aeries Investments, LLC - 2014-2018. Sourced an Asset-Based Loan to Chef's Warehouse. Raising equity for Arrowsight, LLC., monetized a structured an off-balance sheet receivables transaction for Genesis Healthcare, Inc, and others.

Mr. Irish also has extensive executive operating experience. He worked his way up the ranks at Citibank, GE Capital, and Bank of America in various roles. Most recently served as CEO at Integrated Water Technologies from 2011-2014 and as CFO for NextHealth, LLC. from 2014-2018.