Kelly Romano

Kelly A. Romano is the founder of Blueripple Capital LLC, founded in 2018, serving as Chief Executive Officer.
Current jobs include Chairman at LeonaBio, Inc. since 2021, Chairman at Altus Fire & Life Safety since 2021, Independent Director at UGI Corp.
since 2019, Independent Director at Dorman Products, Inc. since 2017, Director at MB1 LLC (Pennsylvania), and Director at 75F, Inc. since 2020.
Former jobs include Co-Chairman at Potter Electric Signal Co. LLC from 2017 to 2023, Director at UGI Utilities, Inc. from 2019 to 2020, Director at United Safety & Survivability Corp., President-Building Systems & Services at Carrier Corp.
from 2006 to 2009, President-Global Security Products at Carrier Fire & Security Corp.
from 2011 to 2012, President-Intelligent Building Technologies at UTC Building & Industrial Systems Group from 2014 to 2016, Managing Partner at Xinova LLC from 2016 to 2020, President-Intelligent Building Technologies at United Technologies Corp.
from 2014 to 2016, and Operating Partner at AE Industrial Partners LP from 2020 to 2023.
Education includes an MBA from Syracuse University and undergraduate studies at State University of New York at Buffalo.