Investing in People
IFS brings value to entire organizations, their leadership, frontline workers, and the communities around them.
Empowerment
IFS leadership and our community of experts support partner companies in making smarter decisions. When equipped with the right tools, resources, and support, then backed by accountability, companies can face their most complex challenges and outperform their competitors.
Experience
Our leadership team has battle-tested experience in a variety of industries and verticals, plus the expertise to sharpen operations, build culture, and drive results. Partnering with founder-led companies, honoring their history, and foundation creates a community of leaders that differentiates IFS.
Enhancement
IFS leadership enhances transformation with real-world tools and support to scale your products, services, and distribution. Our history of global expansion and enhancing brands helps eliminate the complexity resulting from growth, new technology, and changing markets.
Your Core Leadership
Technical and business development expertise, strategic insight, and a mandate to invest in, connect with, and build stronger companies define the IFS leadership team. We share a commitment to leadership development, people-centric cultures, and driving accountability.
Carl Johnson
Chairman & CEO
Dan Rayburn
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
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VISIONARY
Carl Johnson
Chairman & CEO
Carl Johnson has track record of leading international teams and transforming operations in diverse businesses. He cultivates world-class organizations and sustainable growth with integrity and trust, by founding teams and global enterprises alike on a bedrock of accountability and ownership.
At Warren Equity Partners, he advises portfolio companies and identifies and evaluates M&A targets in industrial products and business services. Concurrently, he serves on several boards and leads the executive team as Chairman and CEO of Integrated Facility Services.
Carl’s expertise extends across the manufacturing industry and includes environmental, productivity, and safety products. His wide array of experience spans M&A, business transformation, multi-channel product distribution, strategic market positioning, sales and marketing, and P&L management.
During his extensive career at Honeywell, Carl merged Honeywell Analytics Global and Safety Products to create Industrial Safety, a $2.5 billion business unit comprised of 13,000 staff, 37 acquired companies, and 52 global manufacturing sites in the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. In his last role at Honeywell, Carl served as president of Commercial Excellence for Honeywell Building & Technology, a $10 billion strategic business group.
Carl holds an MBA from the University of Houston and a Bachelor of Science from Excelsior College.
NAVIGATOR
Dan Rayburn
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Dan Rayburn’s 30+ years of real-world experience have prepared him to advise and help others build impactful businesses. With experience in a variety of industries and senior leadership roles in Finance, Treasury, Investor Relations, and Operations, Dan is a proven leader. He most recently served as the CFO for PSC, a privately backed leading provider of Industrial Services based in Houston, Texas.
Previously, Dan served as CFO for various Honeywell segments including Honeywell Buildings Solutions, Honeywell Industrial Safety and Honeywell Analytics. Over this 12 year span, he developed both high-performance teams and cultures on a global scale.
In addition to national and international projects, Dan also successfully led due diligence and integrations of multiple acquisitions, ranging in size from $10M to over $1B. With the ability to drive new revenue streams and an understanding of how to build lasting partnerships, Dan can take organizational performance to higher levels.
Dan holds a Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Finance from the University of Illinois and an MBS from the University of Connecticut.