CarterBaldwin Executive Search is pleased to partner with Ideal Tridon Group, a portfolio company of Nautic Partners and leading global provider of engineered clamps, brackets, fittings, and metal framing systems, in the appointment of Shane Dacus as Chief Information Officer.
Shane brings more than 25 years of technology leadership across industrial, manufacturing, and PE-backed platforms, with a consistent record of elevating IT from an operational support function into a driver of business performance. He joins Ideal Tridon from US Multimodal Group, a ~$1B logistics platform assembled through 14 acquisitions, where he served as VP of IT. There he designed and implemented enterprise IT shared services across infrastructure, ERP, TMS, and data analytics, and drove generative AI adoption that automated 40% of document ingestion across the organization.
Prior to that, Shane was VP & Head of IT at Signal Energy, a PE-backed EPC firm, where he joined as its first dedicated IT executive during a TSA carve-out. He built the IT organization from scratch, establishing infrastructure, cybersecurity operations, and governance, and completed the carve-out within a 12-month TSA window while delivering more than $1M in cost savings through enterprise systems rationalization.
As Director and Regional CIO at Pike Corporation, a PE-backed electrical infrastructure services firm, Shane applied value-stream mapping and front-end digitization to drive significant improvements in cash flow and billing speed. He also led a full Oracle Cloud ERP implementation spanning finance, HCM, and project management modules as a shared services platform.
Shane also spent 16 years with General Electric, holding business-facing CIO roles at GE Power and GE Energy in sourcing, finance, and logistics. He is a GE Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.
Shane holds a BS in computer engineering from Clemson University and an MBA in cybersecurity from Southern Adventist University.
About Ideal Tridon Group
Ideal Tridon Group is a global leader in engineered joining and support solutions, offering a broad range of clamps, brackets, strapping, fittings, couplings, and hose connections through a portfolio of trusted brands. With manufacturing and distribution operations across North America, Europe, and Asia, the company supports customers in industrial, commercial, and infrastructure markets worldwide. Learn more at www.idealtridongroup.com.
About Nautic Partners, LLC
Nautic Partners is a Providence, RI-based private equity firm with over $9 billion of equity capital under management that focuses on investments in middle-market companies across the industrials, healthcare, and services sectors. The firm has completed more than 150 platform transactions throughout its 35-year history. Learn more at www.nautic.com.
