Portfolio Companies

Anametrix co-founder and chairman of the board Blaise Barrelet has announced that Pelin Thorogood will succeed him as CEO and will join the company’s board. The appointment is effective immediately. Thorogood is a 20-year veteran marketing and analytics strategist and Anametrix CMO. Anametrix has backing from TVC Capital, the San Diego-based growth equity firm, and seed funding in 2011 from former Summit Partners investing pro Walter G. Kortschak, who joined Anametrix’s board. Summit makes buyout and venture deals.

Atlantic Energy Holdings has appointed Rob Jacobs and Don Gann to its executive management team. Atlantic also announced that Natural Gas Partners, through its recently closed fund, NGP Natural Resources X LP, has increased its commitment of equity capital to Atlantic to $250 million.

Bruce Guzowski is joining DMCG Holding Corp. as chief executive. The company is a portfolio company of High Road Capital Partners and is a provider of promotional medical education communication services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Guzowski was previously the president and CEO of Boston-based HCPro Inc.

Glen Cavallo has joined Loving Care Agency Inc. as president and chief executive. Loving Care is a provider of pediatric skilled nursing and home health aide services. Loving Care is owned by MTS Health Investors and Oaktree Capital Management. He succeeds Bob Creamer, who will become interim chairman. Cavallo previously was president of SolAmor Hospice, a subsidiary of Sun Healthcare.

Schafer Corp., a Metalmark Capital portfolio company, said that Mark Andersson was named president and chief operating officer. Andersson previously served as COO of Applied Signal Technology.

Health care-focused buyout firm BelHealth Investment Partners has completed its acquisition of specialty pharmacy Town Total Health. BelHealth also announced that health care and specialty pharmacy executive Michael A. Nameth has joined Town Total as CEO. Nameth was most recently the executive vice president of Walgreen’s specialty pharmacy business unit.