TJ Chung is a Senior Founding Partner at Core Industrial Partners, LLC, a Chicago-based private equity firm with over $1.58 billion in capital commitments. The firm focuses on North American lower middle-market manufacturing, industrial technology, and industrial services businesses.

From 2013 to 2016, Mr. Chung served as the CEO of TeletracNavman, a leading global Software-as-a-Service provider of commercial fleet management solutions. Between 2007 and 2012, he was the CEO and board director of Navman Wireless Holdings, where he led the company to more than double its revenue. From 2002 to 2007, he was President of the New Technologies Division at Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC), driving revenue growth by more than four times. Additionally, Mr. Chung was Corporate Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Brunswick Corporation from 2000 to 2002, and Senior Vice President of Brunswick’s Mercury Marine Division from 1997 to 2000. Prior to his tenure at Brunswick, he held various executive roles at Emerson Electric (NYSE: EMR).

Mr. Chung currently serves on the boards of Littelfuse (NASDAQ: LFUS) and Airgain (NASDAQ: AIRG), as well as several portfolio companies of Core Industrial Partners. He is also a member of the advisory board at the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. Previously, Mr. Chung served on the advisory board of the Center of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the board of visitors at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. He was also a board member of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois.

Mr. Chung holds an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, an MS in Computer Science from North Carolina State University, and a BS with Honors in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.