St Louis, MO. (June 2025) – RapidFire Safety & Security (“RapidFire”), RapidFire Safety & Security announced Mark Grudzien has joined as Vice President of Business Development. Grudzien will lead and scale the company’s mergers and acquisitions (M&A) program, underscoring RapidFire's commitment to aggressive expansion in the fire, life safety, and security industry.

Grudzien brings over a decade of M&A advisory and strategic growth planning experience within the fire, life safety, and security sectors. He has supported over 25 acquisitions, totaling more than $250 million in deployed capital, and is recognized as a "40 Under 40" professional by Security Systems News.

"Mark's exceptional knowledge and proven expertise in M&A are precisely what we need to accelerate our acquisition growth," said Mike McLeod, CEO & Founder of RapidFire Safety & Security.

Adam Lucas of Concentric Equity Partners added, “Mark’s deep expertise will make him a valuable contributor as we continue to utilize M&A as a strategy to build our company.”

About RapidFire Safety & Security: 

RapidFire Safety & Security offers the commercial sector comprehensive expertise in fire, life safety, and electronic security services. Led by a team of proven industry operators including visionary founder, Mike McLeod, long-time colleague and co-founder, Colin Harrold, and in partnership with Concentric Equity Partners, our multi-regional “Buy & Build” strategy is driving the development of a world-class platform throughout the Midwest, Southwest and Western United States.

We’re on the lookout for entrepreneurs and owners in the fire, life safety, and security industries who want to extend their legacy and community impact with people-focused leadership that provides peace-of-mind to owners who have maxed out their growth trajectory.

For more information on RapidFire, visit www.rapidfiress.com.

About Concentric Equity Partners: 

Concentric Equity Partners is a private investment firm that partners with leading middle market companies by providing capital and strategic advisory to accelerate long term value creation. Concentric’s approach is simple: support entrepreneurs and operators by providing the resources required to achieve extraordinary results. The firm’s investment team is made up of individuals with distinguished track records as operators and professional investors across a variety of growth-oriented, middle-market companies.

Concentric Equity Partners is the direct investing arm of Financial Investments Corporation, a private asset management firm and family office with over $2 billion in investment commitments under management. Financial Investments Corporation was founded in 1994 by father and daughter Harrison and Jennifer Steans and has been partnering with private companies for more than 25 years.

For more information on Concentric, visit www.ficcep.com.