Jeff Ott


BOARD CHAIR

“I believe it’s a remarkable privilege to live in the Gallatin Valley. GVLT's conservation and trails development mission is foundational to preserving and enhancing so many of the qualities—the natural beauty, the ranching and farming heritage, the largely outdoor-activity-driven sense of community—that make it such a privilege.”


Jeff is currently Chairman of Pathogen Reduction Solutions Ltd., an enterprise focused on technology developments and applications to improve indoor air quality monitoring and management. Jeff was formerly President and Chief Executive Officer of Quest Integrity, a wholly owned subsidiary of Team Industrial Services, and President of Team Industrial Services’ Product & Service Line Group, with responsibility for all product and service line standards and related technology applications and development across the enterprise. He has been involved with high-growth, industrial technology companies for the past 35 years as an investor, operator, director, advisor, and financier. His industry focus has included energy, automotive performance, software, process controls, NDT/E instrumentation, and air quality management. As a general partner at Gryphon Investors, he was responsible for managing the group's middle market-focused technology investment interests. Jeff previously managed the West Coast private equity effort and technology investments as a general partner at Deutsche Bank Capital Partners and prior to that, led the global convertible and equity-linked capital markets effort for Bankers Trust. He began his career as an engineer in the Operations Analysis group at Rockwell International's North American Aircraft. Jeff holds a Bachelor of Science in engineering and operations research from Southern Methodist University and an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He lives in Montana and has two adult children.