Our Team
Randall E. Poliner
 In 1993, after four years at South Atlantic Capital Corporation, Randy founded Antares Capital Corporation in the belief that there was a need for a venture capital/private equity firm comprised of individuals with substantial leadership experience in small, rapidly-growing companies.
Prior to his venture capital career, Randy was a founder and Chief Operating Officer of Macrodyne, Incorporated, an instrumentation and signal processing company, taking that firm from product line concept to commercialization and eventually to acquisition by The Marmon Group, a leading producer of related instrumentation. He was asked to join Scientific Systems Services to effect a turn-around of this publicly held company. Scientific Systems Services was sold to Computer Task Group, Inc., at the time a $400 million NYSE firm serving the consulting, systems integration, and professional services needs of Fortune 500 clients. Randy had direct responsibility for the consulting services group serving manufacturing and distribution clients and the systems integration group serving industrial automation markets. He was responsible for developing the firm's consulting and systems integration strategy, constructing a national account marketing program, and identifying and evaluating acquisition candidates. Randy also guided Flood Data Services as President and CEO from $4 million to $70 million in sales over four years and provided the sales leadership for First American's Information Services group which purchased the company resulting in an increase of revenue from $147 million to $248 million in one year. His early career includes several years with Westinghouse Electric Corporation in project management positions charged with developing and commercializing technology derived from industrial consulting assignments and contract research and development programs. Randy also has significant direct engineering experience at LTV Aerospace.
Randy graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, earned a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University and earned a Master in Business Administration with Honors from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. He serves as a Trustee of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association, a Trustee of Florida Institute of Technology and Chairman of the Business Oversight Committee, an Advisory Board Member of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech, and as a Capital Campaign Fund Agent for the Harvard Business School.
Contact via email at rpoliner@antarescapital.com
Jonathan I. Kislak
 After a highly successful experience operating Kislak Capital Corporation, Jon joined Randy at Antares Capital in 1999. Jon is an experienced banker, mortgage banker, and investor with a broad background in business, investments, and government.
From 1991 to 1999, he operated Kislak Capital Corporation, a successful investor in start-up and early stage companies. Jon served as Chairman Emeritus of Kislak National Bank until its sale in January 2005. Jon’s government experience includes service as Deputy Under Secretary for Small Community and Rural Development of the Department of Agriculture from 1989 through 1991. At the Department of Agriculture, he was responsible for policy development and management oversight for the Farmer's Home Administration, the Rural Electrification Administration, and the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. Prior to joining the Bush administration, Jon was employed by the J.I. Kislak organization in various capacities in the real estate and financial services markets, including mortgage banking, insurance brokerage, real estate brokerage and real estate development. Jon led the growth of the J.I. Kislak Mortgage Corporation from $300 million to over $5 billion as its President from 1983 to 1989. Jon began his career at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston as a Regional Representative responsible for processing branch applications for the New England region.
Jon graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, magna cum laude, from Harvard College. He has served as Chairman of the Board of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) and Camillus House, Inc. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Advisors of the Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center at Florida International University.
Contact via email at jkislak@antarescapital.com
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