The Sandwich Democratic Town Committee

It appears that Gabriel  Gomez’ touting of himself as a highly experienced business person who knows how to get things done is a bit overdone, to put it mildly. The Boston Globe noted in a recent article that:

 A Globe review of Gomez’s nine years at Advent International, an elite private equity firm, found that he was directly involved in just half a dozen companies and helped lead only one of those investments. The one deal he touts, Lululemon Athletica Inc., is one Advent credits to other executives.

The article goes on to note that Mr. Gomez’ claim to widespread success in building regional businesses into household names and in helping pension funds invest for workers’ retirement is both suspect and glosses over some things. The Globe reports that he:

 …also had a role in applying common private equity strategies that are often controversial with voters — piling debt on companies and laying off workers or moving jobs overseas. Gomez’s involvement in a company called Synventive Molding Solutions was a case in point.