John Lawlor

The Stephens Group LLC (Stephens Group) is an independent Private Equity firm founded in 2006 by W. R. Stephens and Elizabeth Stephens Campbell. The firm is headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Part of Catalyst Acoustics Holdings, Inc., Catalyst Acoustics Group is the parent company of an elite group of acoustic, seismic, vibration, and noise control companies. The company is based in Agawam, MA. The independent brands, channels to market, products, and services offered by each business remain unique, while leveraging the scale, deep functional expertise, broad channel reach, and significant financial resources. Joe Lupone has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

Vestcom International, Inc. provides customized shelf-edge communication and marketing solutions. It offers stackz, ISMAds, adSigns, snapTalker, and pegAssist. The company was founded by Steve Bardwell in 1985 and is headquartered in Little Rock, AR.

Information Resources, Inc. engages in the provision of enterprise market information solutions and services. Its solutions include market performance and strategy, consumer and shopper intelligence, analytics and in-market execution, media, and technology. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Spectra Marketing Systems, Inc. provides marketing software and services to its clients in the consumer goods industry. The company focuses on three main components: consumer segmentation, marketing execution and data integration. Spectra's Trade Dimensions International unit publishes retail information products such as directories and guidebooks. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.