Stefan Banks
CEO
Stefan is an entrepreneur, growth CEO, private equity investor, and operator. He has led companies ranging in size from $1 million to $200 million. Stefan is an expert at efficiently evaluating a situation, triaging resources, leading the planning process, executing the plan, and adjusting as needed. He brings immediate energy with a specific focus on disciplined execution, cultural orientation, and the development of and investment in people.
Eli Brenlove
COO
Eli is a highly disciplined entrepreneur focused on growth and implementation. He is responsible for the post-acquisition operating activity of our past and newly acquired operating companies. Working closely with management teams to implement new business processes, identify investments and best practices that will drive future growth of their business units. In 2001 Eli started Fairfield Landscaping out of his parent's garage, purchasing a single pick-up truck and a few lawn mowers. Then in 2006, Eli decided to expand into the tree service market by acquiring a tree service company, and in 2008 Fairfield Snow & Ice Services was established.
Cruise Suski
CFO
Cruise is a finance executive focused on building scalable, data-driven financial infrastructures for high-growth, private-equity-backed companies. As Chief Financial Officer at American Landscaping Partners , he leads a multi-entity finance platform spanning accounting, FP&A, treasury, ERP systems, banking, integrations, and performance management.
His work centers on creating clarity and operational alignment—transforming complex financial structures into actionable insights that empower leadership teams, investors, and operating partners. Cruise partners closely with the CEO, private equity sponsors, regional leaders, and the broader finance organization to drive disciplined growth, strengthen financial controls, and ensure accurate, timely reporting across all businesses within the ALP portfolio.
Core areas of focus include:
• Multi-entity consolidation and platform reporting
• FP&A, forecasting, and KPI architecture
• Banking strategy and treasury optimization
• ERP and systems integration (Acumatica, Aspire, Vena, Paylocity, Velixo, Macabacus)
• M&A integration, shared services, and operational analytics
• Cash management, covenant visibility, and capital allocation
• Building high-performance, execution-driven finance teams
Cruise is motivated by translating data into strategy, building repeatable systems, and equipping leaders to make confident, well-informed decisions. His objective is to help ALP scale responsibly and profitably—establishing a disciplined operating rhythm aligned with the company’s long-term value creation strategy.
Gale Jackson
CPO
Gale is a strategic global HR leader who has developed and executed initiatives that reduced turnover by 24%, increased applicant flow sixfold, delivered seven-figure cost savings, boosted productivity by 11.6%, and supported successful launches, mergers and acquisitions, and business expansions.
Her results are grounded in a philosophy of connecting solutions to measurable success. Gale takes the time to deeply understand the business so she can design HR strategies that directly impact bottom-line performance while identifying process improvements that extend beyond the HR function.
Her experience spans organizations ranging from startup environments to Fortune 100 enterprises across diverse industries, including SaaS, biotech, healthcare, publishing, manufacturing and distribution, renewable energy, and retail.
Core Expertise Includes:
• Remote workforce strategy
• Change management
• Strategic planning
• Board-level presentations
• Mergers and acquisitions
• HRIS implementation
• Employee engagement
• Talent acquisition
• Process improvement
• Organizational development
• Talent management
• Diversity and inclusion
• Employee relations