Scott Johnson is the founder and CEO of middle-market private equity group SJ Partners, LLC . Scott was named the 2015 M&A Atlas Award Dealmaker of the Year and had been named a 40 under 40 East Region M&A Advisor Recognition Awards. He is also the Chairman of portfolio companies Osmotics LLC and Best Made Toys LLC. SJP uses an operating partner focus to grow middle market consumer and services companies. SJP has also been successful at growth by acquisition strategies. Its portfolio company Spectrio grew more than twelvefold under SJP’s ownership, driven by fourteen add-on acquisitions, before being successfully exited to the Riverside Company. This transaction won North American Deal of the Year at the 2015 M&A Atlas Awards.