J. Andrew (Andy) Kerner is an Operating Partner at SunTx Capital Partners. Mr. Kerner is Chairman of Ranger Offshore, Inc. and serves as a Director of Carolina Beverage Group and Base4.
Mr. Kerner is a senior financial executive with significant experience in operations, strategy, real estate and building products, and consumer packaged goods.
Prior to joining SunTx, Mr. Kerner held senior executive management positions with Centex Homes, including Senior Vice President and CFO and most recently, Executive Vice President of Operations Support. Prior to Centex, Mr. Kerner held CFO roles with The viaLink Company and Cameron Ashley Building Products, as well as several senior financial executive and CFO roles with PepsiCo / Frito-Lay in the U.S. and Europe. Mr. Kerner is a director of Blue Calypso, a mobile technology advertising platform located in Dallas.
Mr. Kerner holds an MBA in finance and a BA in economics from the University of Texas at Austin. He has served on the Executive Council of the McCombs School of Business Real Estate Finance and Investment Center and currently serves on the Chancellor’s Council Executive Committee for the University of Texas System. He is also on the boards of Union Gospel Mission of Dallas and Campus Crusade Hungary, and spends time helping in the non-profit affordable housing industry.
