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This list showcases the top United States based Director operating in the Venture Capital space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
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Robert Nelsen
Co-Founder & Managing Director of ARCH Venture Partners
Robert Nelsen is a co-founder and a Managing Director of ARCH Venture Partners. He joined ARCH at its founding and played a significant role in the early sourcing, financing and development of more than 100 companies, including nineteen which have reached valuations exceeding $1 billion. His seed and early-stage investments include Illumina (ILMN); Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY); Juno Therapeutics (JUNO); Unity Biotechnology (UBX); Sienna Biopharmaceuticals (SNNA); Vir Biotechnology, Agios Pharmaceuticals (AGIO); Sage Therapeutics (SAGE); GRAIL, Ikaria; Kythera Biopharmaceuticals (KYTH), Receptos (RCPT); Aviron (AVIR); Denali Therapeutics (DNLI); Rubius Therapeutics, KSQ Therapeutics, Beam Therapeutics, NetBot; Bluebird Bio (BLUE); R2 Technology; XenoPort (XNPT); Caliper Life Sciences (CALP); Trubion Pharmaceuticals (TRBN); Adolor (ADLR); deCODE Genetics; Array BioPharma (ARRY); Editas (EDIT), IDUN Pharmaceuticals; Classmates.com; Hua Medicine; Fate Therapeutics (FATE); WuxiNextCODE; and Everyday Learning Corporation. Mr. Nelsen is a director of Vir Bio, GRAIL, Sienna Biopharmaceuticals, Beam Therapeutics, Unity Biotechnology, Denali Therapeutics, Arivale, Syros Pharmaceuticals, and serves as Chairman of Hua Medicine, among others. He previously served as a Trustee of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Institute, the Institute for Systems Biology, and was a director of the National Venture Capital Association. Mr. Nelsen holds an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago and a B.S. from the University of Puget Sound with majors in Economics and Biology.
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About ARCH Venture Partners: ARCH is an early-stage venture firm that focuses on life science discoveries to prevent, detect, and cure disease.
Keith Crandell
Founder and Managing Director of ARCH Venture Partners
Keith L. Crandell is the Co – Founder & Managing Director, ARCH Venture Partners. He focuses on chemical and specialty materials companies, electronics and instrumentation, optics and photonics, communications, and enterprise infrastructure businesses. He previously served as Senior Manager at ARCH Development Corporation, where he was responsible for ARCH Venture Fund I activities at Argonne National Laboratory. Mr. Crandell has played a key role in the formation and initial funding round of Quanterix, Alfalight, PixelEXX Systems, ALIS Corp. (acquired by Carl Zeiss SMT), Eichrom Industries (acquired by Gary Comer, Inc.), Nanophase Technologies (NANX), and Illinois Superconductor. He was also responsible for ARCH’s investment in New Era of Networks (NEON, acquired by Sybase-SY), Apropos Technology (APRS, acquired by Syntellect-ESL), Teach.com (acquired by Intellinex), CelebrateExpress (BDAY, acquired by Liberty Media-LINTA), Ahura Scientific (acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific-TMO), Adesto Technologies, Ciespace, Boreal Genomics, and Crystal IS (acquired by Asahi Kasei-AHKSY), among others. He is a Director of Quanterix, Nanosys, Alfalight, Adesto Technologies, Boreal Genomics, PixelEXX Systems, Univa, Ciespace. Mr. Crandell also serves as a Director of the Illinois Venture Capital Association. Prior to the founding of ARCH, Mr. Crandell was with the specialty chemical and polymer company, Hercules, Inc. He holds an M.B.A. from The University of Chicago. An M.S. in Chemistry from the University of Texas at Arlington. B.S. in Chemistry and Mathematics from St. Lawrence University.
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About ARCH Venture Partners: ARCH is an early-stage venture firm that focuses on life science discoveries to prevent, detect, and cure disease.
Kristina Burow
Managing Director of ARCH Venture Partners
Kristina Burow is a Managing Director with ARCH Venture Partners. Kristina Burow is focused on the creation and development of biotechnology, pharmaceutical and agbiotechnology companies.
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About ARCH Venture Partners: ARCH is an early-stage venture firm that focuses on life science discoveries to prevent, detect, and cure disease.
Steven Gillis
Managing Director of ARCH Venture Partners
Steven Gillis is a Managing Director with ARCH, joining the firm as a Venture Partner in 2005. Steven is focused on the evaluation of new life science technologies and also on the development and growth of ARCH’s biotechnology portfolio companies. Steven is a Member of the Board of Directors at Homology Medicines, Inc., Allozyne, Pulmatrix (PULM), Codiak Biosciences, Faraday Pharmaceuticals, Just. Biotherapeutics, VLST, Lodo Therapeutics and Accelerator. Steven serves as Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Board of Directors at VentiRx Pharmaceuticals, Theraclone Sciences, Lycera, VBI Vaccines (VBIV) and PhaseRx. Steven was a Founder and a Member of the Board of Directors at Corixa Corp. and served as Chief Executive Officer from its inception and as its Chairman of the Board of Directors from 1999 until its acquisition in 2005 by GlaxoSmithKline. Prior to Corixa, Stevens was a Founder and Member of the Board of Directors at Immunex Corp., the most successful venture-funded biotech company in the state of Washington. From 1981 until his departure in 1994, Steven served as Immunex’s Director of Research and Development, Chief Scientific Officer and as Chief Executive Officer of Immunex’s R&D subsidiary. Steven was interim Chief Executive Officer of Immunex Corp. following its majority purchase by American Cyanamid Co. and remained a Member of the Board of Directors until 1997. Amgen, Inc. acquired Immunex in 2002. Steven is an immunologist by training with over 300 peer-reviewed publications in the areas of molecular and tumor immunology. Steven is credited as being a pioneer in the field of cytokines and cytokine receptors, directing the development of multiple marketed products including Leukine, (GM-CSF), Prokine (IL-2) and Enbrel (soluble TNF receptor-Fc fusion protein) as well as the regulatory approval of Bexxar (radiolabeled anti-CD20). Steven received a B.A. degree from Williams College and a Ph.D. from Dartmouth College.
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About ARCH Venture Partners, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Theraclone Sciences, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College: ARCH is an early-stage venture firm that focuses on life science discoveries to prevent, detect, and cure disease.
Clinton Bybee
Co-Founder and Managing Director of ARCH Venture Partners
Clinton Bybee is a co-founder and Managing Director of ARCH Venture Partners. Mr. Bybee concentrates primarily on advanced materials, electronics, semiconductors, photonics, and infrastructure businesses. Mr. Bybee has helped organize and finance numerous companies including MicroOptical Devices (acquired by EMCORE), Cambrios Technologies, Aveso, Innovalight, Intelligent Reasoning Systems (acquired by Photon Dynamics), Semprius, Nanosys, and Xtera Communications. He is a board member of Impinj, Innovalight, Cambrios Technologies, Xtera Communications, Nitronex and Aveso. Mr. Bybee is an organizing member of the Texas Venture Capital Association and currently serves as its first President. Previously, Mr. Bybee worked with ARCH Development Corporation. He also managed a venture investment fund for the State of Illinois and was a production engineer with Amoco Corporation.
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About ARCH Development Corporation, ARCH Venture Partners, Nitronex: ARCH is an early-stage venture firm that focuses on life science discoveries to prevent, detect, and cure disease.
Steven Lazarus
Co-founder and Managing Director, Emeritus Chicago of ARCH Venture Partners
Steven Lazarus is a co-founder and Managing Director, Emeritus of ARCH Venture Partners. He also is a director of the Rand Corporation. Prior to the founding of ARCH Venture Partners, Mr. Lazarus served as CEO of ARCH Development Corporation and as Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago. He previously spent 13 years with Baxter Laboratories in various senior roles, lastly as Group Vice President of the Health Care Services Group of Baxter Travenol Laboratories. Mr. Lazarus also served in Washington D.C. as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for East-West Trade for the U.S., a government bureau he both founded and directed. Mr. Lazarus is a 21-year veteran of the U.S. Navy, retiring with the rank of Captain in 1973. Mr. Lazarus received an M.B.A. with high distinction from the Harvard Graduate School of Business and holds an A.B. with Honors from Dartmouth College.
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Rahul Kishore
Senior Managing Director of Coatue
Rahul Kishore is a Senior Managing Director at Coatue Management, which he joined in 2015. He leads the firm’s investing efforts in fintech across both public and private investment funds. Prior to Coatue he was a consultant at Boston Consulting Group in New York, where he advised media and technology companies on growth strategy and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Kishore holds a degree in computer science and economics from Cornell University.
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About Coatue: Coatue invests in public and private equity markets focusing on the technology, media, and telecommunications industries.
Thomas Laffont
Senior Managing Director and Co-Founder of Coatue
Thomas Laffont is the Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director at Coatue Management. He is currently the Member, Board of Directors at Tipping Point Community. Mr. Laffont is a former Agent & Agent Trainee at Creative Artists Agency. Thomas graduated from Yale University with a bachelor of science in Computer Science and Economics.
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About Coatue: Coatue invests in public and private equity markets focusing on the technology, media, and telecommunications industries.
Jeff Horing
Managing Director of Insight Partners
Jeff Horing has been a co-founder and managing director at Insight Venture Partners since 1995. Under his leadership Insight has become a premier venture capital and private equity firm focused on growth investments in software and internet businesses, currently investing from a $2.56 billion fund. Jeff’s areas of focus include mobile, online gaming, data, infrastructure and internet software. Jeff is a former member of the board of directors of Airborne Entertainment (acquired by Cybird Co.), CTSpace (acquired by Sword Group), Beechwood Data Systems (acquired by Cap Gemini), Greenfield Online (IPO, later acquired by Microsoft), Hitwise (acquired by Experian Group Ltd), IAG Research (acquired by The Nielsen Company), ProMira Software (acquired by Manugistics), Shutterstock (IPO), SLP Infoware (acquired by Gemplus), Solarwinds Inc. (IPO NYSE: SWI), and Xchange (IPO acquired by Amdocs). Jeff is an investor or currently serves on the board of directors of AirWatch (mobile device management), Anaqua (IP asset management), GFI Software (cloud-based services), Jagex Ltd (online gaming), Nexon (online gaming), Datacore Software (storage virtualization), New Relic (application performance management), Teamviewer (remote desktop collaboration), WIX (free DIY flash-based websites), Whitney University System (distance learning technology), and Zumba (global fitness and lifestyle brand). Prior to founding Insight, Jeff was a key member of the technology investing team at Warburg Pincus. Earlier in his career he worked at Goldman Sachs in the Capital Markets group. Jeff holds an MBA from the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management. He has dual undergraduate degrees from the University of Pennsylvania’s Moore School of Engineering and Wharton School, where he graduated with high honors and was Phi Beta Kappa. Jeff is a regular speaker at Wharton as part of the Distinguished Guest speaker series.
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About Insight Partners: Insight Partners is a private equity firm that invests in growth-stage technology and software companies.
Praveen Akkiraju
Managing Director of Insight Partners
Praveen Akkiraju is Chief Executive Officer of VCE. Akkiraju and his team are working to deliver next generation converged infrastructure to transform the economics, agility and profitability of Enterprises and Service Providers as they transition to cloud-enabled business models. VCE is a joint venture between Cisco and EMC with investments from VMware and Intel. A 19-year veteran at Cisco, Akkiraju has successfully led businesses across the enterprise and service provider market segments. In his most recent role, he was responsible for setting the direction for Cisco’s next generation enterprise architecture and integrating security and application awareness capabilities with the network and cloud. His previous roles included vice president and general manager of service provider infrastructure businesses, where he was instrumental in defining the product direction and strategy for Cisco’s Core, Mobile & Broadband Edge business. Akkiraju holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Louisiana State University and is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School. He also serves on the Senior Advisory Council at the non-profit Industry Initiatives for Science & Math Education (IISME).
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Richard Wells
Managing Director of Insight Partners
Richard Wells has over 12 years of experience in investing and advising managers of high growth software and Internet companies. He currently serves on the boards of BeyondTrust, Enigma, HealthcareSource, Kinnser, Metalogix, PHD Virtual, Smartbear Software and is active with the board of Zumba Fitness. Richard previously served on the boards of Netsmart Technologies (acquired by Genstar Capital) and Primavera (acquired by Oracle), and was active with the board of Buddy Media (acquired by Salesforce.com). Richard joined Insight in 2005 after previously serving as an investment team member at Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV), with a focus on software, online media and e-commerce. Richard also worked in product management for enterprise data protection products at Veritas Software (now part of Symantec), and in field sales for Paciolan Systems (now part of Ticketmaster). Richard received a BS from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude) and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. He grew up in Southern California and resides in Manhattan with his wife and son. Thanks to his father’s New England roots, Richard is an avid Boston Red Sox fan and is already having a lot of fun making his son one too.
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Peter Sobiloff
Managing Director of Insight Partners
Peter Sobiloff joined Insight Venture Partners as Managing Director in 1998, bringing to the firm 20 years of operational experience in executive leadership positions, sales management and worldwide operations. Peter was President of Think Systems, an Insight portfolio company focused on supply chain management, which was acquired by i2 Technologies; thereafter Peter served as Vice President of Business Development at i2 Technologies. Prior to Insight, Peter was President of Datalogix, a vendor of enterprise application software for process manufacturers. He also held senior executive roles at Ross Systems, a provider of financial application software. Peter was part of the management teams that executed IPOs for both companies. Subsequently, as President of Datalogix, Peter led the sale of Datalogix to Oracle corporation. Peter is a well-known executive in the software industry and regularly speaks on industry panels. He served as Chairman of Greenfield Online (NASDAQ: SRVY) for six years, including three years as a public company. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Medidata Solutions (NASDAQ: MDSO) for seven years, the final two as a public company. Other notable previous investments include Argus Software (acquired by Altus Group), DWL (acquired by IBM), GETPAID (acquired by Sunguard), Netsmart Technologies (acquired by Genstar Financial), iMany (IPO), Nistevo (acquired by Sterling Software), Paisley (acquired by Thomson Reuters), PerTrac (acquired by eVestment), Primavera (acquired by Oracle), and Rockport Trade Systems (acquired by QRS Corp). Peter currently serves on the board of directors at Achieve3000, Anaqua, DrillingInfo, Kinnser Software, Kony Solutions, Overdrive, Shunra, Syncsort, and Mediaspectrum. In his role as investor, Peter specializes in mentoring management teams to foster technological change in existing markets in order to produce greater productivity and deliver incremental value to customers. Peter enjoys working to create successful liquidity events that positively change the lives of entrepreneurs and employees.
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Nikitas Koutoupes
Managing Director of Insight Partners
Nikitas Koutoupes is a managing director at Insight and co-manages Insight Onsite, the firm’s team of dedicated operations and growth experts who provide hands-on assistance and advice to Insight’s portfolio companies. He leads Insight’s investment activities in the post-secondary education market: his most recent investments in education include Whitney International and Academic Partnerships. In addition to his investment and Insight Onsite responsibilities, Nikitas is one of the firm’s experts in online and recurring revenue business models. He currently serves on the Board of Directors or works with Academic Partnerships, GenArts, HealthcareSource, Fanatics, SpaceTime Studios, Syncsort, Whitney International and Zumba Fitness.Nikitas’ prior investments at Insight include Capella University (IPO, NASDAQ: CPLA), Exact Target (IPO, NYSE: ET), Football Fanatics (acquired by GSI Commerce, then eBay), Greenfield Online (IPO, acquired by Microsoft), Platespin (acquired by Novell), and Realink (acquired by Zaio Corp).Prior to Insight, he co-founded and was the Chief Financial Officer of CTSpace, a software-as-a-service company which became part of Insight’s portfolio and was subsequently acquired by the Sword Group. He was previously with McKinsey & Company, where he worked on strategy, turnaround, M&A and corporate finance engagements across a variety of industries.He also contributed to a major research initiative entitled “The War For Talent.”Nikitas co-authored with Hilary Gosher, a chapter titled “Customer Lifetime Value: Methodology and Applications for Operating Partners”, in “The Operating Partner in Private Equity”, published by Private Equity International in 2011.
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Josh Fredberg
Managing Director of Insight Partners
Josh has 20+ years as a Director and Vice President in business development, product strategy and marketing at leading CAE software companies such as PTC, ANSYS, and Aspen Technology. His most recent experience was Senior Advisor McKinsey & Company, and is currently a Managing Director at Insight Partners. He has a proven track record of driving sales beyond $1B and operating margins north of 48%.
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Hilary Gosher
Managing Director of Insight Partners
Hilary Gosher is a Managing Director at Insight Venture Partners, a global growth investor in software companies with $16 billion AUM. Hilary leads Onsite, the firm’s specialized due diligence team and growth experts who evaluate investments and help to drive scale at portfolio companies. She has worked with more than 200 tech companies, engaged with five IPOs and dozens of M&A transactions. Among these are Mimecast, Shutterstock, Cvent, Planview, eVestment and Primavera. Hilary is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) where she teaches entrepreneurship. From 2010-2015 she was an Adjunct Professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business. In 2015 she was listed on the TechWeek100 Tech Leaders in NY. Business Insider recognized Hilary as one of the Most Inspiring Women in Tech in New York City. In 2016, Hilary co-founded, and is currently on the board of Parity Partners, a firm focused on advocating, educating, and recruiting for diverse and inclusive talent in investment, asset management and tech industries.
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George Mathew
Managing Director of Insight Partners
George Mathew is a Managing Director at Insight Partners focused on earlier venture stage investments in AI, ML, Analytics, and Data companies as they are establishing Product/Market Fit. He brings 20+ years of experience developing high-growth technology startups including most recently being CEO of Kespry. Prior to Kespry, George was President & COO of Alteryx where he scaled up the company through its IPO (AYX). Previously he held senior leadership positions at SAP and salesforce.com. He has driven company strategy, led product management and development, and built sales and marketing teams. George holds a Bachelor of Science in Neurobiology from Cornell University and a Masters in Business Administration from Duke University, where he was a Fuqua Scholar.
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About Insight Partners: Insight Partners is a private equity firm that invests in growth-stage technology and software companies.
Adam Berger
Managing Director of Insight Partners
Adam Berger is the managing director/operating partner at Insight Partners.He is also the executive chairman of Episerver.
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Ganesh Bell
Managing Director of Insight Partners
A lifelong student of enterprise software industry and digital transformation Accomplished builder, operating executive and leader of change. Thought leader, market creator, product innovator, inspiring keynote speaker & evangelist. Battle tested success record across early stage startups, largest multinational corporations, hypergrowth to IPO and M&A. Rare ability to balance GTM & product-oriented CEO responsibilities. Breadth & depth across enterprise software markets (platforms, apps, BI, next gen data), industrial tech & digital business. Passionate builder of high performing culture & teams.
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About Insight Partners: Insight Partners is a private equity firm that invests in growth-stage technology and software companies.
Rachel Geller
Managing Director of Insight Partners
Rachel Geller joined Insight in 2008 and is a Vice President in the Onsite team. She leads engagements and works with portfolio company executives, assisting with managing growth, scaling sales, optimizing pricing and operational support including customer analytics, lifecycle marketing and M&A. She has evaluated more than ten M&A transactions for Insight’s portfolio companies, helping them grow through acquisition. Rachel was a key member of the team that worked with HauteLook, prior to the company’s acquisition by Nordstrom. She currently works closely with multiple eCommerce and software, including SaaS, companies to drive growth and operational efficiency. Prior to joining Insight, Rachel worked as an internal strategy consultant in American Express’ corporate strategy group, where she evaluated business strategy and growth opportunities across all areas of the company. Her strategy work included developing new business concepts, evaluating partnership opportunities, customer segmentation and technology planning. She was also a Senior Marketing Manager in the co-branded consumer credit card division responsible for new product and concept development, customer research and launch planning.
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About Insight Partners: Insight Partners is a private equity firm that invests in growth-stage technology and software companies.
Teddie Wardi
Managing Director of Insight Partners
Teddie Wardi is a Managing Director at Insight Partners. Previously Teddie was a Vice President at Dawn Capital. His focus areas include the Enterprise SaaS market. Prior to joining Dawn Teddie was the founder and CTO of Nervogrid, a Cloud Service Broker operating in the Nordics and the Benelux area. At Nervogrid he grew the company from two to 50+ employees in five countries, managed R&D and service operations, and raised multiple rounds of Venture Capital funding. Nervogrid was acquired by ALSO Holding AG, a Switzerland based publicly listed IT distribution group. His previous investing experience includes being an Associate at Nokia Growth Partners, a global later-stage Venture Capital fund, where he worked on deal sourcing and transactions in the Enterprise Mobility space. Teddie is also an advisor to the Frontier Seed Accelerator in Finland, helping seed stage companies access developing markets in the Middle East and South East Asia. Teddie holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.Sc. (Econ) from Aalto University.
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Whitney Bouck
Managing Director of Insight Partners
Whitney Bouck joined HelloSign as COO in 2016, where she is responsible for growing and scaling the company in partnership with the CEO, CTO and the executive team. HelloSign was acquired by Dropbox in 2019, and Whitney continues to serve as COO of the business inside Dropbox. She is on the board of Paycor and BlueOcean, was previously on the board of Ekata (acquired by Mastercard in 2021), is advisor to ARC and Anvilogic, and invester in LogDNA as well as early stage VC funds. Before joining HelloSign, she ran the global marketing organization at Box and built Box’s Enterprise business from the ground up, helping pivot the company from being an SMB-oriented product. Whitney also spent 15 years with Documentum and then EMC (via acquisition) and held a variety of leadership positions, including CMO of the Information Intelligence division at EMC. Previously, Whitney held a variety of technology and leadership roles at both Sybase and Oracle. She was recognized in 2017 as one of the top 40 Women in Revenue, in 2015 as one of the World’s 100 Most Innovative CMOs, previously recognized with the Silicon Valley Women of Influence award in 2009 and received the Top 40 Under 40 award in 2003.
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Deven Parekh
Managing Director of Insight Partners
Deven Parekh is a Managing Director at Insight Venture Partners and joined the firm in 2000. Deven manages investments in application software, data and consumer internet businesses globally. Notable previous companies in Deven’s portfolio have included Buddy Media (acquired by SalesForce, NASDAQ: CRM), Chegg (IPO), Football Fanatics (acquired by GSI Commerce, later acquired by eBay), Media Mind (IPO and subsequent sale to DG Fast Channel), Procuri (acquired by Ariba, NASDAQ: ARBA), ECI Solution (sold to Carlyle), Russian Trading System (merged with MICEX), Tumblr (acquired by Yahoo!), Hayneedle (sale to Jet.com), Syncsort (sale to Clearlake Capital), Alibaba (IPO), Twitter (IPO), JD.com (IPO), and Website Pros (IPO). Deven is a global investor, actively working with investments in China, Latin America, Europe and Russia. Deven serves as Board Chair for eVestment, DrillingInfo, Turnitin, Campaign Monitor, Ministry Brands and Appriss. He is a member of the Board of Directors for Fanatics, Diligent, 1stdibs, Vela, Chrono24, LetGo, and Wallapop. He represents the firms interests in Despagar, Automattic (WordPress), Yext, SkyTap and Zenefits. Deven was previously a Principal at Berenson Minella & Company, a New York based merchant banking firm where he served on the firm’s M&A Committee. Prior to Berenson Minella, Deven was with The Blackstone Group, where he was involved in both M&A advisory and principal activities. Deven was selected in 2014 by AlwaysOn as a Venture Capital 100 winner for his investments in Twitter and Chegg. He was also selected to be on the 2014, 2015, and 2016 Forbes Midas list. In 2016 he was selected as a Top 100 Venture Capitalist by CB Insights. In 2010 Deven was part of a US delegation of several investors, government representatives, and technology companies that visited Russia to explore investment and technology collaboration opportunities between the United States and Russia. He is a Member of the Technical Advisory Council of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which assists the Commission with developing informed technology policies supporting America’s competitiveness and job creation in the global economy. During the period 2010–2012, Deven served as a Member of the Advisory Board of the U.S. Export-Import Bank which is the official export credit agent of the United States. He was nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2016 to be on the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Board. In 2006, Deven was named a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute, which seeks to develop the next generation of community spirited leaders. He is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Publicolor (which he chaired from 2007 – 2012), a New York City based non-profit organization that focuses on inner city schools. He is a Member of the Board of the Tisch New York MS Research Center. He is a member of the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee for the Ethical Culture Fieldston School. Deven was a member of the Greater NY Partnership, which pairs business executives with non-profit executive directors. The Partnership is an initiative of the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City. Deven is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations as well as the Economic Club of New York. Deven received a BS in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Deven Parekh is a Managing Director at Insight Venture Partners and joined the firm in 2000. Deven manages investments in application software, data and consumer internet businesses globally. Notable previous companies in Deven’s portfolio have included Buddy Media (acquired by SalesForce, NASDAQ: CRM), Chegg (IPO), Football Fanatics (acquired by GSI Commerce, later acquired by eBay), Media Mind (IPO and subsequent sale to DG Fast Channel), Procuri (acquired by Ariba, NASDAQ: ARBA), ECI Solution (sold to Carlyle), Russian Trading System (merged with MICEX), Tumblr (acquired by Yahoo!), Hayneedle (sale to Jet.com), Syncsort (sale to Clearlake Capital), Alibaba (IPO), Twitter (IPO), JD.com (IPO), and Website Pros (IPO). Deven is a global investor, actively working with investments in China, Latin America, Europe and Russia. Deven serves as Board Chair for eVestment, DrillingInfo, Turnitin, Campaign Monitor, Ministry Brands and Appriss. He is a member of the Board of Directors for Fanatics, Diligent, 1stdibs, Vela, Chrono24, LetGo, and Wallapop. He represents the firms interests in Despagar, Automattic (WordPress), Yext, SkyTap and Zenefits. Deven was previously a Principal at Berenson Minella & Company, a New York based merchant banking firm where he served on the firm’s M&A Committee. Prior to Berenson Minella, Deven was with The Blackstone Group, where he was involved in both M&A advisory and principal activities. Deven was selected in 2014 by AlwaysOn as a Venture Capital 100 winner for his investments in Twitter and Chegg. He was also selected to be on the 2014, 2015, and 2016 Forbes Midas list. In 2016 he was selected as a Top 100 Venture Capitalist by CB Insights. In 2010 Deven was part of a US delegation of several investors, government representatives, and technology companies that visited Russia to explore investment and technology collaboration opportunities between the United States and Russia. He is a Member of the Technical Advisory Council of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which assists the Commission with developing informed technology policies supporting America’s competitiveness and job creation in the global economy. During the period 2010–2012, Deven served as a Member of the Advisory Board of the U.S. Export-Import Bank which is the official export credit agent of the United States. He was nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2016 to be on the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Board. In 2006, Deven was named a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute, which seeks to develop the next generation of community spirited leaders. He is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Publicolor (which he chaired from 2007 – 2012), a New York City based non-profit organization that focuses on inner city schools. He is a Member of the Board of the Tisch New York MS Research Center. He is a member of the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee for the Ethical Culture Fieldston School. Deven was a member of the Greater NY Partnership, which pairs business executives with non-profit executive directors. The Partnership is an initiative of the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City. Deven is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations as well as the Economic Club of New York. Deven received a BS in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Lonne Jaffe
Managing Director of Insight Partners
Lonne Jaffe currently works as the Managing Director for Insight Partners. He previously worked at Precisel as the Board Director.
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Anika Agarwal
Managing Director of Insight Partners
Anika Agarwal joined Insight in 2014. She focuses on leveraged buyouts and majority recapitalizations of application and infrastructure software companies. Anika helps lead investments in both high growth and mature software businesses and works with several portfolio companies. Prior to joining Insight, Anika was a member of the investment team at Vista Equity Partners. Anika completed multiple platform and follow on software buyouts in which her role included conducting market and operational due diligence, negotiating agreements, and arranging financing commitments. Anika was active at both the board and company level at portfolio companies advising management teams on operating improvements and add-on acquisitions. Previously Anika was an investment professional at the Mayfield Fund, where she focused on investments in consumer internet companies. Earlier in her career, she worked in the Principal Investment Area at Goldman Sachs and the Technology Investment Banking group at Lehman Brothers. Anika holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BS in Computer Science from Stanford University. She speaks French and Hindi.
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Jeff Lieberman
Managing Director of Insight Partners
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Matt Gatto
Managing Director of Insight Partners
Matt Gatto joined Insight in 2010. Previously he worked in the Global Infrastructure Technology group at Merrill Lynch focusing on Electronic Communications Risk Management in Electronic Communications. Prior to this he was a team member in the PPC Advertising Optimization group at Verizon Information Services. Matt also worked in Hong Kong and Singapore on Deutsche Bank Asia’s Debt Capital Markets and Global Risk Syndicate desks. Matt graduated with high honors from the University of Pennsylvania with a BS in Engineering from the School of Engineering and Applied Science and a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School. Matt’s personal interests include golf and most other sports, the outdoors, trying new foods and craft brews, and travel.
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Thilo Semmelbauer
Managing Director of Insight Partners
Thilo Semmelbauer joined Insight as a Venture Partner in 2015 and works with portfolio companies to accelerate growth, resolve key strategic and operational issues, and build scalable organizations. Thilo also supports new opportunities, with a focus on Internet, subscription, and marketplace businesses. Thilo has been involved in technology ventures for over 25 years, most recently as President and COO of Shutterstock (NYSE: SSTK), a global marketplace for licensing images, videos, and music to businesses worldwide. Under Thilo’s leadership, revenue grew from $60M to over $300M, and the business expanded into new areas, including video, music, and premium imagery. Shutterstock completed a successful IPO in October 2012, and subsequently delivered eight consecutive beat-and-raise quarters as a public company. In the early 1990s, Thilo worked for an internal startup at Motorola, where he launched Motorola’s first consumer wireless “communicator” (the Envoy), and then launched Motorola’s first cable modem for broadband Internet access. In 1996, Thilo joined The Boston Consulting Group, focused on Consumer and Technology strategy, including projects in medical imaging, digital printing, and online retail. While at BCG, he helped launch Sotheby’s online auction business. In 2000, Thilo co-founded and was President & COO of WeightWatchers.com, which became the global leader in online weight loss and was acquired in 2005 by the licensor, Weight Watchers International. Thilo then served as COO of the combined companies, where he oversaw revenue growth from $1.2B to $1.6B through 2008. Thilo lives in NY with his wife, and enjoys traveling, sailing, and photography. He is on the Board of Action Against Hunger, a global humanitarian organization committed to ending world hunger. Thilo holds a dual masters degree from MIT, in Management and Electrical Engineering, from the Leaders for Global Operations program, as well as a BA in Engineering and Computer Science from Dartmouth College, summa cum laude.
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Stephen Ward
Managing Director of Insight Partners
Stephen Ward is a Managing Director at Insight Partners.
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Drew Harman
Managing Director of Insight Partners
Drew has more than 25 years of software startup experience as a strategy, product management and marketing executive. Since 2001, he been an investor and advisor to early-stage technology ventures, including Mainframe 2, Eucalyptus, Framehawk, AppCentral and Readyforce. Drew was also an early investor in insurance software provider Guidewire (NYSE:GWRE) and revenue management vendor Model N (NYSE:MODN). Previously, Drew was with Ariba, where as VP of Product Management he managed a team of 35 product managers across five product lines with annual revenues of $500m. Later, as VP of Corporate Strategy, he defined product strategy and drove M&A activity. He was formerly VP of Marketing for TradingDynamics, which was acquired by Ariba in November 1999. Earlier in his career, Drew held marketing & technical positions at Neuron Data, News Corporation, Zanza Software and Cambridge Technology Group. Drew holds a BA from Harvard College and an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France.
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Ross Devor
Managing Director of Insight Partners
Ross Devor joined Insight in 2013. Ross focuses primarily on leveraged buyouts and majority recapitalizations in both high-growth and mature software businesses. Ross works with several Insight portfolio companies and helps lead new investments across Application and Infrastructure software. Prior to joining Insight, Ross was a member of the investment team at Thoma Bravo. During his tenure Ross completed multiple platform and follow-on software buyouts where his role included leading vertical sourcing initiatives, conducting operational and market due diligence and arranging financing commitments. Post investment, Ross was active at both the Board and company level supporting portfolio company operating improvements and inorganic growth initiatives. Previously Ross worked in the Corporate Finance/ Mergers & Acquisitions group at Morgan Stanley.
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Mark Lessing
Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer of Insight Partners
Mark Lessing joined Insight in 2000 and is currently a Managing Director and the Chief Financial Officer. Mark serves on several of the firm’s executive committees and handles investor relations, including quarterly financial reporting, investor presentations, and communications to limited partners. He was integral to the firm’s efforts in raising its last several investment funds (totaling approximately $2.0 billion in 2011, $1.3 billion in 2007 and $0.7 billion in 2005). Additionally, Mark has been involved in the financial due diligence efforts on many of Insight’s investments since joining the firm in 2000. Subsequent to Insight’s investment in a company, Mark interacts with and supports the CFOs of Insight’s portfolio companies to help them negotiate with lenders, prepare board packages and financial reports, coordinate annual audits and evaluate the impact of new accounting rules. Prior to joining Insight, Mark was a Vice President at Prudential Securities, where he was responsible for a wide range of financial functions, including assessing the firm’s capital requirements, foreign exchange hedging and financial planning issues. Prior to that, Mark worked at J.P. Morgan, as part of the expense management team.
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Ryan Hinkle
Managing Director of Insight Partners
Ryan Hinkle joined Insight in 2003 and has worked across many industries, geographies and deal structures, spanning internet, e-commerce, infrastructure and application software companies in Europe, Australia and North America. Ryan’s investments include growth equity, leverage buyouts, growth buyouts, and platform roll-ups. Current investments include eCommerce companies (Hayneedle, Fanatics, Newegg, Ozsale), mobile solution companies (AdColony, Branding Brand), SaaS/applications software companies (ECi Solutions, Kony Solutions, Smartsheet) and education companies (Chegg, Pluralsight). Ryan also works with Syncsort, a big data infrastructure company. Ryan oversaw Insight’s investments and subsequent acquisitions of Argus Software (acquired by Altus Group Ltd), Football Fanatics (acquired by GSI Commerce, now eBay) and Punch! Software (acquired by Navarre Corporation). Ryan works closely with the executive management of his investments and has stepped in as deputy-CFO on several occasions to help the teams. Ryan is also a key manager of the Analyst program at Insight with responsibility for recruiting, training, and mentoring. Prior to Insight, Ryan began his journey as a lifelong technology enthusiast by developing real-time electricity trading productivity tools with PPL Corporation. Ryan also worked with Morgan Stanley where he observed trader behavior and built software tools to increase their efficiency.
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Stu Phillips
Managing Director of Insight Partners
Stu Phillips is a managing director at Insight Venture Partners. He joined in 2016 with a successful 20 year technology investing track record and almost 20 years’ experience in corporate operating roles. At Insight he serves on the board of directors, or works with DataSift and Ensighten. Prior to Insight, Stu was a general partner at Bay Partners where he was a board member or observer with Bay’s investments in Deis (formerly Engine Yard), Envia Systems, MiMoni, Mulesoft, Vaxart, and AMEC. Prior to their exits, he also managed investments in Covestor (acquired by Interactive Brokers), Eventful (acquired by CBS Local Media), Lending Club (NYSE:LC), Oncomed (NASDAQ: OMED), Zenprise (acquired by Citrix) and Paraccel (acquired by Actina). Earlier in his career, Stu was a founding partner at Ridgelift Ventures and also served as a general partner at US Venture Partners, where he led investments in communications, software and services companies. These included Cacheflow, @Road, Procket Networks, Flyswat, Merlin Networks and Force10 Networks. Before becoming a technology investor, Stu was VP of Central Engineering at Cisco, responsible for the strategy and development of Cisco’s IOS. He previously held leadership positions at Tandem Computers, Logica, and ICL. Stu is a Commercial Pilot and an avid participant in RadioSport (the contesting side of Ham Radio). Stu lives with his wife, Barbara, in Woodside, CA, where the hardest decision is whether to turn left or right when they cycle on the many routes in the area. Stu earned a BS Electronic from Cardiff University in Wales, graduating summa cum laude.
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Nikhil Sachdev
Managing Director of Insight Partners
Nikhil is the Managing Director of Insight Partners and a Board Observer at MURAL. He is also a Board Member of Apprentice.io.
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Eoin Duane
Managing Director of Insight Partners
Eoin Duane currently works as the Managing Director for Insight Partners. He previously worked at Introhive as a Board Member.
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Peter Segall
Managing Director of Insight Partners
Peter is a CEO with a successful track record of growing innovative software and service businesses in the education, human capital management, and healthcare industries. Prior to his role as Managing Director at Insight Venture Partners, Peter led one of Insight’s portfolio company investments, serving as CEO and President of HealthcareSource, a high-growth, leading provider of talent management software to hospitals and other healthcare providers. Before HealthcareSource, Peter served as President North America Higher Education and member of the Senior Executive Team at Blackboard Inc., was EVP Sales and a member of the Board of Directors at WebCT, and a Partner in the Coopers & Lybrand Higher Education Consulting Group. He currently serves on the Board of American Student Assistance and Board of Governors for Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Peter is an expert at building SaaS businesses, and is passionate about growing companies with positive, team-oriented cultures that create meaningful value for all stakeholders: customers, employees, partners and investors. In his role as Managing Director at Insight, Peter evaluates potential investments with the investment team, and serves as mentor and executive coach to Executive teams.
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Laura Jo Snyder Felix
Director, Facilities & Administration of Insight Partners
Laura Jo Snyder Felix currently works as the Director, Facilities & Administration for Insight Partners. She previously worked at Global Thermostat as the Office Manager.
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Nalanie Nath
Senior Director, Sales COE of Insight Partners
Nalanie Nath currently works as the Senior Vice President for Insight Partners. She previously worked at AppNexus as the Director of Global Field Operations.
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Amitha Kurmala
Director, Technical & Strategic Projects of Insight Partners
Amitha joined Insight as a Director on the Data team, focused on managing technical and strategic initiatives. Prior to joining Insight, Amitha was a product manager on the digital team for a flexible workspace startup, Industrious, focused on cross-functional growth projects, including managing their external website and the rollout of their campaign attribution program. Previously, Amitha worked at Novantas, a fintech provider that offers digital solutions to banks to improve their ability to acquire customers and revenue. Amitha specifically provided US and Canadian clients both analytic and strategic support in creating a better-optimized network distribution. Before Novantas, Amitha was a sell-side equity derivative strategist for BNP Paribas and Goldman Sachs. Amitha holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BS in Operations Research from Cornell University.
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Ian Sandler
Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer of Insight Partners
Ian Sandler is the Managing Director and COO of Insight Partner.
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Josh Raines
Director of Data Initiatives of Insight Partners
Josh Raines currently works as the Director of Data Initiatives for Insight Partners. He previously worked at BlackRock as an Associate.
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Merri Castillo
Senior Director, HR Technology & Talent of Insight Partners
Merri Castillo currently works as the Senior Director for Insight Partners. She previously worked at 1960 Family Practice as the Radiology Transcriptionist.
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Charles Holloway
Vice Chairman of Board of Directors of Kleiner Perkins
Charles A. Holloway, an expert in entrepreneurship, manufacturing strategy and technology, was appointed to the SRI International Board in 2003. Holloway has been a faculty member of the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University since 1968 and has served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. In 1990, he founded the Alliance for Innovative Manufacturing (formerly Stanford Integrated Manufacturing Association), a cooperative venture of the Graduate School of Business, School of Engineering, and industrial firms. He is a founding co-director of the Stanford Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, and his research has contributed to the Stanford Global Supply Chain Forum. Holloway is also co-chair of the Stanford Commission on Graduate Education. He serves on the boards of Annuity Systems, Freedom Financial Corporation, and Neato Robots. Prior to his career in education, Holloway was assistant to the technical director of the Naval Reactors Branch of the Atomic Energy Commission and a senior engineer at Bechtel Corporation. Holloway is a co-author of numerous business publications. He holds a Ph.D. and M.S. from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a BSEE from the University of California, Berkeley.
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Anna Lo
Director, Americas of SoftBank Vision Fund
Anna Lo is a manager and co-founder of Softbank’s Bodhi fund, focusing on early-stage companies in China, India and selected Southeast Asia geographies. Lo relocated to the Bay Area in 2013 to be project director of SB Product Group, joint procurement arm for SoftBank Mobile and Sprint (yes I know my mobile phones). She is currently covering global investment activities of SoftBank Group International + Vision Fund. Anna Lo is a pseudo-trans-Pacific commuter but mainly based in the Bay Area.
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Kristin Bannon
Investment Director of SoftBank Vision Fund
Kristin Bannon is an Investment Director at SoftBank Vision Fund.
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Linda Yu
Vice President & Investment Director of SoftBank Vision Fund
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Ted Fike
Director, Americas of SoftBank Vision Fund
Ted Fike is an investment director with the SoftBank Investment Advisers based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ted focuses on investments in consumer technologies and real estate. He is a SoftBank board representative for Wag, and Plenty. (A full list of portfolio companies can be found here.) Ted has held a variety of investing and operating roles during his career. Prior to joining SoftBank Investment Advisers in 2017, he led corporate development and strategy initiatives at Airbnb, which had acquired Tilt, where he was CFO and board director. Before Tilt, Ted was a founding principal of CapitalG, Google’s growth equity investment arm. Earlier at Google, Ted was responsible for acquisitions and investments as part of the corporate development team, as well as a number of Google’s largest technology and telecommunications client relationships within its sales organization. Prior to joining Google, Ted worked in strategy and operations at WebMD, in credit investing at Bain Capital, and in strategy consulting at Boston Consulting Group. Ted graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a BS in economics and concentrations in finance, marketing, and management.
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Luci Fonseca
Principal & Director of Operations of Base10 Partners
Luci Fonseca currently works as a Principal and Director of Operations at Base10 Partners. Previously, she was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company.
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Jeff Chung
Managing Director of AME Cloud Ventures
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Richard Sarnoff
Managing Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Richard Sarnoff brings his extensive experience serving in senior leadership roles, including chief financial officer, and on the boards of directors of media and digital technology companies, and has served on our board of directors since August 2012. Since January 2011, Sarnoff has served as Managing Director and as senior advisor to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., a private equity firm. Previously, Sarnoff was employed by Bertelsmann, a diversified media and services company, where he served as the Co-Chairman of Bertelsmann, Inc. from 2008 to 2011 and the President of Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments from 2006 to 2011. Prior to those roles, Sarnoff served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Random House, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann. Sarnoff also served as a member of the supervisory board of Bertelsmann from 2002 to 2008 and served as a member of the boards of directors of Activision Blizzard from 2005 to 2015,The Princeton Review from 2000 to 2009, of Audible from 2001 to 2008 and of Amdocs from 2009 to 2011. Sarnoff currently serves on the boards of directors of several privately held companies. Sarnoff holds a B.A. in art and archeology from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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Mayo A. Shattuck
Director, Credit of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Mayo A. Shattuck IV (San Francisco) joined KKR in 2008. He leads investments in energy, power, and utilities across the firm’s credit strategies. Mr. Shattuck currently sits on the board of Fortune Creek Midstream. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Shattuck was with Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the investment banking division in both New York and London. While there, he focused on mergers and financings in the industrials and natural resources group. Mr. Shattuck received a B.A. from Williams College and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Mr. Shattuck serves as a director of the Solid Rock Foundation.
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Jamison Ely
Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Jamison C. Ely joined KKR in 2004 and is head of the KKR Strategic Investment Program (“KSIP”), a credit focused direct co-investment strategy. Prior to running KSIP, Mr. Ely was part of the KKR Credit investment team for over 10 years, with direct oversight for $2.5 billion of performing and distressed credit positions across public and private markets. Between 2007 and 2008, Mr. Ely lived in London and worked with a small team to expand KKR Credit internationally. Mr. Ely sits on the Board of Directors for Cengage Learning and Preferred Sands LLC. He graduated from Occidental College with a B.A. in Economics.
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James Rudy
Director, Principal Activities of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
James Rudy (New York) joined KKR in 2008 and is a member of the Corporate Development team. Previously he was a member of the New York Private Equity team. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Rudy was with Bear Stearns & Co., where he was involved in a variety of merger, acquisition and financing transactions. He holds a B.S., summa cum laude, from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.
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Stephen Jordan
Director, Global Head of Tax of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Stephen Jordan (New York) joined KKR in 2014. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Jordan was a tax partner in the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. He received a J.D., cum laude, from SMU Dedman School of Law and an LL.M. in taxation from New York University School of Law.
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Greg Guest
Managing Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Greg Guest (New York) joined KKR in 2007 with a focus on KKR Capital Markets and KKR Private Equity Investors. Currently, Mr. Guest is involved in both debt and equity aspects of capital markets transactions, focusing primarily on developing distribution relationships with major institutional investors, marketing securities offerings, and providing assistance with capital structures. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Guest spent twelve years at Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Most recently he served as managing director in Citigroup’s equity capital markets division covering a mix of global accounts such as Wellington, Gartmore, HBK, Morgan Stanley, T. Rowe Price, and Frontpoint. Mr. Guest began his career at Wellington as a research analyst on the $20 billion Windsor fund run by John Neff and Chuck Freeman covering financials and industrials. He holds a B.A. from Princeton University.
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Cade Thompson
Director, Capital Markets of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Cade Thompson (New York) joined KKR in 2011 as a member of the KKR Capital Markets team. Prior to joining KKR he was a senior member in the Americas Financing Group at Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he focused on leveraged finance capital markets and distribution. Previously, Mr. Thompson held positions with Banc of America Securities and Wachovia Securities. He received a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Georgia.
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Edward Law
Managing Director, Capital Markets of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Edward Law (New York) joined KKR in 2010 and is a member of KKR Capital Markets, focused on providing equity capital markets advice to corporates globally. Mr. Law transferred from London to New York in 2012. He has worked in the industry for over 22 years. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Law was head of Western European Equity Capital Markets at Deutsche Bank. He has also worked in the equity capital markets team at Citigroup Global Markets and at James Capel. He holds a B.A. with honors from Exeter University.
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Terence Gallagher
Managing Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Terence P. Gallagher (New York), a Director on the finance team, joined KKR in 2005. He was previously a Firm Director in the Private Equity Group of Deloitte & Touche LLP. Mr. Gallagher graduated from Pace University in 1986 with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and received a master’s degree in Taxation from Pace University in 1993. He is licensed in the state of New York as a Certified Public Accountant.
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Max Lin
Partner & Director, Private Equity of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Max C. Lin (Menlo Park) joined KKR in 2005 and is a member of the Health Care Industry team within KKR’s Private Equity Platform. He has played a significant role in several investments including Biomet, HCA, PRA, Go Daddy, and The Nielsen Company. Currently, he is on the board of directors of Biomet and PRA. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Lin was with Morgan Stanley where he was involved in a number of mergers, acquisitions, and financing transactions. He holds a B.S. and B.A.S., summa cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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Webster Chua
Director, Principal Activities of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Webster B. Chua (New York) joined KKR in 2006 and is a member of KKR’s Principal Activities team and Head of Strategic Stakes. From 2006 to 2013, he was a member of the private equity team where he was involved with the investments in First Data Corporation, IPREO, Legg Mason, and Visant Corporation. He is currently on the board of directors of Visant Corporation. Prior to joining KKR, he was with Goldman, Sachs & Co. in its technology, media, and telecommunications investment banking group, where he was involved in a number of merger, acquisition, and financing transactions. He holds a B.S., summa cum laude, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Steve Schepps
Director, KKR Capstone of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Steve Schepps (New York) joined KKR Capstone in 2009. Mr. Schepps leads KKR’s Capstone’s Global Cross-Portfolio Indirect Procurement Program. In this role he leverages the combined portfolio spend in commonly purchased indirect (non-inventory) expense areas in order to reduce the costs paid by portfolio companies. Prior to joining KKR Capstone, he was a Director of Consulting Services at CGI Inc, and a Vice President at Silver Oak Partners, Inc. Previously, he was a strategy consultant at the Mitchell Madison Group and served as a Captain and Senior Pilot in the U.S. Air Force. Mr. Schepps holds a B.S. with honors from CCNY and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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John Park
Director, Private Equity of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
John Park (Menlo Park) joined KKR in 2013 and is a member of the Technology industry team. He is currently a member of the board of directors of SunGard Data Systems, Mitchell International, Internet Brands and GoDaddy, and is also involved with KKR’s investments in Ping Identity, Ticket Monster and Cylance. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Park was with Apax Partners, where he focused on investments in technology and participated in transactions involving Epicor Software Corporation, Activant Solutions, Paradigm Geophysical and Sophos. Previously, Mr. Park was a member of the mergers & acquisitions practice at Morgan Stanley. Mr. Park holds an A.B., cum laude, in Economics from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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Waldemar Szlezak
Managing Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Waldemar Szlezak currently serves as a Managing Director in the private equity group of Soros Fund Management LLC (“SFM”). Prior to joining SFM, he worked at Soros Private Equity Investors and prior to that, in the Mergers & Acquisition Investment Banking group at Credit Suisse First Boston in New York. Mr. Szlezak currently serves on the board of directors of Guinness Peat Group plc, Coats plc, Hyperoptic Ltd, TowerCo 2013 LLC, Helios Towers Africa Ltd, ExteNet Systems Inc., Quattro Consultoria em Telecomunicacoes Ltda, and GSRP LLC. He earned his B.S. in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research from Columbia University in New York, NY and his B.A. in Mathematics from Knox College in Galesburg, IL.
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Blaine MacDougald
Director & Co-head of Credit Research, Credit of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Blaine MacDougald (New York) joined KKR in 2011 and serves as Co-Head of Credit Research for Credit. In addition, he is responsible for covering a number of sectors for Credit and for managing several pools of opportunistic capital. Mr. MacDougald is also a member of Credit’s Portfolio Management Committee. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. MacDougald was a vice president with the Credit Opportunities Group at D.E. Shaw & Co, where he invested in public and private equity and credit opportunities. Previously, he was an associate at RBC Capital Markets. He earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Queen’s University, and is a CFA Charterholder.
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Doug Tapley
Director, KKR Capital Solutions Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Doug Tapley (San Francisco) joined KKR in 2006 and is part of the Capital Solutions Group focusing on private debt origination and syndication for KKR’s credit platform and for MerchCap Solutions. He has overseen credit investments across a broad range of sectors including retail/consumer, healthcare, media, business services, technology, and industrial businesses. Mr. Tapley brings more than thirteen years of investment experience to his position at KKR. Previously Mr. Tapley was a vice president at GE Capital where he underwrote and led debt transactions for sponsored buyouts in the media, communications, and healthcare sectors. Prior to his tenure with GE Capital, Mr. Tapley worked as a management consultant in the telecommunications and technology sectors. Mr. Tapley holds a B.A. from Rice University, an M.B.A. from Yale University, and is a C.F.A. charterholder.
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Patrick Devine
Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Patrick Devine joined North Bridge Growth Equity as an Associate in 2013. Patrick focuses on seeking out compelling growth investment opportunities in the technology and technology enabled services sectors. He enjoys meeting passionate entrepreneurs and identifying businesses whose current trajectory and strategy can benefit from a Growth Equity partnership with North Bridge
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Dev Gopalan
Director, Credit of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Dev Gopalan (New York) joined KKR in 2010 and is a Director in KKR Credit and serves as head of U.S. Private Credit. Previously, Mr. Gopalan worked at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board as a principal in private investments and private debt. Prior to that, he worked for Barclays Capital, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan Chase in high yield capital markets as well as high yield/leverage loan research covering a variety of sectors. He currently sits on the board of directors of LCI Helicopters Limited, Battery Point Trust, LLC, Towergate Insurance Limited and DCAL Aviation Finance Limited and serves on the limited partner advisory committee of Star Mountain Multi-Manager Credit Platform, LP. Mr. Gopalan is also on the board of Rebound Hounds, a non-profit organization. He has a M.A. in International Finance from Brandeis University and a B.S. from Georgetown University.
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Janice Cook Roberts
Director, Client and Partner Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Janice Cook Roberts (New York) joined KKR in 2007 and is a member of KKR’s Client and Partner Group. Prior to joining KKR, Ms. Roberts was co-CEO of the New York City Investment Fund. Ms. Roberts focused on developing the strategy of this civic venture fund, identification and execution of transactions and monitoring portfolio companies. Previously, Ms. Roberts was an executive director in MCA/Universal’s Home Entertainment Group (now owned by Comcast) and was with Bankers Trust in its corporate finance department. Ms. Roberts earned a B.A. from Amherst College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Ms. Roberts serves on the board of directors of The Robert Toigo Foundation.
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Usman Rabbani
Managing Director & Director, KKR Capstone of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Usman Rabbani (Menlo Park) joined KKR Capstone in 2015. Mr. Rabbani leads technology related value creation efforts across the private equity portfolio and works with the Technology industry team on evaluating new investments. Previously, he was a partner at McKinsey & Company focused on the high tech sector and the enterprise IT function. Before that, he spent 10 years in software engineering and operational roles as Founder and CTO of a cloud video surveillance platform, as an enterprise IT architect at Pfizer, as a tech team lead at Scient, and as a software developer at Massachusetts General Hospital. Mr. Rabbani earned an M.B.A. at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, an M.S. in Computer Science at Harvard University, and a B.A. in Computer Science and Psychology at Yale University.
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Dashiell Lane
Director, Energy & Infrastructure of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Dashiell Lane (Houston) joined KKR in 2011 and is a member of the Energy & Infrastructure team. During his time at the firm, he has been involved in the firm’s asset-level oil and gas strategy, including investments with Comstock Resources and EXCO Resources. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Lane was with First Reserve Corporation and was directly involved in numerous investments, with a particular focus in oilfield equipment, manufacturing and services and North American upstream oil & gas. Prior to joining First Reserve, he was with Lehman Brothers in its natural resources investment banking group where he was involved in a number of corporate advisory transactions and financings. He holds a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Texas. Mr. Lane sits on the board of directors for the Small Steps Nurturing Center in Houston, Texas.
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Philip Kim
Managing Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Philip Kim (New York) joined KKR in 2012 and is a member of KKR Capital Markets. Mr. Kim is responsible for managing the firm’s interest rate and foreign exchange exposure. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Kim was with Morgan Stanley in its corporate derivatives group. He holds a B.A. from Stanford University.
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Henry C. Hager
Director, Client and Partner Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Henry C. Hager (New York) joined KKR in 2011 and is a member of the Client and Partner Group. He has been involved in the Firm’s global capital raising activities and currently works as a product specialist focused on energy and infrastructure. Prior to joining KKR, he was with Constellation Energy in its corporate strategy and development group, where he was involved in a number of merger, acquisition, and other corporate advisory transactions. He holds an M.B.A. from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia and a B.S. from Wake Forest University. Mr. Hager is an active board member of the Building Conservation Trust.
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Felix Gernburd
Managing Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
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Vincent Letteri
Managing Director, TMT Growth Equity of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Vincent E. Letteri (Menlo Park) is a member of the TMT team, focusing on growth equity. Mr. Letteri originally joined KKR Capstone in 2007 before becoming a part of KKR’s TMT team in 2015. While at KKR Capstone he worked across a number of KKR portfolio companies including US Foods, Oriental Brewery, MMI, Yageo, and First Data. Mr. Letteri transferred to the Hong Kong office from 2009 to 2011 to assist in developing KKR Capstone’s Asia operations and to work with portfolio companies in the region. He also co-led KKR’s Green Portfolio Program from 2009 to 2012. Prior to KKR Capstone, Mr. Letteri worked for Nike, Inc., and McKinsey & Company in Boston, where he focused on private equity, retail, and consumer goods companies. He holds a B.A. with honors from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.
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Kyle Matter
Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Kyle Matter (Menlo Park) joined KKR Capstone in 2010. Prior to joining KKR Capstone.
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Anthony C. Hass
Managing Director, Client and Partner Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Anthony C. Hass (New York) joined KKR in 2003 and is a member of KKR Client and Partner Group. Mr. Hass is involved in institutional investor coverage and capital raising activities. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Hass was with Deutsche Bank, Bankers Trust, and Lehman Brothers. Mr. Hass holds a B.A. from Trinity College and an M.B.A. from the Anderson School at UCLA.
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Saul Kopelowitz
Private Equity Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Saul Kopelowitz (New York) joined KKR in 2015 and is a member of the Technology, Media & Telecommunications industry team. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Kopelowitz was with The Carlyle Group, where he worked on investments in the financial services sector. Prior to Carlyle, he was a member of the financial institutions group at J.P. Morgan, focusing on financial technology companies and banks. Mr. Kopelowitz holds a B.S.B.A., summa cum laude, from the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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J.B. Kiley
Director, Client and Partner Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
J.B. Kiley (New York) joined KKR in 2009 and is a relationship manager in the Client and Partner Group. Prior to joining KKR, he was an alternative investment product specialist within Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Before joining GSAM, Mr. Kiley was a relationship manager in the pension solution groups of both Lehman Brothers and Morgan Stanley. Mr. Kiley has worked with institutional investors on issues related to alternative investments, synthetic beta solutions, complex portfolio restructurings, and ALM since 1999. Mr. Kiley received a B.A. in Economics from Washington and Lee University.
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Steve Codispoti
Director, Finance of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Steven Codispoti (New York) joined KKR in 2012 and is a Director in the Finance department responsible for Private Fund Business Operations. Prior to joining KKR, he was the chief financial officer for BAML Capital Partners, also known as Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity. It was at Merrill Lynch where he spent the prior 16 years holding a variety of roles within the global private equity division. He holds a B.A. in Accounting from Pace University.
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George Mueller
Managing Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
George Mueller (New York) joined KKR in 2009 and is a member of KKR Capital Markets. Prior to joining KKR, he worked at Barclays Capital where he worked in high yield credit research, credit trading, and capital markets with a focus on high yield, leveraged loan, and mezzanine transactions. Mr. Mueller holds a B.A., magna cum laude, from Vanderbilt University.
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John Hockin
Managing Director, Private Equity of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
John C. Hockin (Menlo Park) joined KKR in 2015 to work within the private equity group and focus on its public equity investment effort. He joins from Golden Gate Capital where he was Co-Head of Public Equities from 2010-2015. Prior to Golden Gate, he spent fifteen years at J.H. Whitney & Co. where he devoted the first ten years to the private equity side of the business and the last five years to managing the Whitney Green River hedge fund. He started his career in the investment banking group at Morgan Stanley in New York. In college, he successfully launched and sold a baseball hat company called J&J Lids. He holds a B.A. in Economics (cum laude) from Yale University and an M.B.A. from Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Arjay Miller Scholar).
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Jeff Van Horn
Managing Director, Credit of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Jeffrey B. Van Horn (San Francisco) joined KKR in 2004. Mr. Van Horn is a Managing Director and the Chief Financial Officer of KKR’s Credit business. Previously, he was the Co-Head of the KKR Global Tax Team and the KKR Global Public Markets Tax Director. Mr. Van Horn is also the Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President and Director of Tax of KKR Financial Holdings LLC. He previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of KKR Financial Holdings LLC from May 2006 to November 2010. Before joining KKR, Mr. Van Horn worked in various finance positions, including senior vice president of Investments and Chief Financial Officer of AvalonBay Communities, Inc. and its predecessor, Bay Apartment Communities, Inc., respectively. Prior to that, he was a tax partner with Arthur Andersen LLP serving clients in the real estate, leasing, private equity, and REIT industries. Mr. Van Horn was also a member of Arthur Andersen’s firmwide Partnership and REIT Tax Specialty Teams. He graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Business Administration from California State University, Stanislaus. Mr. Van Horn is also a California licensed Certified Public Accountant.
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Billy Butcher
Director, Real Estate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Billy Butcher (New York) joined KKR in 2004 and is a member of the real estate team. Prior to helping to establish the firm’s dedicated real estate business, Mr. Butcher worked in the Firm’s corporate private equity business, including moving to Tokyo in 2006 and 2007 to assist in developing KKR’s pan-Asian operations. Prior to joining KKR, he was at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in its technology, media and telecommunications investment banking group, where he was involved in a number of merger, acquisition, and financing transactions. He holds an A.B., summa cum laude, from Princeton University, and an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where he was the Henry Ford II Scholar and an Arjay Miller Scholar.
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Daniel McLaughlin
Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Daniel McLaughlin (San Francisco) joined KKR in 2009 and is a member of the Client and Partner Group..
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Brandon Donnenfeld
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Helenmarie Rodgers
Managing Director, KKR Prisma of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Helenmarie Rodgers (New York) joined KKR Prisma, which previously conducted business as Prisma Capital Partners LP, in 2004. Ms. Rodgers is part of the Client and Partner Group, focusing on customized hedge fund solutions. Prior to joining KKR Prisma, she was a managing director of institutional client management at J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management. Previously, Ms. Rodgers was managing director and head of worldwide marketing and product development for Chase Alternative Asset Management, the predecessor firm to J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management. Formerly, she was a portfolio specialist for several funds of hedge funds and feeder funds at Union Bancaire Privee, Geneva, Switzerland. Ms. Rodgers’ rior career positions include: senior vice president for the World Gold Council in Geneva, Switzerland; vice president at Salomon Brothers, NY in the pension consulting, real estate corporate finance and fixed income capital markets groups; and corporate lending officer at Continental Bank in Chicago. Ms. Rodgers holds a B.A. degree from Tulane University and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
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Karr Narula
Director, KKR Capstone of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Karr Narula (Menlo Park) joined KKR Capstone in 2007. Since joining KKR Capstone, Mr. Narula has worked closely with KKR’s investments in Biomet, Energy Future Holdings, Intelligence, Harden Healthcare, Pharmaceutical Research Associates, Research Pharmaceutical Services, Air Medical Group Holdings, and Panasonic Healthcare. Mr. Narula actively works with KKR’s Healthcare industry team and is also involved in KKR’s portfolio wellness and consumer-driven health initiatives. Previously, he was with Bain & Company, where he worked across a number of industries including logistics, retail consumer products, high-tech OEM, and private equity. Mr. Narula also worked in corporate M&A for Harrah’s Entertainment on the acquisition and integration of Caesars and in HIG Capital’s private equity group, executing private equity transactions. He holds a B.S. with distinction from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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Lesley Nurse
Director, Client and Partner Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Lesley Nurse (New York) joined KKR in 2010 and is a member of KKR’s Client and Partner group. Prior to joining KKR, she was managing director and head of consultant relations at PineBridge Investments (formerly AIG Investments) focused on the cultivation and development of relationships within the investment consultant community. Ms. Nurse’s prior experience includes consultant relations, sales and marketing roles at Deutsche Asset Management and PaineWebber. She holds a B.S. with honors from the Pennsylvania State University and is a CFA Charterholder.
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Peggy Shaughnessy
Managing Director, Business Operations of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Peggy Shaughnessy (New York) joined KKR in 2012 as the Global Head of Office Operations. She is responsible for the management and integration of internal operations across the world. She also oversees the execution of all Investor events globally throughout the year. Ms. Shaughnessy joined from Goldman Sachs with considerable operational and managerial experience across a wide range of support activities, functions and regions over the course of her 20 years there, most recently as managing director and global head of hospitality and retail operations. She serves on the board of The Great Oaks Foundation, a non-profit organization founded with the mission of supporting the achievement of public school students.
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Mariko M. Uyeda
Director, Client and Partner Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Mariko M. Uyeda (San Francisco) joined KKR in 2004 and is a member of the Client and Partner Group, and previously she was a member of the fixed income division at KKR. Ms. Uyeda graduated with a B.A. from the University of California, San Diego.
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Amanda Siegel Lansky
Managing Director, Customized Portfolio Solutions of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
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Craig Larson
Managing Director, Investor Relations of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Craig Larson (New York) is the Head of Investor Relations for KKR and leads KKR’s efforts to engage with public investors and industry analysts. Prior to this role, Mr. Larson was a member of the Client and Partner Group. Mr. Larson joined KKR in 2009 after spending 17 years at Citigroup Global Markets Inc. where he was a managing director in the global communications franchise. While at Citigroup, Mr. Larson played a leading role on a broad array of merger and acquisition and financing assignments for global media and telecommunications clients. Mr. Larson graduated with a B.A. with honors from Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada.
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Paul Wasserman
Director, Real Estate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Paul Wasserman (Houston) joined KKR in 2014 and is responsible for KKR’s real estate asset management and portfolio management activities. Prior to joining KKR, he was with Och-Ziff Capital Management, Inc. in New York where he was head of asset management, responsible for establishing and running asset management and for asset-level operational oversight of the firm’s real estate funds as well as spearheading certain acquisition opportunities. Previously, he was an acquisition and asset management professional at Time Equities, Inc. where he acquired and managed a diverse portfolio of office industrial, retail, residential, and development assets in the U.S. and Canada. Mr. Wasserman has also held real estate positions with Workspeed, Jones Lang LaSalle, and the NYC Department of Design and Construction. He is a council member of the Urban Land Institute and received his B.A. with honors from Trinity College.
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Jill Henn
Director, Human Resources of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Jill Henn (San Francisco/Menlo Park) joined KKR in 2010 in Human Resources. Prior to joining KKR, Ms. Henn spent over 11 years in a wide range of HR roles. Ms. Henn came to KKR from Cerberus Capital Management, most recently as HR director for the capital markets business at GMAC (a Cerberus portfolio company) and before that as the director of talent management and director of recruitment for Cerberus. Earlier in her career, Ms. Henn had a variety of HR roles at General Electric and HRfirst. Ms. Henn holds a Bachelors of Science from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
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Mike Shea
Director, Finance of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Michael T. Shea (New York) joined KKR in 2008 and is a Director in the Finance Department responsible for public company financial accounting and reporting. Prior to joining KKR, he was a manager within the Assurance Practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy and a Minor in Management Information Systems from Villanova University. He is also a Certified Public Accountant.
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Donna Heitzman
Director, Hedge Funds of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Donna Heitzman (New York) joined KKR Prisma, which previously conducted business as Prisma Capital Partners LP, in 2004. Ms. Heitzman is a Portfolio Manager, with a specific focus on event, credit, and distressed hedge fund strategies. Prior to joining KKR Prisma, she served as a portfolio manager in the capital market strategies group at AEGON facilitating the portfolio’s significant growth and broad diversification across all hedge fund strategies with a specialty in researching and implementing new strategies. Prior to this role and also at AEGON USA, she served as the director of private placements, responsible for credit research and private placement production and as director of the financial division, where she was responsible for fixed income investment portfolio analysis. Previously, she was an audit supervisor at Coopers and Lybrand, specializing in the manufacturing and financial institution sectors of both publicly held and privately owned clients. Ms. Heitzman received a B.S. in Accounting, with high honors, from the University of Louisville. She is also a CFA Charterholder and a Certified Public Accountant.
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Billy Fisher
Director, Finance of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
William B. Fisher (San Francisco) joined KKR in 2004 and brings more than 30 years of diversified management experience to his position as Chief Investment Operations Officer at KKR. Prior to joining our operations team, Mr. Fisher served as Managing Director at myCFO, Inc., a startup wealth management firm representing more than $20 billion in AUM. Prior to that, he served as President and Chief Executive Office at Furthco, a privately-held company, managing a conglomeration of businesses and investments. He holds a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Arkansas.
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Mohani Singh
Director, Finance of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Mohani D. Singh (New York), a Director in Finance on the Private Markets – Funds team, joined KKR in 1998. Prior to joining KKR, Mrs. Singh was a Tax Manager with the tax practice office of Deloitte & Touche. Mrs. Singh graduated from Baruch College with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in Accountancy in 1991 and an M.B.A. in Taxation in 1993. She is licensed in the state of New York as a Certified Public Accountant.
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John Reed
Director, Credit of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
John M. Reed (San Francisco) joined KKR in 2008 and is a member of Credit, serving as the Head of Credit Trading. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Reed was a director at Bear Stearns & Co. in their institutional fixed income department. Previously, he was an analyst at BNY Capital Markets in the syndicated loan, private placement and high yield groups, and also worked in the asset strategies group and The Office of Management & Budget of New York City. Mr. Reed received a B.A. in Business Administration and Psychology from the University of South Carolina and a Global Professional M.B.A. from the Fordham University School of Business Administration.
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Thomas Kim
Director & Global Risk Manager, KKR Capstone of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Thomas Kim (New York) joined KKR Capstone in 2010 as Principal & Global Risk Manager.
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Nicholas Zeitlin
Director, KKR Capstone of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Nicholas Zeitlin (New York) joined the firm in 2005 and is a Director in KKR Capstone. He moved to the London office in 2011 and returned to New York in 2014. At KKR Capstone, Mr. Zeitlin has worked with many of the KKR industry teams – including Financial Services, Industrials, Technology, Media, and Health Care – and KKR portfolio companies – including Avago, First Data, Lake Region Medical, Nielsen, SunGard Availability Services, and Tarkett. He has also helped to launch several KKR portfolio initiatives, including Strategic Sourcing and Innovation. He previously worked for McKinsey & Company in New York where he focused on the high technology, telecommunications, and healthcare industries. Mr. Zeitlin holds a B.A. with honors from Harvard University.
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