Brighton Park is an investment firm that specializes in software, information services, and technology-enabled services. They partner with exceptional management teams and use their decades of operating experience to help them build world-class companies. They help their companies attract unique talent, develop market-leading products, build highly productive sales organizations, and connect better with customers through the use of technology.

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Bill Ready joined [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital) as a Senior Advisor in March 2019. Bill is currently the President of Commerce at Google. Prior to joing Google, Bill was the Chief Operating Officer of [PayPal](/org/paypal) and was responsible for product, technology and engineering as well as the end-to-end customer experiences for [PayPal](/org/paypal)’s consumer, merchant, [Braintree](/org/braintree), Venmo, Paydiant and Xoom businesses. In addition, Bill was senior member of [PayPal](/org/paypal)’s executive team responsible for delivering on revenue and profit goals and key operational objectives for the company globally.

Bill joined [PayPal](/org/paypal) in 2013 as CEO of [Braintree](/org/braintree) and Venmo, which [PayPal](/org/paypal) acquired for $800 million. Prior to [Braintree](/org/braintree), Bill was Executive in Residence at Accel Partners, a venture capital and growth equity firm. Bill also served as president of iPay Technologies and as a strategy consultant for [McKinsey & Company](/org/mckinsey-company), where he advised leading financial technology companies, and was an early engineer at two other successful start-ups: Emphesys (merged with Humana in 2001) and Netzee (IPO November 1999).

Bill holds an MBA from [Harvard Business School](/org/harvard-business-school) and a bachelor's degree in information systems and finance from the [University of Louisville](/org/university-of-louisville). He currently serves on the board of ADP, a global provider of cloud-based Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions.

Bill Ready

John Heyman joined [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital) as a Senior Advisor in May 2019. John is currently the Chief Executive Officer of SnapAv, a vertically integrated distributor of audio-visual products for commercial and home use, and has held that position since January 2015. He has been the Chief Executive Officer at Wirepath LLC since 2014. Mr. Heyman co-founded Actuate Partners, LLC in 2011 and has been its Partner since 2011.

Mr. Heyman serves as an Executive Chairman of MEDSEEK, Inc. Since 2012, he has served on the Board of Influence Health, Inc., which provides software and services to healthcare marketers and clinicians, and served as its executive chair from 2013-2014. Mr. Heyman served as the Chief Executive Officer of Radiant Systems, Inc. from January 2002 to August 24, 2011 and served as its Co-Chief Executive Officer since January 2002, Chief Financial Officer from 1995 to January 2003, Executive Vice President from September 1995 to December 2001, Senior Vice President and President of Radiant Ventures.

Mr. Heyman holds an M.B.A. from [Harvard Business School](/org/harvard-business-school) and a BBA degree in Accounting from the [University of Georgia](/org/university-of-georgia).

John Heyman

Peter Bisson joined [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital) as a Senior Advisor in May 2019. Peter is a former Senior Director at [McKinsey & Company](/org/mckinsey-company) where he was the Global TMT Sector Leader and a Shareholders Council member. Peter served clients in a range of industries including Telecommunications, High-Tech, and Media. His primary focus was on corporate and business strategy, marketing, technology development, M&A and corporate restructuring. Peter joined McKinsey in 1983 and worked there for 33 years.

Peter holds an MBA from [Harvard Business School](/org/harvard-business-school) where he was a Baker Scholar and won the Ford Award for outstanding academic performance. He also received his BA from [Dartmouth College](/org/dartmouth).

Peter Bisson

Barbara Ferrone is an Executive Assistant at [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital). Prior to joining BPC in July 2020, Barb spent 9 years at Traxys North America, a metals, minerals, and mining company. There she was Executive Assistant to the Group CFO as well as the Payroll and Benefits Administrator. Prior to that, Barb spent 12 years as the Executive Assistant to the CEO of Littlejohn & Co., a Private Equity and Special Situations investor in Greenwich.

Barbara attended Sacred Heart University and is a graduate of Katharine Gibbs School.

Barbara Ferrone

Catherine Wallis is a Partner, the Director of Operations and Deputy Chief Compliance Officer at [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital). Catherine’s primary responsibilities include business operations, information technology, compliance, human resources, and marketing.

Prior to joining Brighton Park in 2019, Catherine worked at [General Atlantic](/org/general-atlantic). Prior to [General Atlantic](/org/general-atlantic), Catherine spent five years working in the New York advertising industry where she was responsible for managing agency/client relationships and overseeing advertising campaign development. Catherine holds a BA in Communications from [Brigham Young University](/org/brigham-young-university).

Catherine Wallis

Judith Michelle Williams joined [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital) as a Senior Advisor in August of 2020. Judith has been at the forefront of the culture change movement in technology and entertainment – with a deep focus on analytics and strategies to identify and disrupt bias in social systems and corporate culture.

Judith joined SAP in September 2018 as Head of People Sustainability and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer leading both diversity and inclusion and business health programs at SAP.

Previously, she ran an organization which consults with start-ups, venture capitalists, and accelerators on embedding diversity and inclusion into the foundations of their organizational cultures. Judith has also been instrumental in the development of the ReFrame Project, a partnership between the [Sundance Institute](/org/sundance-institute) and Women and Film. The project addresses systemic barriers in the Hollywood ecosystem, and encourages gender parity at every level in film, TV and media.

Prior to that as Global Head of Diversity for [Dropbox](/org/dropbox), Judith was responsible for all diversity and inclusion programs, as well as corporate social responsibility. Her efforts increased the pipeline of women and underrepresented minorities at [Dropbox](/org/dropbox), creating a more inclusive corporate culture and forming deeper ties into the communities where the company operates.

In addition, Judith was the Diversity Programs Manager at Google where she directed the unconscious bias work stream, and built strategies for recruiting, retention, and advancement of the company’s technical employees. She was instrumental in implementing Google’s widely praised unconscious bias training program which was the first to call out hidden prejudices as a major contributor to the systemic lack of diversity in the tech industry.

Judith Williams

Alison Gleeson joined [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital) as a Senior Advisor in September 2019. Ms. Gleeson is the former SVP of the Americas of [Cisco](/org/cisco), responsible for more than $25 billion in annual sales. During Ms. Gleeson’s 20 years at [Cisco](/org/cisco), she led several top-performing organizations by focusing on a customer-first mentality, data-driven initiatives, and forward-looking strategies.

Ms. Gleeson maintains a commitment to professional development and inclusion and diversity in the workplace. In 2018, she received Connected World’s “Woman of IoT” award for her role in advancing the field. In 2017, she received Diversity Best Practice’s “Above and Beyond Legacy Award” and Michigan Council for Women in Technology’s “Woman of the Year Award” for her work in advancing women in IT roles.

Ms. Gleeson also serves on the Global 50 Board and the Broad College of Business Alumni Board for her alma mater, [Michigan State University](/org/michigan-state-university).

Alison Gleeson

Keith Sherin joined [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital) as a Senior Advisor in May of 2019. Keith most recently served as Vice Chairman of [General Electric](/org/general-electric) and Chief Executive Officer of [General Electric](/org/general-electric) Capital Corp. where he developed and executed a plan to divest the majority of GE Capital’s assets. Previously, Keith held the position of Chief Financial Officer at GE for 14 years where he provided critical leadership in the area of mergers and acquisitions. Prior to that, Keith held various other financial roles at GE beginning in 1981 including CFO of GE Medical Systems, CFO of GE Plastics Europe and CFO of GE Commercial Aviation.

Mr. Sherin currently serves as a member of Columbia Business School Board of Overseers, [University of Notre Dame](/org/university-of-notre-dame) Mendoza Business School advisory council, BuildOn global advisory council, and Mt. Sinai Urology advisory council. Mr. Sherin is also a Director at Team Health.

Keith earned his B.A. from the [University of Notre Dame](/org/university-of-notre-dame) and an M.B.A. from [Columbia University](/org/columbia-university).

Keith Sherin

Jeff Machlin is a Partner at [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital) and a member of the Investment Committee. Prior to joining [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital), Jeff was a Vice President with [General Atlantic](/org/general-atlantic), a global growth equity firm that manages approximately $28 billion. At [General Atlantic](/org/general-atlantic), Jeff led and managed investments across technology and tech enabled services companies including [HireRight](/org/hireright), General Information Services, [Automation Anywhere](/org/automation-anywhere), and [EN Engineering](/org/en-engineering-llc). While at [General Atlantic](/org/general-atlantic), Jeff helped incubate the firm’s sourcing analyst program which originated thematically-driven proprietary investment opportunities on a global basis.

Prior to [General Atlantic](/org/general-atlantic), Jeff was an investor with [TA Associates](/org/ta-associates) where he covered a number of sectors including business services, financial services, and financial technology. At [TA Associates](/org/ta-associates), Jeff was involved in multiple investments including [ZoomInfo](/org/zoominfo) (NASDAQ: ZI) and [Russell Investments](/org/russell-investments). Jeff began his career in Citigroup’s Investment Banking division where he focused on mergers and acquisitions for asset managers and financial technology companies.

Jeff received an MBA from The Wharton School at the [University of Pennsylvania](/org/university-of-pennsylvania) and graduated from the [University of Miami](/org/university-of-miami) with a BBA in Finance with honors.

Jeff Machlin

Eric Spiegel joined [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital) as a Senior Advisor in January of 2019. Eric is the former President and CEO of Siemens USA (retired December 31, 2016) and was responsible for growing the business in the company’s largest market.

Eric has been operating as a Special Advisor for [General Atlantic](/org/general-atlantic), a large, growth-oriented Private Equity Firm. For [General Atlantic](/org/general-atlantic), he recently led (as interim CEO) the formation of a Healthcare startup named [OneOncology](/org/oneoncology). The company is focused on providing practice management services to community Oncology patient practices across the U.S. He is also the Executive Chairman of the Board of [EN Engineering](/org/en-engineering-llc) (a [General Atlantic](/org/general-atlantic) Company), a leading engineering services firm serving the automation, utility and oil and gas industries.

Eric joined Siemens in January 2010 after 25 years of global consulting experience at Booz Allen Hamilton in the Power, Oil and Gas, Chemicals, Water, Retail, Pharmaceuticals and Automotive markets.

Eric holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at [Dartmouth College](/org/dartmouth) where he was an Edward Tuck Scholar and received his A.B. with Honors in Economics from [Harvard University](/org/harvard). He is a Director of Liberty Mutual Holding Company Inc. (Chairman of Audit Committee) and, [Dover Corporation](/org/dover-corporation) (Chairman of the Finance Committee).

Eric Spiegel

Lisa Hammitt is a 28-year veteran in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data, with a track record of building $100M+ businesses. Lisa is currently the Global Vice President of Artificial Intelligence and Data at VISA, sits on the board of directors for [Clear Channel Outdoor](/org/clear-channel-outdoor) (NYSE: CCO), and chairs the board of Beseeq, Inc., an AI-driven start-up.

Before VISA and Beseeq, Lisa ran Watson at IBM and held senior positions in AI and Data at [Salesforce](/org/salesforce) and HP. She is an advisor to the University of California at San Francisco Medical Center and is a member of the Executive Committee for IEEE’s Privacy by Design workstream. Lisa is the primary inventor of a broad patent titled “Ontology-Driven Information System” and has other patents pending related to assessing engagement with digital advertising and deep learning using convolutional neural networks. She has degrees from [UC Berkeley](/org/uc-berkeley) and has completed graduate-level AI coursework at Stanford and executive education at Harvard.

Lisa Hammitt

Ed Glassman joined [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital) as a Senior Advisor in March of 2021. Ed has worked at the intersection of business and technology, with a focus on how new solutions can help drive massive change in the way customer problems are solved at scale. From transforming global drug development to changing the way money and information are connected and delivered around the world, his passion for the possible and a drive to make big things happen has been a recipe for impact. He is currently the President of Canyon Group, an advisory firm dedicated to helping Private Equity firms find and develop great Fintechs into very high performance companies.

At [Mastercard](/org/mastercard), he lead the global Commercial B2B business, responsible for strategy, business development, product and services world-wide. The growth in this business lead [Mastercard](/org/mastercard) to double-down on B2B, making it a central pillar of their corporate strategy. He was also responsible for all customers in North America in B2B, Cobrand, Fintech Services, Prepaid and Wealth Management, supporting some of the largest banks in the US and many of the fastest growing, most innovative companies in the market.

Ed has held senior management positions in Commercial Banking at Citibank, [ABN AMRO](/org/abn-amro) and Royal Bank of Scotland. His responsibilities have included both business and technology areas including global development and delivery of Treasury Products and Services for clients around the world. Ed lead the Commercial Cards platform at Citibank. Then as head of Global Product Development for GTS at Citibank, he lead the development, deployment and mass commercialization of CitiDirect across the world. This market-leading commercial e-banking solution delivered both traditional and new GTS products and services to customers in every geography. At [ABN AMRO](/org/abn-amro), he lead the global product organization in its stellar growth, helping [ABN AMRO](/org/abn-amro) to become one of the pre-eminent GTS banks in the world and the “jewel in the crown” of the firm. He also served as Chief Information Officer for the GTS businesses at [ABN AMRO](/org/abn-amro) and RBS.

Ed has also worked in Corporate roles at IBM and Pfizer where he was head of Corporate Head of IT Strategy. Ed earned Bachelors and Masters degrees from MIT. He lives in Westchester, NY, enjoys skiing, golf and is actively involved in his community.

Ed Glassman

Andrew Camel is a Vice President at [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital). Andrew’s primary responsibilities include identifying new thematic hypotheses, deal sourcing, executing due diligence on prospective investments, and working with portfolio companies.

Prior to joining Brighton Park in 2019, Andrew was a member of the investment team at 8VC, a venture capital firm focused on investing in early stage B2B software and biotech companies. Prior to 8VC, Andrew worked as an Analyst at [General Atlantic](/org/general-atlantic). Andrew studied Computer Science at Washington University in St. Louis.

Andrew Camel

Tim is a Vice President at [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital). Prior to joining BPC in September of 2019, Tim was an Associate at [Berkshire Partners](/org/berkshire-partners), a Boston-based private equity firm, focusing on private equity investments in technology, communications, business services, and consumer retail. He split his time between transaction due diligence and working with portfolio company management teams in an operating capacity. Prior to Berkshire, Tim was a Senior Associate Consultant at [Bain & Company](/org/bain) in the Chicago office.

Tim graduated from the [University of Oxford](/org/university-of-oxford) in 2014 with an MSc in Financial Economics and also holds an MA and BSc in Economics from the [University of Ottawa](/org/university-of-ottawa).

Tim Drager

Grant Verstandig joined Brighton Park as a Senior Advisor in September of 2019. Grant was named the Chief Digital Officer of [UnitedHealth Group](/org/unitedhealth-group) (Fortune 5) in March 2017. In this role he is responsible for the strategic direction, governance and performance expectations of [UnitedHealth Group](/org/unitedhealth-group)’s digital platforms and capabilities.

Before assuming this role, Grant was the founder and CEO of Rally Health, Inc., a consumer-centric digital health company that develops online and mobile tools that empower people to take control of their health and well-being and manage their health care needs. [UnitedHealth Group](/org/unitedhealth-group) acquired a majority stake in the business in 2014 and in 2017, Rally became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Optum, a part of [UnitedHealth Group](/org/unitedhealth-group).

Grant has served as an advisor to several organizations in the health, defense, foreign policy and intelligence space, and has served as a senior advisor to the [National Security Agency](/org/national-security-agency) since 2014. He is the co-founder and chairman of [Epirus](/org/epirus), a venture-backed defense company focused on creating advanced aerospace, kinetic, and non-kinetic weapons systems for the special operations community. Grant also is on the National Council for the American Enterprise Institute and is a founding member of the [Greater Washington Partnership](/org/greater-washington-partnership) where he is currently a director.

Grant Verstandig

Diana McKenzie joined [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital) as a Senior Advisor in July 2019. Diana was the first ever global chief information officer at [Workday](/org/workday), a single system for finance, HR and planning. Prior to [Workday](/org/workday), she was the CIO of [Amgen](/org/amgen). During her tenure at [Workday](/org/workday), she reframed information technology as business technology. Diana is a visionary leader, who instinctively connects people and ideas to transform the “art of the possible” into tangible business results with a passion for embedding customer-first principles and best-in-class workplace culture and values with her teams. Diana is a thought leader and frequent speaker on digital transformation and diversity. She is a board member at MetLife Inc.

Ms. McKenzie holds a BS in Computer Information Systems and Computer Technology from [Purdue University](/org/purdue-university).

Diana McKenzie

Philip Hadley joined [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital) as a Senior Advisor in March of 2019. Currently, Philip is the Chairman of [FactSet](/org/factset). He served as [FactSet](/org/factset)’s Chairman & CEO from 2000 until stepping down as CEO on July 1, 2015. He joined [FactSet](/org/factset) in 1985 as a consultant and was the Company’s Vice President, Sales from 1986 to 1989, and Senior Vice President and Director of Sales and Marketing from 1989 to 2000. Prior to joining the Company, Philip was employed by Cargill Corporation.

Philip currently serves as Chairman of RS Energy Group and on the board of advisors of [Kum & Go](/org/kum-go). Philip is a Chartered Financial Analyst and received a B.B.A. in Accounting from the [University of Iowa](/org/university-of-iowa).

Philip Hadley

Ray Carlucci is a Finance Associate at [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital). Ray’s primary responsibilities are to support the firm’s financial operations which include accounting, financial reporting, audits, and financial compliance with GAAP.

Prior to joining [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital) in December of 2020, Ray spent two years with [Grant Thornton](/org/grant-thornton-international) in their financial services audit practice focusing on private equity, hedge fund, and broker-dealer clients.

Ray graduated from the [University of Miami](/org/university-of-miami) in 2018 with both a BBA in Accounting with a minor in Finance and a Master’s in Accounting. During his time at the [University of Miami](/org/university-of-miami), he passed all parts of the CPA exam and is now a licensed CPA.

Ray Carlucci

Aaron is a Vice President at [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital). Prior to joining BPC in May of 2020, Aaron was an Associate at [Summit Partners](/org/summit-partners), a Boston-based growth equity firm, focusing on investments in healthcare, life sciences, and technology. While at [Summit Partners](/org/summit-partners), Aaron was responsible for thematic sourcing and deal execution, which included the firm's investment in [eClinical Solutions](/org/eclinical-solutions). Previously, Aaron was an Analyst at [Jefferies](/org/jefferies) in their Healthcare Investment Banking Group in New York.

Aaron graduated from [Colgate University](/org/colgate-university) with a BA in Physics.

Aaron Newman

Erica Keany Blob is a Partner and Brighton Park Capital’s Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer. In addition, Erica is a member of the Investment Committee. She is responsible for the management of the firm, including human resources, finance, information technology, and all aspects of Investor Relations.

Prior to Brighton Park, Erica spent seven years at [New Mountain Capital](/org/new-mountain-capital) in several business development roles. She led the Firm’s public equities Investor Relations and was responsible for private equity and private credit client relationships. Most recently she led fundraising and strategy for the firm’s new real estate business, New Mountain Net Lease. She was also an inaugural member of the Firm’s Diversity Committee.

Prior to joining [New Mountain Capital](/org/new-mountain-capital), Erica was a member of the Investor Relations team at SAC Capital, [Morgan Stanley](/org/morgan-stanley)’s Capital Introduction team, and was a business manager with profit and loss responsibilities at Walmart.com. She began her career at Merrill Lynch in Equity Capital Markets.

Erica received her MBA from the [Harvard Business School](/org/harvard-business-school). She is a graduate of [Duke University](/org/duke-university), where she received her AB in Economics summa cum laude and phi beta kappa. Erica is a member of the Leadership Council of [Sesame Workshop](/org/sesame-workshop), the global non-profit behind Sesame Street.

Erica Keany Blob

Brian Robins joined [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital) as a Senior Advisor in July of 2019. Mr. Robins has extensive experience leading and advising multi-billion dollar technology companies through complex restructurings, hyper growth, IPO readiness and capital markets transactions.

Mr. Robins is the Chief Financial Officer of GitLab, the DevOps platform delivered as a single application. Prior to GitLab, he was the CFO of [Sisense](/org/sisense) where he led their finance, legal and business operations teams. Prior to [Sisense](/org/sisense), he was the CFO of Cylance (acquired by [Blackberry](/org/blackberry)), a next-generation endpoint security company. Prior to Cylance, Mr. Robins served as CFO at AlienVault (acquired by [AT&T](/org/att)), a unified security management company. Before that, he served as vice president and CFO of Global Business Services at CSC, a multi-national IT and professional services corporation. Earlier in his career, Brian was executive vice president and CFO of Internet services company [Verisign](/org/verisign) (NASDAQ: VRSN). At NeuStar, Brian served as vice president of finance and treasurer, he helped take the company public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: NSR) and managed acquisition integrations.

Brian received his Bachelor of Science in Finance from [Lipscomb University](/org/lipscomb-university) and a Masters of Business Administration from [Vanderbilt University](/org/vanderbilt-university).

Brian Robins

Stuart McGuigan joined [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital) as a Senior Advisor in February of 2021. For two years beginning in March 2019, Mr. McGuigan was a member of the Senior Executive Service, Chief Information Officer (CIO) and the Assistant-Secretary level head of the Bureau of Information Resource Management. As Chief Information Officer (CIO), he established technology strategic direction and provided oversight for $ 2.4B of technology programs across the Department.

Mr. McGuigan joined the Department of State from [Johnson & Johnson](/org/johnson-johnson), where he was responsible for global Information Technology strategy and operations for an organization with 130,000 employees at over 170 overseas and domestic locations. With an established reputation for rapidly aligning technology innovation with global business needs, Mr. McGuigan brings over 33 years of industry background, including experience as Senior Vice President and CIO of CVS Caremark; Senior Vice President and CIO of [Liberty Mutual](/org/liberty-mutual); and Senior Vice President of Information Services for Medco Health Solutions.

Mr. McGuigan earned Master of Science and Master of Philosophy degrees in the Cognitive Science program at [Yale University](/org/yale-university) and has a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from [Fairfield University](/org/fairfield-university). In 2018, Mr. McGuigan was inducted into www.CIO.com’s CIO Hall of Fame, and he is the recipient of the “Lifetime Contribution Award” from NASSCOM—India’s top not-for-profit IT organization, enabling India’s growth of its $154 billion dollar IT-Business Process Management (BPM) industry.

Stuart McGuigan

Phil Guido joined [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital) as a Senior Advisor in April of 2021. Phil is a senior business executive with more than 25 years’ experience leading large scale, transformation initiatives. Phil has exhibited a consistent, proven track record of helping clients realize business value through the adoption of leading-edge technologies and new ways of working, including hybrid cloud, automation, AI, and implementing “as a Service” business models.

Currently, Phil serves as the General Manager of IBM Services Hybrid Cloud Transformation. In this capacity, Phil is responsible for establishing and executing an integrated, hybrid cloud solutions business model designed to help accelerate enterprises’ business strategies in a digital world. Under Phil’s leadership, Hybrid Cloud Transformation leads with an agile, Garage methodology -- a co-create and co-investment approach, rooted in business value -- all enabled by hybrid cloud business models.

Prior to this appointment, Phil served as General Manager of IBM’s Infrastructure Services business, generating $23B in annual revenue. In this role, Phil held worldwide responsibility for portfolio strategy, go-to-market, operational execution, business performance (P&L) and client satisfaction.

Throughout his career, Phil has held various senior executive positions, including General Manager, IBM North America, and General Manager, IBM Global Technology Services, where he was also responsible for go-to-market, business performance (P&L), operational execution and client satisfaction; and Chief of Staff to former IBM Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Louis V. Gerstner Jr.

Phil graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Kappa Phi from [Montclair State University](/org/montclair-state-university) with a degree in Economics and a certificate in International Business from the University of Copenhagen. He is a member of The David Rockefeller Fellows Programs in New York City and on the board of the NPower Gala Committee.

Philip J. Guido

Rich Eldh joined [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital) as a Senior Advisor in April 2019. Rich is co-founder and former co-CEO of SiriusDecisions, Inc. and presently serves as Co-Founder Emeritus. SiriusDecisions was sold to Forrester Research, a public company in January of 2019.

Rich has over 35 years of experience in executive, sales, marketing and product positions. Focused predominately on subscription high growth revenue models. He has worked across multiple industries and at hundreds of companies including [American Express](/org/american-express), JP Morgan Chase, Adobe, HP, Eloqua, Tableau, Marketo, JP Morgan Chase, and [Cisco](/org/cisco), providing advice on strategy, operations, sales & marketing. Prior to operating SiriusDecisions Rich spent 14 years at Gartner Group. His last position as EVP and officer where his responsibilities included worldwide top line revenue responsibility. Rich has extensive experience with corporate acquisitions and international operations in Europe, Asia and South America. Earlier in his career Rich held sales and marketing positions at Four-Phase Systems- [Motorola](/org/motorola) and Hewlett-Packard. He was an initial investor of Sport Club, a mail-order catalog business, and investor and operator of North American Plastic, a supplier to mass market retail industry; both grew to profitability and were sold.

He has served as an advisor and board member to many privately held companies. Rich presently serves as an advisor to ConnectUS a charitable organization which improves the quality of outcomes for young people living in communities of concentrated poverty. Rich has a BS in finance from the [University of Connecticut](/org/university-of-connecticut).

Richard Eldh

Paul Daversa joined [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital) as a Senior Advisor in April 2019. Paul is co-founder and CEO of [Daversa Partners](/org/daversa-partners) a high performance executive search firm. He is well known for assembling highly impactful leadership teams in technology. He covers every function in the "C" suite and is the strategic advantage and adviser for the founders who hire him, at companies including: Twitter, Snapchat, Square, [Dropbox](/org/dropbox), [Atlassian](/org/atlassian), Pure, [MongoDB](/org/mongodb), Gilt, Yelp!, Datastax, [Foursquare](/org/foursquare), [Zocdoc](/org/zocdoc), [Zendesk](/org/zendesk), [Uber](/org/uber), [Dataminr](/org/dataminr), Lithium, Oscar and many of the future innovators in the making.

Daversa Partners coined the phrase "Material Impact Executives” a decade ago to describe the pursuit of executives that could create so much value that the cost of not landing them was more than the cost to land them.

Paul Daversa

Larry Biagini joined [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital) as a Senior Advisor in January of 2019. Larry is an experienced CTO and change advocate with over 35 years of experience. He spent 26 years at GE, retiring as VP and Global CTO. While at GE, he held the roles of CIO, CTO and CISO globally. Prior to GE, Larry led Internationals Applications for Emery Air Freight and was Director of Financial Applications for Olin Chemical. Larry’s career has spanned 35 years in technology covering manufacturing, logistics and financial systems. Industrial verticals include healthcare, media, aviation and energy.

Currently, Larry is the Chief Technology Evangelist of Zscaler, the internet security industry’s first Security as a Service platform. Larry’s Zscaler focus is helping customers and partners better plan and execute their inevitable move towards expanding their use of cloud services.

Larry is a recognized global leader in creating environments enabling businesses to take advantage of new technologies in a reliable and secure manner. Larry holds a B.S. in accounting from [Fairfield University](/org/fairfield-university).

Larry Biagini

Nancy Altobello joined [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital) as a Senior Advisor in July of 2019. Nancy recently retired from Ernst & Young (EY) as the Global Vice Chair of Talent. Throughout her career at EY, Nancy served clients in the technology and consumer products sector, was the Managing Partner of the Northeast Audit and Advisory business and COO of the North American Audit and Advisory business. As the Global Vice Chair of Talent, Nancy transformed Talent to be a competitive differentiator for EY. Under her leadership, EY was recognized as the preferred professional service firm for college graduates by Universum, a best multinational employer by Great Place to Work, and won multiple awards for learning and development programs and for diversity and inclusiveness.

Nancy is currently a board member of MarketAxess Holdings, [MTS Systems](/org/mts-systems) and Fidelity Charitable. She chairs the advisory board of HRAcuity. Nancy is also the board chair of Mentor National Partnership and is a trustee at [Fairfield University](/org/fairfield-university). She received a BS in Accounting from [Fairfield University](/org/fairfield-university).

Nancy Altobello

Jonah Waldman is an Analyst at [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital). Jonah’s primary responsibilities include thematic research, deal sourcing, and completing due diligence on prospective investments.

Jonah joined BPC in April of 2021 after graduating from the Wharton School of the [University of Pennsylvania](/org/university-of-pennsylvania) with a BS in Economics with concentrations in Finance and Entrepreneurship and a minor in Hebrew and Judaica.

While at the [University of Pennsylvania](/org/university-of-pennsylvania), Jonah interned at Guggenheim in Investment Banking and worked with an array of investors at [OurCrowd](/org/ourcrowd), [Ground Up Ventures](/org/ground-up-ventures), Arcadia Investment Partners, and Vine Ventures.

Jonah Waldman

Mark F. Dzialga is the Managing Partner of [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital) and is a member of the Investment Committee. Prior to starting [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital), Mark was a Managing Director at [General Atlantic](/org/general-atlantic), a global growth investment firm that manages approximately $28 billion. Mark was a Managing Director at [General Atlantic](/org/general-atlantic) for more than 20 years and had been a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, Portfolio Committee, and Human Resources Committee through September of 2018. Mark was also a member of the Investment Committee at GA from 2003-2018 and chaired the Investment Committee from 2007 until the end of 2017. Mark led and also played a key role in helping GA invest in companies in a wide variety of end markets including software, internet, health care, financial services and consumer goods. Mark helped GA expand investment operations into new markets including Western and Eastern Europe, Latin America, India, Southeast Asia and China and as a result has significant experience investing in and helping companies execute against their global ambitions.

Mark has been a director of numerous public and private companies including [OneOncology](/org/oneoncology), [EN Engineering](/org/en-engineering-llc), [Aimbridge Hospitality](/org/aimbridge-hospitality), [CLEAResult](/org/clearesult), SnapAV, Mu Sigma, Citco, [Genpact](/org/genpact), Emdeon, Exult, Daksh, Talus, [MultiPlan](/org/multiplan-inc), UPromise, Schaller Anderson, Hexaware, and Network Solutions. Mark is currently on the Board of Directors at [HireRight](/org/hireright).

Before joining [General Atlantic](/org/general-atlantic) in 1998, Mark was co-head of the high technology Merger Group at [Goldman Sachs](/org/goldman-sachs), where he advised many of the firm’s technology clients on mergers, acquisitions and restructurings. Mark has a degree in accounting from [Canisius College](/org/canisius-college) and an MBA from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. Mark is on the Board of Overseers at Columbia Business School and on the Board of Trustees at the Brunswick School.

Mark F. Dzialga

Kristina Egitto is an Executive Assistant at [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital). Prior to joining BPC in July of 2020, Kristina was a Customer Care Associate at vineyard vines’ headquarters in Stamford, CT, where she was responsible for managing customer relationships and enhancing the customer experience. Prior to that, Kristina spent several years at Silver Point Capital, a hedge fund in Greenwich, CT. Shortly after joining as Investor Relations Assistant, Kristina was promoted to Jr. Associate on the IR Operations team.

Kristina graduated from the School of Management at [Binghamton University](/org/binghamton-university) with a degree in Business Administration and Management Information Systems.

Kristina Egitto

Matt Wappler is a Senior Associate at [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital). Prior to joining BPC, Matt was an Associate at Providence Strategic Growth (PSG), a Boston-based growth equity firm focusing on investments in software and technology-enabled services. While at PSG, Matt was responsible for thematic sourcing and deal execution, including the firm's investments in [Formstack](/org/formstack), [Next Glass](/org/next-glass), [Lumaverse Technologies](/org/lumaverse-technologies), and FluentStream Technologies. Previously, Matt was an Analyst at UBS in their Technology, Media, and Telecom Investment Banking Group in New York.

Matt graduated from [Vanderbilt University](/org/vanderbilt-university) with a BA in Economics and minors in Corporate Strategy and Financial Economics.

Matt Wappler

Dan Zelem joined Brighton Park Capital as a Senior Advisor in July of 2021. For over twenty-five years Dan has been a transformational leader in Health Care Technology. Dan was most recently with Johnson & Johnson where he served as Global Chief Technology Officer (CTO) until July 2018. As CTO, he had responsibility for Infrastructure Services and Application Development. He was instrumental in leading many large-scale breakthrough technology initiatives, including delivering one of the most significant Digital and Cloud transformations ever performed in life sciences.

At Medco, an industry leading Pharmacy Benefit Manager, he held positions of increasing responsibilities, culminating in being named CIO. During his tenure he delivered analytic products and platforms that were marketplace disruptors and differentiators for Medco. He led the build and deployment of medco.com, a $6B channel for on-line prescription ordering, and an industry first.

Dan is currently providing technology advisory services to corporations, startups, Private Equity firms, technology vendors and service providers. In April 2019, he was retained by McKinsey and Company as a Sr. Advisor in support of Digital and Cloud transformation engagements.

He is a past board member of the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) and Mercy College. He joined the boards of Volunteer New York and The Half-Percent Project in 2020.

Dan resides in Suffern, New York with his wife Nancy and their two rescue dogs, Rudy and Effie. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Iona College in New Rochelle, New York.

Dan Zelem

James LaPlaine joined Brighton Park Capital as a Senior Advisor in July of 2021. If you ask James LaPlaine how he got here, he’ll tell you that he’s always been curious, even at a young age. This curiosity led him to computing. After running a popular dial-up bulletin board system from his bedroom in high school, he naturally pursued a degree in Computer Science, which allowed him to be present at many historic moments of internet history: running the systems for NORAD Tracks Santa, The Grammy’s, and the Lord of the Rings movies; setting video streaming records during the first season of Big Brother; shuttering Netscape; dozens of acquisitions and secret diligences that never panned out; AOL buying Time Warner, unraveling, and eventually selling AOL to Verizon, and then buying Yahoo.

Most recently, James was the Chief Technology Officer for Red Ventures, a private digital marketing firm that owns a portfolio of digital assets including Bankrate, HealthLine, Lonely Planet, and CNET Media Group. He’ll happily describe the impact of their technology platforms and data science models, yet his greatest accomplishment at Red Ventures has been cultural, not technical: building a thriving community of technical teams that will long outlast his tenure. Fostering a collaborative, rather than competitive, atmosphere, he proudly oversaw the benefits of an inclusive workforce, and nourished curiosity in pursuit of great solutions.

James LaPlaine

Sandeep Johri joined Brighton Park Capital as a Senior Advisor in October of 2021. Most recently, Mr. Johri was the CEO at Tricentis, a continuous software testing platform. During his tenure, Tricentis experienced unprecedented growth, transforming from a regional player to the global category leader. Prior to that, Sandeep served as the COO of Appcelerator, the leading open source mobile application development platform. He also worked at HP where he was Vice President of Corporate Development, revolutionizing their IT infrastructure software business from a $600M business into the number one vendor, valued at $3.5B. Sandeep was the CEO and founder of Oblix, pioneering a new category called identity management. After growing the company to category leadership, it was acquired by Oracle.

Mr. Johri holds an MBA from Stanford University, a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Wayne State University in Detroit, and a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Pune University in India.

Sandeep Johri

Sarah Frauen is an Associate at Brighton Park Capital. Sarah’s primary responsibilities include deal sourcing, completing due diligence on prospective investments, and working with portfolio companies on value creation. Prior to joining BPC, Sarah was an Investment Banking Analyst in Goldman Sachs’ Leveraged Finance Technology, Media, and Telecom Group in New York. At Goldman Sachs, Sarah worked on LBO and M&A transactions, and corporate issuances.

Sarah graduated from Duke University in 2019 with a BS in Economics with a Finance Concentration, and a BA in Computer Science.

Sarah Frauen

Sachin Amrute is a Vice President at Brighton Park Capital. Prior to joining BPC, Sachin worked at Roystone Capital Management, a multi-billion dollar hedge fund, where he invested in public technology equities.

Previously, Sachin spent several years in technology-focused private equity at Silver Lake Partners and Vector Capital, where he was involved in investments in software and tech-enabled services.

Sachin received an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Palmer Scholar, and a BS in Economics from The Wharton School.

Sachin Amrute

Rik Patel is a Vice President at Brighton Park Capital. Prior to joining BPC, Rik was an Associate at TCV, a Menlo Park-based growth equity firm, focused on investment opportunities in the software and information services sectors. While at TCV, Rik was responsible for thematic sourcing and deal execution, which included investments in CCC Intelligent Solutions, Avetta, Siteminder, and Xero. Prior to TCV, Rik spent several years working at Jefferies in its Technology Investment Banking group in San Francisco.

Rik received an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and graduated with honors from the University of California, Davis where he received a B.A. in Economics and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.

Rikhil Patel

Usman Rabbani is a Partner at Brighton Park Capital and member of the Investment Committee and Portfolio Committee. Prior to joining Brighton Park Capital, Usman was a Managing Director at KKR, a global investment firm with over $400 billion in assets under management. At KKR, he managed diligence for the firm’s investments in software and technology related businesses and he built and led the portfolio operations group responsible for value creation in KKR’s technology-related investments globally. During this time, he also served as a member of the Board of Directors for Epicor Software, among other board leadership and advisory roles.

Prior to KKR, Mr. Rabbani was a Partner at McKinsey & Company, where he supported enterprise software and technology clients on growth, M&A and operational efficiency. He also served clients on technology modernization and adoption across sectors including healthcare, retail, hospitality, agriculture, and others. Before this, Usman spent nearly a decade in hands-on software engineering and operational roles as the founder and CTO of a cloud video surveillance platform, an enterprise IT architect at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, a tech team lead at Scient and a software developer at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Usman received an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, an M.S. in Computer Science from Harvard University, and graduated from Yale University with a BA in Computer Science and Psychology.

Usman Rabbani

Ezra Berman is an Associate at Brighton Park Capital. Ezra’s primary responsibilities include deal sourcing, completing due diligence on prospective investments, and working with portfolio companies on value creation.

Prior to joining BPC in August of 2021, Ezra was an Investment Banking Analyst at Moelis & Company in New York where he worked on both Mergers & Acquisitions and Restructuring Advisory.

Ezra graduated from Yeshiva University's Sy Syms School of Business in 2019 with a BS in Business & Management with a concentration in Finance. While at Yeshiva University, Ezra completed internships at Moelis & Company & Citigroup.

Ezra Berman

Ari Goret is an Associate at Brighton Park Capital on the Investor Relations team. Ari's primary responsibilities include business development, fund and portfolio analysis, preparation of marketing materials, and investor communications.

Prior to joining BPC in June of 2021, Ari was an Investment Banking Analyst at Macquarie Capital in the Leveraged Finance Group in New York. At Macquarie, Ari worked on LBO and refinancing transactions as well as debt advisory engagements for sponsors and strategic clients.

Ari graduated from Lehigh University with High Honors in 2018 with a BS in Finance and a Psychology minor. While at Lehigh, Ari completed internships at Macquarie Capital in the Leveraged Finance Group, and at Keefe, Bruyette, & Woods in the Equity Research Group covering asset managers.

Ari Goret

Moh Sabhani is an Analyst at Brighton Park Capital. His primary responsibilities include thematic research, deal sourcing, and completing due diligence on prospective investments.

Moh joined BPC in June of 2021 after graduating from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a BS in Economics with concentrations in Finance and Business Analytics.

Prior to joining BPC, Moh completed a summer internship at PIMCO in the Portfolio Management division. He was also a senior research assistant for Dr. Tom Robertson at Wharton.

Moh Sabhani

Monica Romano is a Partner and the Chief Financial Officer at [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital). Monica leads the firm’s financial operations which includes accounting, budgeting, financial reporting, treasury, valuations, portfolio monitoring, and audits. In addition, she leads tax, fund structuring, and financial compliance, ensuring policies and controls are followed.

Prior to Brighton Park in 2019, Monica spent four years at [Bessemer Venture Partners](/org/bessemer-venture-partners) as a Senior Partnership Accountant in the operations group. After earning her MBA and BBA in accounting from [Iona College](/org/iona-college), Monica began her career at EY where she spent four years in the Wealth Asset Management practice focusing on private equity and hedge fund clients.

Monica Romano

Kevin Magan is a Partner at [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital). Prior to joining BPC in 2019, Kevin was a Vice President at [Great Hill Partners](/org/great-hill-partners), a growth-stage private equity firm focused in the technology space. While at [Great Hill](/org/great-hill), Kevin was involved in multiple investments across software, internet, and business services, including Custom Ink, [TodayTix](/org/todaytix), IntApp, and [Bombas](/org/bombas). Kevin began his career in the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT) group at [Barclays](/org/barclays).

Kevin received an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and graduated from [Carnegie Mellon University](/org/carnegie-mellon-university) with a BS in Finance.

Kevin Magan

Sam Kentor is a Partner at [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital). Prior to joining BPC in 2019, Sam was a Principal with [Elsewhere Partners](/org/elsewhere-partners), an early stage growth investment firm which invests in enterprise software companies. Sam was actively involved in Elsewhere’s investments in [Itential](/org/itential), Relatient, and [Statflo](/org/statflo). Prior to Elsewhere, Sam was a Senior Associate with [JMI Equity](/org/jmi-equity) and was actively involved in the firm’s investments in automotiveMastermind, [Benevity](/org/benevity-inc), [Higher Logic](/org/higher-logic), [Schoology](/org/schoology), and [Yello](/org/yello).

Sam started his career at Bain & Co where he spent three years in the Chicago Office. Sam has a degree in Finance and Economics & Strategy from Washington University in St. Louis.

Sam Kentor

Allyson Ahlstrom is an Associate at [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital). Allyson’s primary responsibilities include deal sourcing, completing due diligence on prospective investments, and working with portfolio companies on value creation.

Prior to joining BPC in July of 2019, Allyson was an Analyst at Long Ridge Equity Partners, a financial technology and enterprise software-focused growth equity firm.

Allyson graduated from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 2017 with a BS in Economics with concentrations in Finance and Real Estate and a minor in Art History. Additionally, Allyson founded a non-profit organization, Threads for Teens dedicated to empowering at-risk teen girls through mentorship, education, and clothing.

Allyson Ahlstrom

Tim Riitters joined [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital) as a Senior Advisor in May 2019. Tim is the Chief Financial Officer at Gong.io. Prior to Gong.io, Tim was the CFO at [Pure Storage](/org/pure-storage), Inc. where he led the [Pure Storage](/org/pure-storage)'s financial and accounting operations worldwide. From January 2010 to August 2014, Tim served as Senior Director of Corporate Finance at Google where he was responsible for overseeing their annual planning and budget process. Additionally, he led the finance team responsible for predicting revenue trends and increasing revenue opportunities. From 2007 to 2010, Tim served as Director of EMEA Financial Operations at Google, and from 2004 to 2007, as Finance Process Manager. Prior to Google, Tim held leadership positions at both Siebel Systems and Deloitte & Touche.

Mr. Riitters holds an MBA from [Northwestern University](/org/northwestern-university)'s Kellogg School of Management and a B.S. in Accounting from the [University of Minnesota](/org/university-of-minnesota).

Tim Riitters

Grace Hahn is an Associate at [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital). Grace’s primary responsibilities include deal sourcing, completing due diligence on prospective investments, and working with portfolio companies on value creation.

Prior to joining BPC in July of 2020, Grace was an Investment Banking Analyst at [Evercore](/org/evercore) in their Technology M&A Advisory Group in New York. At [Evercore](/org/evercore), Grace worked on sell-side and buy-side advisory for strategic and sponsor clients.

Grace graduated from the Kelley School of Business at [Indiana University](/org/indiana-university) in 2018 with a BS in Finance and Business Analytics. While at [Indiana University](/org/indiana-university), Grace completed internships at [Evercore](/org/evercore) in the M&A Advisory Group and at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the firm’s Technology, Media and Telecom Group.

Grace Hahn

John Glaser joined [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital) as a Senior Advisor in May 2020. John is a former senior vice president of Population Health, at Cerner Corporation. Previously he was chief executive officer of Siemens Heath Services. Prior to Siemens, John was chief information officer at Partners HealthCare.

John was the founding chair of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and the past-president of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). He is the former Chair of the Global Agenda Council on Digital Health, [World Economic Forum](/org/world-economic-forum). He is former Senior Advisor to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.

John serves on the boards of the Scottsdale Institute, Intouch Health, [PatientPing](/org/patientping), [National Committee for Quality Assurance](/org/national-committee-for-quality-assurance), the American Telemedicine Association, [Wellsheet](/org/wellsheet), and Relatient.

John has received numerous industry awards including the John P. Glaser Innovation Award (established by the School of Biomedical Informatics, UTHealth), William B. Stead Thought Leadership Award (American Medical Informatics Association) and the Lifetime Achievement Award (CHIME).

John received his Ph.D. from the [University of Minnesota](/org/university-of-minnesota). He has written over 200 articles and three books on the strategic application of IT in health care, including the most widely used textbook in the field. He is on the faculty of the Wharton School at the [University of Pennsylvania](/org/university-of-pennsylvania), the UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics and the Harvard School of Public Health.

John Glaser

Julie joined [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital) as a Senior Advisor in June 2020. Julie was the first chief information officer at Forescout Technologies, the leader in device visibility and control. Prior to Forescout, she was the first chief information officer at [FireEye](/org/fireeye). During her tenure at Forescout, she has built a digital and security strategy for the company as well as leads the cross functional transformation from a software company to a software as a service company. In 2018, Julie was asked to take on the additional role of Chief People Officer to ensure Forescout can attract, retain, and develop employees in a culture and environment that allows them to do their best work. She has held a variety of leadership roles in Go-to-Market and Business Operations in some of the largest enterprise software brands. Julie is a frequent speaker on digital transformation, cyber-security, leadership and diversity. She is a board member at [Axon](/org/axon) and a board observer at [Cobalt.io](/org/cobalt-io).

Ms. Cullivan holds a BS in Finance from [Santa Clara University](/org/santa-clara-university).

Julie Cullivan

Audrianna Ginise is an Executive Assistant at [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital). Prior to joining BPC in 2020, she was the Office Manager & Executive Assistant to the CEO of metrica, Inc., a 340-year-old millwork company located in Greenwich, CT. Prior to metrica, she worked as a Project Assistant supporting the Consumer Products, Healthcare and Industrial sectors at several executive search firms including Caldwell Partners, [Russell Reynolds Associates](/org/russell-reynolds-associates) and [RSR Partners](/org/rsr-partners). Audrianna started her career in 2002 at Nestle Waters North America as an HR Associate.

Audrianna holds a BA in English & Sociology from [The Ohio State University](/org/the-ohio-state-university).

Audrianna Ginise

Jeff Stiefler joined [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital) as a Senior Advisor in May of 2020. Jeff has had a long and distinguished career as a corporate leader and director of financial technology, financial services, and business and consumer services companies. He currently serves as Lead Independent Director of FIS Global, the world’s leading provider of technology platforms to banks, merchants, and asset management firms and as Director of One Spa World, the world’s leading provider of spa management services to cruise ship lines.

Jeff’s relationship with FIS Global is indicative of his board experience. He was recruited by [Advent International](/org/advent-international) in 2009 at the time they acquired the payments processing business from [Fifth Third Bank](/org/fifth-third-bank) for $561MM to serve as the new venture’s chairman. Ten years later, the business, which named itself Vantiv and then WorldPay, following the acquisition of that firm, was acquired by FIS Global in a transaction valued at $35 Billion, making the deal the largest fintech deal ever and the largest and best performing transaction in [Advent](/org/advent)’s history. Jeff was then asked to continue his board leadership role as Lead Director of the combined entity.

While the operating team, led by its CEO, Charles Drucker, was primarily responsible for the company’s extraordinary success, Jeff played an important role in recruiting and developing an effective Board, helping to shape the company’s strategy, and serving as a trusted advisor to both Charles and [Advent](/org/advent).

As a corporate leader, Jeff served as chairman, president, and CEO of Digital Insight, president of [American Express](/org/american-express), and president and CEO of [American Express](/org/american-express) Financial Advisors (now Ameriprise). Earlier in his career, Jeff held senior positions in real estate development with [Boise Cascade](/org/boise-cascade) and consumer banking and financial services with [Citigroup](/org/citigroup).

Jeff took over leadership of Digital Insight in 2003 at which point the company’s growth had stalled. He recruited and developed a new leadership team, focused the company’s strategy on its highest growth business opportunity, exited a failed acquisition, and developed a partnership with Intuit. As a result of these actions, revenue and operating income increased at a 20%+ CAGR, market capitalization more than doubled, and Intuit acquired the company in 2007 for 5X revenue.

At [American Express](/org/american-express), Jeff was a key part of the senior team that turned the acquisition of IDS Financial Services into a huge win for the company. Jeff was instrumental in developing and executing a strategy to accelerate the growth and productivity of the firm’s financial advisors by increasing advisor retention which resulted in quintupling the number of advisors from 2,000 to 10,000 over a 10 year period and driving 10 consecutive years of 15%+ growth in operating income. Shortly after the IDS acquisition was first announced, the Wall Street Journal described the deal as “the albatross around [American Express](/org/american-express)’ neck”. 10 years later, the Journal described the company as “American Express’ crown jewel.”

Jeff graduated with a BA from Williams College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He lives in Rancho Santa Fe, CA, with his wife, Suzanne. They have six children, all of whom are blessedly independent.

Jeff Stiefler

Dana S. Deasy joined [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital) as a Senior Advisor in March of 2021. Dana is a highly skilled and successful Global Chief Information Officer who has led large complex organizations across multiple industries including, Aerospace, Automotive, Conglomerates, Oil & Gas, Financial Services, and Government. He has consistently delivered on large-scale organizational transformations, technology modernization programs and has enabled new revenue streams through the adoption of innovative technologies. He has in-depth experience in managing the constantly evolving cyber threat environment, as well as leading crisis-response teams. He has led Technology for a number of large multinational corporations and most notably while at the [U.S. Department of Defense](/org/united-states-department-of-defense) (DOD) led the largest and most complex technology organization in the world. Dana has significant international business experience working oversees in both Germany and the United Kingdom. Honorable Deasy was confirmed by the United States Senate in December 2019 and maintains a Top-Secret Clearance (SI, TK, G, HCS) with the U.S. DOD.

While serving his country as Chief Information Officer for the [U.S. Department of Defense](/org/united-states-department-of-defense), Dana was the primary advisor to the Secretary of Defense for all matters of information management including space systems, critical satellite communications, nuclear command and control, spectrum, cyber, artificial intelligence solutions and developing advance technology innovation for the war fighter. He managed a budget of over $47B and a workforce of over 100,000 technologists. He led the largest ever teleworking response during COVID and served on a number Government wide taskforce, including securing the 2018 U.S. Elections. He was recognized for his service by receiving the highest civilian service awards from both the DOD and NSA.

Prior to his move to Government, Dana was the Global Chief Information Officer and Managing Director at J.P. Morgan Chase. He provided overall leadership for JPMC’s Global Technology organization comprised of over 44,000 employees and contractors with an annual budget of $9.6B across all areas of the bank including JPMC’s retail, wholesale, and asset and wealth management businesses.

Earlier at BP, Dana served as the Global Chief Information Officer & Group Vice President and provided overall leadership for BP’s Global Technology organization comprised of over 10,000 employees and contractors with an annual budget of $3.5B. Additionally, he managed BP’s Indirect Procurement function ($9B annual spend) and Global Real Estate function ($1.5B spends).

Dana has held a number of board positions, including Smartrac (Avery Dennison company), IBM Advisory Board, Hewlett Packard Advisory Board, Siemens Business Services and Columbia University Board of Continuing Education. For a number of years, Dana has served as an Executive in Residence at Columbia University.

Dana holds a Master of Business Administration from National University, San Diego CA and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Southern California. He and his wife reside in Lake Toxaway, North Carolina.

Dana S. Deasy

Gerald Charles, Jr. joined Brighton Park as a Senior Advisor in August of 2020. Mr Charles is an innovative technology strategist, recognized thought leader, and C-Suite advisor building strategies and business models that create markets, generate revenue streams, improve customer experiences, and inspire corporate campuses of the future.

Mr. Charles is a published [McGraw-Hill](/org/mcgraw-hill) author and author of multiple industry-changing POV platforms on topics including the 21st Century workforce/workspace, Collaboration, Cybersecurity, and innovation in the Public Sector. He is a noted speaker and has run annual workshops at the Nobel Public Services Summit in conjunction with the Nobel Peace Conference.

As [Under Armour](/org/under-armour)’s VP of Global IT Operations, Revenue, and Strategy, he rebuilt their Global IT Infrastructure, Cyber Security, and Retail IT Operations and now is leading their development of Omni Retail technology services, enabling their brand and Connected Fitness™ platform. This follows a decade of leadership in Cisco Systems elite strategy teams, formed to be advisors to C-suite executives of their top global customers to dramatically move their businesses.

Previously, Mr. Charles served as VP and Chief Technologist for OAO Technology Solutions and VP, Systems Integration for Engineering at BDM/TRW, where he was one of the chief architects of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR System.

Mr. Charles was a member of the advisory boards of the Federal Computer Week /e-Gov Institute for their Annual Security and Enterprise Architecture Conferences and [Boy Scouts of America](/org/boy-scouts-of-america) (Troop 96). He is a Board member of the Executive Leadership Council (ELC), [NPower](/org/npower), and Conflict Resolution Center of Montgomery County (CRCMC), and alumni of International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC2), National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science (GEM), National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) and National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE).

He won the Congressional Medal for Outstanding Service and Achievement in college, holds a M.S. and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland and Illinois Institute of Technology, respectively, and CISSP (ISC2) certified (2004 – 2013).

Gerald Charles, Jr.

Mike Gregoire is a Partner at [Brighton Park Capital](/org/brighton-park-capital) and is a member of the Investment Committee. Prior to joining BPC, Mike was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CA Technologies where he started in 2013. At CA, Mike accelerated the company’s software leadership with innovative offerings, a renewed brand, and a strengthened market presence. The result of Mike’s leadership over almost 6 years was the sale to [Broadcom](/org/broadcom) in July 2018 taking the stock from $22.38 to $44.50 per share yielding a $10.5 billion market cap appreciation1.

Previously, Mike was Chairman and CEO of Taleo Corporation, a leading cloud-based talent management software company that he oversaw going public before its successful sale to Oracle in 2012. With a career spanning more than 25 years in software and technology, Mike also served as Executive Vice President at People Soft from 1999 to 2004 and Executive Director at Electronic Data Systems EDS from 1988 to 1999.

Mike is widely recognized as a strategic thinker in the information technology industry. He has been the chair of the [World Economic Forum](/org/world-economic-forum)’s IT Governors Steering Committee, as well as a member of the Business Roundtable’s Information and Technology Committee. Mike also serves on the Executive Council of TechNet, an organization of CEOs that represents the technology industry in policy issues critical to American innovation and economic competitiveness.

Mike sits on the Board of Directors of [Smartsheet](/org/smartsheet) (NYSE:SMRT) the largest provider of cloud collaboration workflow software and AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) one of the largest global chip companies that specializes in manufacturing semiconductor devices used in computer processing, memory, and graphics processors.

Mike has also served on the board of ADP from 2014 to 2019 where he was chairman of the governance and nominating committee. ADP is one of the world’s largest providers of human resources, business processing and cloud-based solutions. Mike is a strong champion of diversity and empowerment, and he currently serves as a member of the Board of the Women’s Sports Foundation, an organization dedicated to creating leaders by ensuring all girls access to sports.

Mike earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and Computing from Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario, Canada, and a Master of Business Administration degree from California Coast University.

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