Paul Ilse

Paul Ilse joined Francisco Partners Consulting in 2015 as an Operating Partner with a focus on Software and Services.

Prior to joining Francisco Partners Consulting, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Aptean, a leading provider of enterprise application software solutions. Paul has nearly 25 years of executive leadership experience in the technology sector in roles in both public and private companies, and extensive mergers and acquisitions experience. Prior to Aptean, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of RedPrairie Holding, Inc., a former FP portfolio company and provider of best-of-breed supply chain, workforce, and all-channel retail solutions, which merged with JDA Software, Inc. Prior to RedPrairie, he served as Chief Financial Officer of BlueCube Software, Inc. from its inception to the acquisition of the business by RedPrairie. Before BlueCube Software, Paul was Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer for Radiant Systems, Inc. and helped take the company public. Prior to joining Radiant Systems, Inc., Paul held a variety of senior positions with Price Waterhouse LLP, where he worked primarily with middle market companies and technology firms.

He is a CPA and a Member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Paul serves on the board of directors of Discovery Education (Chair), Follett School Solutions, QGenda and VitalSource. He formerly served on the board of directors of 2Checkout, BluJay Solutions, Click Software, HealthcareSource and NMI.