Don Taylor

Don is an Operating Partner with Pacific Lake Partners. Don is focusing on replicable, sustainable sales growth across the Pacific Lake network. He is an active investor and LP in several PE/VC funds. He is an experienced senior executive who successfully helps build companies both domestically and internationally in broad range of software and business services. Prior to joining Pacific Lake Don was and Operating Partner with Primus Capital in Atlanta for 6 years.

He started as a “bag and quota carrying” salesman in 1981 and moved quickly into sales management and then to COO, President, and CEO. He has served on over 15 boards and is an experienced compensation and audit committee member. He has also performed over 30 due diligence projects. Prior to 2007 Don successfully managed complex corporate growth in a virtual startup, as well as a $750 million company in contract services outsourcing. He spent 16 years with Cendant and its precedent companies and was with Healthways for six years and helped them grow from $70 million to $700 million in revenue during his tenure. During Don’s 36 years as an executive his companies average CAGR was over 35%.

He has created commanding loyalty with direct reports, peers, staff, clients and investors. Don’s strengths are managing, leading, sales and marketing management, senior client contact, corporate vision, and leadership selection. Don is based in Nashville with his wife Kristin and they have two adult children Chase and Brooks.