Spire Capital
Sean joined Spire Capital as a Principal at the time of its formation in 2000. At Spire, Sean focuses on sourcing and leading transactions, developing industry and executive relationships, as well as investor relations. Sean spends significant time in the business services, information services, software and media sectors.
Prior to joining Spire Capital, Sean served as a Vice President at a growth stage focused private equity firm, Waller-Sutton Media Partners. He was previously at Waller Capital Corporation, providing merger and acquisition advisory services to the media and communications industries. Prior to Waller Capital, Sean spent three years in Arthur Andersen’s Valuation Services Consulting Group focusing on media and communications assignments.
He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Binghamton University and a Master of Business Administration degree from New York University. Sean also received his Chartered Financial Analyst (“CFA”) designation in 1996.
Sean is currently the Chairman of Trax Group and On Campus Marketing, Inc. He formerly served as a Director of AssetNation, Inc. Carpathia Hosting, Inc., Highline Media LLC, iNNERHOST, Inc., Lighthouse Global, PBR, Inc, SkyMall, Inc. and Velocity Technology Solutions, Inc.
Outside of work, Sean enjoys triathlon training/races, fishing, coaching junior basketball and spending time with his family, including his four young boys.
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Spire Capital
Founded in 2000, Spire Capital is an active and experienced private equity firm with an investment focus on lead and control investments in companies within the business services, information services, media, education, and communications sectors. Spire Capital leads buyout investments in its areas of expertise and believes its deep industry experience and network of relationships are invaluable in helping its portfolio companies to grow and create value. Spire Capital is investing out of its third fund and has managed over $1.2 billion in private equity commitments since its founding. Since its inception, Spire has invested in 30 platform companies and consummated over 100 add-on acquisitions.