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Cambridge, Massachusetts, US

Lead investor for the $100 million Series B raise for a leading auto insurance marketplace.

IT consulting company founded while completing graduate studies in the engineering program at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, focused on client work in technology strategy for telecommunications and banking firms in Europe and the US.

Scottsdale, AZ, US

External corporate development advisory to Transact Campus, a Reverence Capital Partners portfolio company, and leading provider of IT solutions to large institutions of higher education. Focus on strategy formulation and building an M&A pipeline. Transact was acquired by Roper Technologies (Nasdaq: ROP) in August, 2024 for $1.5 billion.

New York, New York, US

Founding Partner and Co-Head of the Investment Team, with aggregate capital raised of $2.5B across two funds. Motive Partners was formed to make world-class investments in the financial services technology industry through an integrated platform with the capability to invest, operate and innovate across the financial technology ecosystem.

New York, NY, US

Technology research and consulting covering the banking technology market, with an emphasis on core banking and channel systems, corporate banking systems including treasury management systems, and cloud-based financial services.

Jacksonville, FL, US

First external hire of the Corporate Development group of Metavante Corporation (formerly M&I Data Services), a NYSE-listed financial services technology company, where I directed strategic acquisitions, investments, joint ventures and enterprise alliances until its acquisition by FIS in 2009. Our team completed more than two dozen acquisitions valued at.

Frankfurt Am Main, Hessen, DE

Founded this private equity firm with the support of Deutsche Bank AG to focus on expansion capital investments in Central Europe. Since its formation, Arx Equity Partners (former DBD Development Capital Ltd.) has been one of the most successful fund managers in the region, is now wholly owned by its partners, is presently investing its fourth fund.

Atlanta, GA, US

Hired as the chief finance officer of the Company’s new soft-drink bottling operation, representing $100 million of the $1.0 billion in total investment committed to the region, subsequently promoted to Deputy General Manager with additional responsibility for operations and project management. In 1992, our team celebrated the Grand Opening of the first.

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