Michael Speranza is the CEO of Kantata, a company formed through the merger of Mavenlink and Kimble Applications. He has 20 years of private equity experience leading several global software and services companies and specializes in defining compelling product visions and scaling companies from $100 million towards $1 billion in annual revenue. His proven approach to crafting winning strategies starts with establishing client-centric visions and developing an end-to-end approach to align company initiatives to address customer challenges.● Sales and Marketing Execution - Michael was instrumental in scaling IPC Systems from $200M to nearly $600M in annual revenue through a combination of both organic and inorganic growth.● Product Innovation and Category Building – Led global product and engineering teams through significant organic investment several times that resulted in groundbreaking product launches that addressed the latest technology and industry trends and led to significant growth, share capture and category creation and definition.● Accretive Acquisitions and Integration – Michael has worked on more than 15 integrations throughout his career and has a track record of quickly executing to realize the planned result.● Operational Excellence – Michael has consistently led companies through both revenue growth and EBITDA expansion to create successful outcomes. Michael has been part of successful exits several times totaling more than $4B in enterprise value and over a 3X return for investors on two occasions.● High Performance Cultures and Teams - Michael understands that building predictable, scalable, and profitable growth engines first requires building teams and cultures capable of executing on winning strategies. Michael is an experienced executive operator and has worked with leading private equity firms that include Goldman Sachs, SilverLake Partners, Centerbridge Partners, Vista Equity Partners and AKKR.Michael is originally from New York and earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Early in his career, Michael worked at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, Deloitte Consulting, and was an early employee in a successful THLee start-up that pioneered SaaS-based business intelligence for the hospitality industry.