Rob Levy Email and Phone Number
Rob is an experienced business and investment executive with broad market knowledge and over 30 years of extensive investment, strategic, and operational executive experience in leading all aspects of the computer software, hardware, and services business, with over $50B of deals closed and over $10B in exits. He currently serves on the board of two enterprise software companies.As a successful change agent with a strong entrepreneurial spirit, high energy, and enthusiasm, he brings strong leadership skills and a balanced management style, combining people, team building, market development, strategic, tactical, and deep technical skills.Rob has a proven track record of running large international, multi-billion-dollar organizations, turning around and managing businesses to successful growth, significantly increasing shareholder value and achieving successful exit outcomes. As a senior executive and an innovator, Rob was instrumental in shaping the future of some of the most prominent names in the software and services industries like PwC, CA, Progress, and BEA. His executive roles included Managing Director of Innovation Labs, Chief Product Officer, Chief Strategy Officer, Chief Technology Officer, General Manager, and Business Unit Executive. His investment roles included Operating Executive, PE Advisor, EIR, Board Chair, Board Member, and Board Advisor.He is an Expert Partner at Bain & Co. and a Senior Advisor to Goldman Sachs, working with some of the largest PE firms and global Fortune 1000 software and hardware companies in the US and internationally. He helps his Tech PE clients on buy/sell deals ranging from $100M to $20B, with strategy and industry insights, market analysis, thesis creation, target identification, commercial and technical due diligences, post-acquisition growth, and value creation strategy. He engages with Boards and C-Suite of Bain tech companies to drive strategy, M&A, operations efficiency, GTM, Pricing, innovation, business model development, software development, and operational excellence across product, marketing, IT, operations, and support domains.
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Expert Partner, Private Equity GroupBain & Company Jul 2021 - PresentBoston, Ma, UsAs a leader in both the Private Equity Group (PEG) and the Technology and Cloud Services Group (TCS), I am involved in projects involving enterprise software, hardware, and services companies, providing industry, market, strategic, and technology insights and direct operational and product support to Bain clients, partners, and project teams. I help our top global PE clients reach well-informed investment decisions for the full spectrum of the investment process. From market analysis, thesis creation, target identification, and commercial and technical due diligences, to post-acquisition execution, growth, and value creation strategy.I also work directly with software and hardware clients and portfolio companies' executive teams and boards to establish strategic direction, identify, and realize cost synergies, pursue organic and M&A growth initiatives, create and implement pricing and GTM strategies, drive software development and product roadmaps, improve processes, create organizational excellence, and help drive the teams to execution of these plans.
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Senior Expert AdvisorBain & Company Mar 2018 - Jul 2021Boston, Ma, Us
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Sector Advisor, Private Equity Value Accelerator Software CouncilGoldman Sachs Sep 2019 - PresentNew York, New York, UsThe value accelerator is a dedicated team of industry leaders committed to helping portfolio companies in all stages of their value creation journey. I provide GS investment committee partners with industry, market, and technology insights, as well as operational and product analysis on potential investments in enterprise software and hardware deals across all verticals and geographies. -
Member Board Of DirectorsKontent.Ai Jun 2024 - PresentBrno, Jihomoravský Kraj, Cz -
Senior Board AdvisorInrule Jun 2020 - Oct 2022Chicago, Il, UsSold to Pamlico Capital -
Board ChairCodelogic Jan 2021 - Dec 2021San Francisco, Ca, Us -
Operating ExecutiveOpengate Capital Jan 2018 - Jul 2021Los Angeles, Ca, UsI provided the partners with industry insights and technology strategy, evaluating potential new investments, due diligence analysis, and supporting investment decisions for both existing and new portfolio companies. -
Member Of The Advisory BoardGreencoinx Aug 2015 - Aug 2018
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Ceo And FounderLig Strategy Group Feb 2017 - Mar 2018I engaged and advised Fortune 500 companies on market insights, business, and technology strategies, organizational innovation and transformation, business turnaround and growth strategies, product development strategy and execution, go-to-market model design and optimization, R&D effectiveness, and operational improvement.
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Founding Managing Director, Global Innovation Software LabsPwc Nov 2013 - Feb 2017GbI joined PwC as an Executive-In-Residence (EIR), advising executive management and partners in areas of software development and technology strategy. Specifically, I concentrated on scaling technology-based projects across multiple sectors and Lines-of-Services and creating new and non-traditional revenue models and opportunities.This led to the formal creation of PwC Global Innovation Software Labs where, as its founding Managing Director I was responsible for all aspects of designing, creating, staffing, and managing the software organization, the labs, and the ecosystems PwC participates in. The organization worked to bring together incubation, development, and launch functions to jump-start new ideas and rapidly bring them to market by quickly developing game-changing business models that provide unique value to PwC clients. -
Member Of The BoardRevelytix, Inc Aug 2013 - Jul 2014Sold to Terradata
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Executive In Residence (Eir)Artiman Ventures Nov 2012 - Oct 2013Palo Alto, Ca, Us -
Ceo And Co-FounderEyeona Apr 2011 - Oct 2012Eyeona was founded to help consumers get the best price by guaranteeing them price adjustments and refunds if the price of the item they bought dropped within a certain time period after their purchase. Eyeona raised $2M in seed investment and within a year, supported over 200 retailers, had 100K+ users, tracked over $75M of consumer purchases, and alerted consumers to over $8M of price refunds.
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Evp, Chief Products OfficerProgress Software 2010 - 2011Burlington, Massachusetts, UsAs an officer of the company, reporting to the CEO, I had full P&L responsibility for all $700M+ product portfolios including Software Development, Product Strategy, M&A, Product Management, Product Marketing, and Solution Delivery, managing 1200+ staff worldwide. I worked to align Progress business and technology strategies with each unit's capabilities, reorganizing the groups and instituting a comprehensive agile process. I also worked with the sales and delivery organizations to engage major accounts and partners in the development process to ensure a faster delivery to the market. Finally, at the board level, I was responsible for Progress's corporate strategy, leading Progress Software India, and chairing the corporate Senior Leadership Committee. -
Ceo And FounderLig Strategy Group 2008 - 2010I advised Fortune 500 Enterprise Software companies on market insights, business and technology strategies, Go-To-Market, operations, and M&A activities, in Innovation, Cloud, Enterprise Computing, and Social Media.
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Evp, CtoBea Systems 2006 - 2008UsSold to OracleAs a corporate officer, reporting to the CEO, I was BEA's technology thought-leader and the company's voice to the media, press, analysts, and our customers. I managed innovation, global corporate architecture, standards, and software incubation, as well as fostering BEA's commitment to software innovation, open standards, and the open-source community. I also guided BEA’s technology acquisition strategy, resulting in $400M+ in acquisitions ensuring BEA's #1 position in our market, leading to a successful $8.5B acquisition by Oracle. -
Evp, New Products DevelopmentBea Systems 2005 - 2006UsI joined BEA to help start, build and manage all aspects of AquaLogic, BEA's industry-first Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) management brand from the ground up. Within the first 12 months, through organic development and acquisitions, the brand delivered an integrated SOA management suite of six products, growing to a global organization of over 400 staff. The brand revenue grew over 70% YOY to near $200M by the time of the Oracle acquisition. The product is now the base for Oracle's Fusion Management Suite.
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Svp, Chief Technology StrategistComputer Associates (Ca) 2004 - 2005San Jose, California, UsSold to BroadcomDefined, established, and lead the Office for Technology Strategy (OTS). The OTS complemented the activities of the Office of the CTO, with primary responsibility for creating, communicating, and driving the execution of CA's Enterprise IT Management (EIM), global technology strategy, and vision across all brands and business units, encompassing both a unified technology strategy, as well as underlying common architecture structure and an extensive M&A strategy that included the successful acquisition and integration of Concord, Niku, Wiley and others totaling over $1.5B, ensuring CA’s technology position at the forefront in each of its selected market segments. -
Svp Development & Gm, Allfusion (Application Life Cycle Management) And Cleverpath (Portal)Computer Associates (Ca) 2002 - 2004San Jose, California, UsAs a member of the Senior Management Team, I was responsible for two of CA's five software divisions, with P&L responsibility of $750M+, and a worldwide staff of 1000+. I was responsible for managing all aspects of the brand, including Research and Development, Product Management, Product Marketing, Support, Quality Assurance, Strategic Planning, and Business Development. During my time, the brand achieved year-over-year top-line growth of over 50% for 2 consecutive years, while reducing bottom-line spending by over 10%.
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Managing Director Us Operations & Chief Strategy OfficerItemfield 2000 - 2002UsSold to InformaticaItemField was an Israeli-based startup that enabled real-time data transformation to and from XML. As its Managing Director of US Operations and Chief Strategy Officer, reporting to the CEO, I moved corporate headquarters to the US and started US market operations. I was responsible for setting a go-to-market strategy, establishing partnerships with IBM, Microsoft, and Software AG, and managing the local sales and support force. I then helped the CEO and the board secure 2 VC funding rounds ($4M & 11.5M). -
Svp, Development And OperationsNastel Technologies 1999 - 2000Plainview, Ny, UsI joined Nastel to help modernize the company, move it to a new headquarters location and set up an Enterprise Solutions division. Reporting to the CEO, my responsibilities included Product Development, Professions Services, Marketing, Customer Support, and Operations. -
Founder, Chairman & CeoMq Tech 1997 - 1999Sold to BMCMQ Tech was founded to extend the capabilities of IBM MQSeries (Later WebSphere), as well as provide migration and implementation professional services.
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Rob Levy works for Bain & Company
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Rob Levy's current role is Expert Partner at Bain & Company, Board member and Advisor.
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