Tom Tiernan is a 5X public and private company CEO, previously serving as President, CEO and Board Member of Vispero, Guardian Analytics, 2020 Technologies, Gerber Scientific, and Synaptics, technology companies bringing innovation to various enterprise, consumer, and vertical markets. He was an Operating Partner at Francisco Partners and Vector Capital, two tech-focused, middle market private equity buyout funds. He began his career at Hewlett Packard, where he held various regional and global executive and general management positions.Over the course of his career, Tom has focused on driving market-leading growth and financial performance, scaling companies through product and market expansion (with a particular emphasis on Asia), turn-arounds and restructurings, M&A-driven industry roll-ups, and large-scale company transformations. His experience spans various software, hardware and services business models, and a range of partnering models and go-to-market motions.Tom earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Cal Poly Pomona and holds a master’s degree in computer engineering from Santa Clara University.