Operating Partners Forum Napa 2024 | Private Equity International | 13 June 2024 | Meritage Resort And Spa, 875 Bordeaux Way, Napa, CA 94558, United States

With dedicated sessions focused on digital transformation and using technology to create value, the Forum connects the West Coast’s leading community of operating partners, private equity leaders, C-level executives, suppliers & resources.

• Create the most operationally efficient portfolio companies
Hear first-hand perspectives on how to further develop your operational skill set.

• Network with top value creators
Meet with the largest community of operational experts in one place over 2.5 days.

• Learn key strategies for cross-portfolio initiatives
Find the right tools and knowledge to create value.

2024 Speakers

Chioma Achebe
Principal, The Carlyle Group

Lisa Ames
Operating Executive, Norwest

Hannah Arnold
President, CEO and Owner, Reslilere Partners

Nathaniel Barling
Senior Product Manager, Andreessen Horowitz

Michael Belkin
Head of Global PE Practice, Zuora

Alex Bello
Director, Product and Technology Strategy, EQT Group

Sebastien Bilodeau
President, Cerberus Technology Solutions, Cerberus Capital Management

Elizabeth Blake
Operations Vice President, Human Capital, Trive Capital

Fabian Bodoky
Director, Tech Industry Lead, Efficio

William Bundy
Partner, McKinsey ＆ Co

Andy Caine
CoE, COO and Partner, Frazier Healthcare Partners
Douglas Chey
Douglas Chey
SVP Value Creation, Warburg Pincus

Chris Cochran
Co-founder & CEO, ProsperOps

Renee Cohen
Operating Executive, Marketing, Norwest

Sean Curran
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, ENDUIR Cyber

Amy Daly
Partner, Ernst & Young, LLP (EY)
Ashley Day, CI Capital Partners
Ashley Day
Operating Partner - Human Capital, FFL Partners

Dina DeMarco
Division President - Private Equity Talent Solutions, Hueman

Cory A. Eaves
Partner and Head of Portfolio Operations, BayPine

Russell Findlay
Operating Partner, H.I.G. Capital

AJ Gandhi
Chief Growth Officer, Marlin Equity Partners

Bala Ganesan
Managing Director, Special Situations, Oaktree Capital Management

Giuseppe Gasparro
Partner & Managing Director, AlixPartners

Rory Gaston
Group Managing Director, Saragossa

Angela Geffre
Head of Human Capital - GrowthCurve Capital

Ignacio Giraldo
Partner, TPG Rise

Josh Gold
Senior Operating Executive, Hellman & Friedman

Scott Graham
Operating Partner, Marketing and Growth, Diversis Capital

Andrea Greene
Operating Partner, One Rock Capital Partners

Akshay Grover
Global Private Equity Practice Lead, Zscaler

Billy Hegeman
Operating Advisor, Norwest Equity Partners

Daniel Heidenreich
Director, Private Equity Services, RSM US LLP

Tindall Hein
Partner, ON Partners

Matt Hollcraft
Operating Partner – Cybersecurity, H.I.G. Capital

Ben Holzemer
Partner, Head of Human Capital, TPG

Jerry Hughes
Director, Commercial Excellence, American Securities

William Humsi
Partner, Simon-Kucher

Matt Ibbetson
Principal, Ridgemont Equity Partners

Lauren Ipsen
Talent Partner, Decibel Partners

Sajjad Jaffer
Head of Data, Analytics and Machine Learning, GrowthCurve Capital

Sam Jakola
Operating Partner, Head of Talent, Craft Ventures

Iggy Javellana
Enterprise Information Technology Practice Leader, Cerberus

Danielle Jezienicki
Impact/ESG Advisor, GroundForce Capital

Ben Johnson
Managing Director, Product Management, LLR Partners

Ryan Jones
Private Equity Leader, Deloitte Consulting

Brian Kasser
Talent Partner, Welsh, Carson, Anderson and Stowe

Kate Ju
Vice President, Value Accelerator, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Prital Kadakia
General Partner, Serent Capital

Greg Kegeles
Operating Partners, Digital Transformation, Newlight Partners

Raz Khan
Principal, Permira

Spencer Khoury
Director, Value Creation Team, Shamrock Capital

Peter Kim
Head of GTM, WestBridge Capital

Michael Kingston
Managing Director, Chief Information Officer Americas, The Carlyle Group

Drew Kiran
Practice Director-Go To Market, K1 Investment Management

Jeffrey Klein
Managing Director, Alvarez and Marsal

Matt Krna
Co-founder and Managing Partner

Punit Kulkarni
Global Private Equity Leader, Persistent Systems

Raj Kushwaha
Managing Director ＆ Partner, Co-Head Value Creation and Chief Digital Officer

Yale Kwon
Partner, AlixPartners

Tony La Rosa
Managing Director, Technology and O.P.S., Clearlake Capital Group, L.P.

Irene LaCota
Senior Director, Marketing Excellence, The Riverside Company

Ned Lanphier
Partner, Private Equity Practice, Riviera Partners

Dan Lau
Vice President, Head of Business Development, Symphony

Jeffrey Malcolm
Value Accelerator Operating Advisor, Technology, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Miten Marvania
Managing Director, Business Services Platforms, Blue Owl Capital

Scott McKenzie
Operating Partner, Bain Capital

Kevin McShane
Operating Partner, Go-To-Market Practice Leader

Patrick Mizer
Portfolio CTO, Blue Star Innovation Partners

Michael Monagle
Principal, Portfolio Operations, Providence Equity Partners

Jeff Montgomery
Operations Vice President, Cybersecurity, Trive Capital

Tucker Moon
Operating VP, Accel-KKR

Sean Mooney
CEO, BluWave

Casey Myers
Partner, Edison Partners

Andrew Nolan
Partner, PwC

Hoyoung Pak
Partner and Managing Director, AlixPartners

Mark Papp
President, Tide Rock YieldCo, Tide Rock

Daniel Perry
Director of Sales and Commercial Excellence, Parthenon Capital

Michael Picton
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, ENDUIR Cyber

Adam L. Pollak
National Practice leader for Performance Improvement for KPMG Strategy, U.S.

Eli Potter
CIO as a Service, Insight Partners

Brian Regan
Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, Spectrum Equity

Ed Richards
Chief Operating Officer, Head of Portfolio Operations, Marlin Equity Partners

Kyle Roemer
Managing Director, Head of Catalyst Group, Incline Equity Partners

Chris Roth
Chief Investment Officer, 5T Wealth, LLC

David Rowley
Technology Operating Partner, Diversis Capital
Tim Sanders, Upwork
Tim Sanders
Vice President of Client Strategy, Upwork

Chris Satchell
Operating Principal Technology and Digital, Clayton Dubilier ＆ Rice

Avra Schaaf
Principal, Lead Edge Capital

Anish Sharan
Head of Digital Transformation, Pritzker Private Capital

Thomas J. Shelford
Managing Director, Crosslake

Subhi Sherwell
Field Operations Senior Advisor, TPG Capital

Mark Sinatra
CEO, Aspen HR

Saurabh Singh
Partner, AlixPartners

Karina Sobieski
Managing Director, Human Capital, Clearlake Capital Group
Katie Solomon, Genstar Capital
Katie Solomon
Managing Director, Talent Management, Genstar Capital

Jamey Spencer
Managing Director & Portfolio Manager, Hall Capital Partners

Ben Spiegel
Operating Principal, BayPine

Milo Sprague
Chief Technology Advisor, FTV Capital

Paul Stansik
Partner, ParkerGale Capital

Gary Survis
Operating Partner, Insight Partners

Ercan Ucak
Vice President, Cerberus Capital Management

Alexis Underwood
Managing Director, Commercial Excellence and Pricing, Wynnchurch Capital

Russell Uyeda
Operating Partner, Operational Resource Group, HGGC

David Van Wert
Partner, RSM

Jana Wayne
Head of Procurement, Hunter Point Capital

Carsten Weber
Principal, Highview Capital

Chris Westington
Director of Portfolio Management and Value Creation, BCI

Ellen Williams
Vice President, Growth Acceleration Group, General Atlantic

Eric Wilson
Principal, Portfolio Operations, NextGen Growth Partners

Chad Wonderling
Chief Financial Officer, Zone & Co.

Seth Wong
Vice President, GIC

Achi Yaffe
Managing Director, Portfolio Operations, GI Partners

Drew Zarges
VP, Portfolio Operations, Platinum Equity

John Zink
Director of Operations, Marlin Equity Partners

2024 Sponsors

PRINCIPAL SPONSORS:
• AlixPartners
• Deloitte
• KPMG
• RSM

LEAD SPONSORS:
• A&M
• EY
• Nagarro
• PwC
• Riviera

SPONSORS:
• ACA
• Accordion
• Beeline
• Benesch
• BluWave
• CrossLake
• Efficio
• EnduIR
• eShipping
• Hueman
• Infosys
• IGS
• ON
• Persistent
• ProsperOps
• Ramp
• RedWood
• Sage
• Sargossa
• Simon Kucher
• Symphony
• Resilere Partners
• Upwork
• Zone & Co
• Zscaler
• Zuora