Operating Partners Forum New York 2020 | PEI Media | 14 October 2020 | Virtual Event

Now in its tenth year, Private Equity International’s Operating Partners Forum: New York is the single largest event in the world specifically dedicated to anyone concerned about private equity portfolio operational assessment and value creation.

The Forum continues to draw the most established operating partners on stage as well as in the audience, giving delegates a chance to discuss effective, practical strategies that they can implement right away.

Attendees will have extensive opportunities to network, build relationships and compare best practices with their peers and leaders who helped define the role, grow the field and influence its future direction.

2020 Speakers

Tracey Abbott
Industry Value Creation, Portfolio Operations, Partners Group

Angelique Augereau
Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Apax Partners

Geoffrey Baird
Senior Managing Director of Value Creation, LLR Partners

Ted Bililies
Managing Director and Chief Talent Officer, AlixPartners

John Broderick
Operating Partner, Argosy Private Equity

Andrew Bronstein
Operating Partner, Vector Capital

Les Brown
Managing Partner, Operational Resource Group, HGGC

William Bundy
Director, AlixPartners

Kerensa Butler
National Pride Employee Network Group (ENG) Leader, RSM

Wendy Buxton
President, LynnCo Supply Chain Solutions

Paul Carbone
President and Managing Partner, Pritzker Private Capital

Kelly Carlson
Managing Director, Head of Talent, STG Partners

Lily Chang
Chief Portfolio Services Officer, Leonard Green & Partners

Brian Cohen
Operating Partner, Altamont Capital Partners

Jim Corey
Managing Partner, Blue Ridge Partners

Steven Cumbow
Operating Partner, Sentinel Capital Partners

Roanne Daniels
Partner, Hellman and Friedman

Merche del Valle
Managing Director and Chief Talent Officer, Grain Management

Melissa Dickerson
Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director, Operations, Genstar Capital

Sean Dougherty
Vice President, Talent and Operations, Inverness Graham Investments

Scot Duncan
Partner and Co-Founder, MiddleGround Capital

Andrew Dunn
Managing Director, One Equity Partners

Cory Eaves
Operating Partner, General Atlantic

Anthony Ecock
Senior Operating Advisor, SVPGlobal

Sean Epstein
Global Head of Private Equity, SAP

Kingchih Fan
Operating Partner, The Riverside Company

Karim Fattal
Chief Operating Officer, HOF Capital

Foster Finley
Managing Director, AlixPartners

Michael Foisy
Lead Operations Partner, Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company

Thomas Fountain
Operating Partner, One Rock Capital Partners

David Gau
Partner, Head of Operations, Pritzker Private Capital

Ignacio Giraldo
Partner, TPG Growth

Curtis Glovier
Senior Advisor, Star Mountain Capital

Todd Goffman
General Counsel, Globalization Partners

Doron Grosman
President and CEO, Global Container Terminals

Todd Grove
Vice President, Private Equity, Quantum Health

Andrew Hampshire
Chief Technology Officer , Gresham House

Dan Hawkins
CEO, Summit Leadership Partners

Kara Helander
Managing Director, Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer, The Carlyle Group

Marc Herdegen
Senior Operating Partner, Strategy, New State Capital Partners

Jesse Hermann
Operating Partner, Court Square Capital Partners

Trent Hickman
Managing Director, Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS)

Steven Hilgendorf
Managing Director, AlixPartners

Ben Holzemer
Partner, Global Head of Human Capital, TPG Global

Gary Hoover
Vice President, Global Private Equity Practice, TBM Consulting Group

Jim Howland
Managing Director and Head of Portfolio Operations, Morgan Stanley Capital Partners

Jerry Hughes
Director, Commercial Excellence, American Securities

Paul Ilse
Senior Operating Partner, Francisco Partners Consulting

Natalie Ings
Managing Director, Portfolio Solutions, Lightyear Capital

Laura Ipsen
President and CEO, Ellucian

John Iwanski
Executive Managing Director, Riveron

Keith Jensen
Chief Marketing Officer - WCP Healthcare, Waud Capital Partners

Tyrone Johnson
Operating Partner, Trive Capital

Prital Kadakia
General Partner, Serent Capital

Kevin Kerby
Operating Partner, Bain Capital

Christopher Kim
Senior Vice President, Platinum Equity

Neil Kimber
Operating Principal, Accel-KKR

Jeffrey Klein
Managing Director, Alvarez and Marsal

Markus Lahrkamp
Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal

Rich Lawson
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-Founder, HGGC

Alex Lizcano
Senior Lead Operator (Senior Vice President), Industry Value Creation, Partners Group

Michael Lyons
President, Lincolnshire Management

T.J. Maloney
Chairman and CEO, Lincolnshire Management

Alice Mann
Operating Partner, Blue Wolf Capital Partners

Steven Maxwell
Senior Vice President, Portfolio Human Capital, Audax Group

Ann McCloskey
Operating Principal, Accel-KKR

Connor McGauley
Vice President, Portfolio Operations, GI Partners

Preston McKenzie
Operating Partner, General Atlantic

Nate Medoff
Managing Director, ContinuServe

Paul Melchiorre
Operating Partner, Stripes

Marco Mendes
Head of Portfolio Support Group, North America, Advent International

Aaron Miller
Partner, Head of Portfolio Performance Solutions, Apollo Global Management

Don Miller
Senior Managing Director, Private Equity Value Creation, PwC

Michael Monagle
Vice President, Portfolio Operations, Providence Equity

Jud Morrison
Operating Partner, The Sterling Group

Nate Medoff
Managing Director, ContinuServe

Melissa Mounce
Managing Director, Leadership Talent, GTCR

David Muhlenkamp
Managing Director, Head of Portfolio Operations, Lindsay Goldberg

Jeff Nathan
Principal, Portfolio Operations, L Catterton

Allie Nava
Advisor, Amazon AWS Private Equity

Leslie Nielson
Managing Director, Alvarez and Marsal

Judd Nystrom
Chief Financial Officer, Caliber

Kevin O'Neill
Managing Partner and Co-Lead, Private Equity Practice, Acertitude

Dayton Ogden
Head of Talent and Recruiting, Summit Partners

Greg Pappas
Managing Director, Portfolio Support, Berkshire Partners

Stephen Parks
Partner, Topspin Consumer Partners

Kristin Brown Patrick
Senior Operating Partner, Human Capital, New State Capital Partners

Mark Petruzzi
Vice President PE/VC Go-To-Market and Corporate Partnerships, N3

Andy Pickens
Principal, Apollo Portfolio Performance Solutions, Apollo Global Management

Randy Randleman
Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, Sumeru Equity Partners

Kiran Rao
Operating Partner, TPG Capital

Kate Rubenstein
Managing Director, Portfolio Operations, Blackstone

Brian Sharp
Chief Revenue Officer, Profit Velocity

Steven Siwinski
Operating Partner, High Road Capital Partners

Michael Song
Managing Director, Portfolio Operations, Providence Equity

Mark Sotir
President, Equity Group Investments

Rachel Spasser
Managing Director and Chief Marketing Officer, Accel-KKR Consulting Group

Marc Stoneham
Portfolio Manager, Development Partners International (DPI)

Jay Sung
Operating Partner and Chief Marketing Officer, Brentwood Associates

Paul Swaney
Head of Industrials Americas, Industry Value Creation, Partners Group

Matt Thompson
Senior Vice President, Portfolio Operations, Skyview Capital

Scott Tynes
CEO, Consero Global

Elizabeth Wallace
Head of Portfolio Talent, Hg

Andrew Walshe
Head of Portfolio Operations, Sightway Capital

Sugath Warnakulasuriya
Managing Director, Thalamus Labs

Jesse Weber
Private Equity Lead, Sage Intacct

Jon Weber
Head of Global Portfolio Operations Group, Elliott Management Corporation

Andrew Wilson
Vice President, Private Equity and M&A, Global Upside

Nick Winter
Managing Director, Head of North America Portfolio Operations Värde Partners

Achi Yaffe
Managing Director, Portfolio Operations, GI Partners

Ben YoKell
Managing Director, Transformation, Grant Thornton

Paul Zuber
Operating Partner, Thoma Bravo

Arthur Zuckerman
Partner, CFO, CCO and Head of Portfolio Operations, Soundcore Capital Partners

2020 Sponsors and Partners

PLATINUM:
• Alix Partners
• A&M
• Blue Ridge Partners
• Simon + Kucher & Partners

LEAD:
• Consero
• Lynnco
• RSM
• SAP

SPONSORS:
• Acertitude
• Aws
• Continu Serve
• Global Upside
• Globalization Partners
• JM Search
• N3
• Profit Velocity
• pWc
• Quantum Health
• Riveron
• Sage Intacct
• Summit Leadership Partners
• TBM
• Thalamus Labs

SUPPORTING ASSOCIATIONS:
• ACG New York
• CVCA
• Feng
• PeOpen
• Pewin

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Buyouts
• PE Hub
• Venture Capital Journal