Andrew Kowal

Advent International LP (Advent) is an independent private equity firm founded in 1984 by Henry H. Haight. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Rogue Wave Software, Inc. operates as a provider of cross-platform software development tools and embedded components. It offers open source support, static code & predictive analytics, application security, open source auditing, code refactoring, open source management, code building blocks, web development and deployment services. The company was founded by Thomas W. Keffer in 1989 and is headquartered in Louisville, CO.

Webtrends, Inc. offers web analytics and online marketing solutions. The firm is a customer intelligence company that turns online and offline data into understanding, which help organizations, realize a competitive advantage by providing insight-driven optimization of their digital channels. Its products and solutions enable web-smart organizations to optimize their digital marketing programs from visitor acquisition to customer retention. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Digital Island, Inc. provides network services for e-business applications. The company is based in San Francisco, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States.

Quest Software, Inc. engages in the design, development, and distribution of enterprise systems management software products. It offers consulting, educational, and support services including Microsoft Platform, data protection, unified endpoint management, performance monitoring, and database management services. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA.

Vendavo, Inc. provides margin and profit optimization solutions. It offers Profit Analyzer to analyze transaction data for pinpointing leaking margins; Power and Risk that provides data-driven optimal prices for salespeople to negotiate and grow revenue; Price Manager to manage price lists and set policies for deal negotiations; Deal Manager that provides deal guidance and targets for profitable deal execution to sales teams; and Deal Guide to expedite deal cycle time and equip sales force to negotiate profitable deals. The company was founded by Jamie Rappperport and Joshua W. Sommer in November 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Shape Security, Inc. engages in the provision of website security solutions. The firm offers Shape Defense, Shape Enterprise Defense, BlackFish, API defense, and manual-attack defense. The company was founded by Derek Smith, Justin Call, and Sumit Agarwal in 2011 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

GTCR LLC (GTCR) is a private equity firm founded in 1980 by Charlie Thomas. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Centive, Inc. develops incentive management software solutions. It also provides sales performance management software that monitors sales commissions, performance pay, and commission systems. The company was founded by Elizabeth M. Cobb and David A. Love in 1997 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

Simba Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of data connectivity and data integration solutions. It offers Magnitude Gateway, SimbaEngine SDK, and data connectors. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Francisco Partners Management LP (Francisco Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Benjamin Ball, Dipanjan Deb, Neil Garfinkel, Sanford Robertson and David Stanton. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco and London.

Plex Systems, Inc. provides enterprise resource protocol and cloud services. It offers software-as-a-service that uses cloud computing to deliver solutions to production, inventory, quality, human capital, and financial management. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Troy, MI.

Newburyport Holdings, Inc. provides software engineering and application services. The company was founded by James Tong and Alan Perkins in 1987 and is headquartered in Westford, MA.

RSD SA develops document management software and provides content management solutions. The firm offers information governance and enterprise report management solutions. The company was founded by Louis-Pierre Roger in 1973 and is headquartered in Carouge, Switzerland.

Accenture LLC operates as a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. The company is headquartered in Reston, VA.

J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp. is engaged in the provision of securities clearing, custody, order execution, settlement, and lending services to traders, hedge fund managers, broker-dealers, and investment advisers. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

Smart Bear Software, Inc. designs and develops software tools. Its products help developers, testers and operations teams deliver applications across web, mobile, enterprise, and Internet of Things platforms. It offers software testing, code optimization, mobile solutions, microservices, and IOT solutions. The company was founded by Jason Cohen in 2003 and is headquartered in Somerville, MA.

National Cyber-Forensics & Training Alliance is a non-profit corporation that works towards identifying, validating, mitigating, and neutralizing cybercrime threats through strategic alliances and partnerships with subject matter experts in the public, private, and academic sectors. The private company is based in Pittsburgh, PA. The company shares threat information and SME resources on a real-time basis across all sectors and with all its partners via multiple communication channels. The company was created by industry, academia, and law enforcement to establish a neutral, trusted environment that enables two-way information sharing. The CEO of the company is Maria J. Vello.

Kenna Security, Inc. provides vulnerability threat management platform. The firm’s products include Kenna.VM, Kenna.AppSec and Kenna.VI. It specializes in vulnerability management, vulnerability intelligence, threat management and information security. The company was founded by Jeffrey P. Heuer and Edward T. Bellis in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

RiskSense, Inc. offers network security solutions. Its software also takes large volumes of raw security data and presents it visually, all in a centralized location, that can be customized by each user for analysis and decision-making. The firm specializes in network security assessments, incident response, and mitigation and digital forensics. The company was founded by Srinivas Mukkamala and Mark Fidel and is headquartered in Albuquerque, NM.

Skyhigh Security LLC is a company that provides cloud-native security solutions to help organizations secure their data. The company is based in San Jose, CA. The company's market-leading Security Service Edge (SSE) portfolio focuses on data use, allowing organizations to collaborate securely from any device and from anywhere. It was founded by Rajiv Gupta and Gee Rittenhouse has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

TrustMAPP is a cybersecurity performance management company that provides CISOs with a real-time view of the effectiveness of their cybersecurity program. The private company is based in Minneapolis, MN. The company offers a single source of data that allows organizations to manage security as a business, quantifying and prioritizing remediation actions and costs. TrustMAPP's platform provides visibility into an organization's security posture based on stakeholder perspective, including CISO, C-suite, and board. For general inquiries, contact info@trustmapp.com, and for press and analyst inquiries, contact about@trustmapp.com. The company was founded in 2019 by Chad Boeckmann, who has been the CEO since 2019.

Quantum Xchange, Inc. specializes in information security and quantum encryption. It avoids SSL scraping attacks, potential backdoors, quantum computing nullification, and PKI vulnerabilities. The company was founded by John Prisco and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

Blackpoint Holdings LLC develops and operates software applications for mapping. Its capabilities include live asset visibility, multi-point threat detection, automated hunt, privileged insider threat visibility, realtime threat response and risk & compliance reporting. The company was founded by Jonathan S. Murchison and is headquartered in Ellicott City, MD.

Part of Travelport Worldwide Ltd., Travelport Ltd. operates as a worldwide travel retail platform company. The company is based in Atlanta, GA. Gregory A. Conley has been the CEO of the company since 2019.

Cloud Software Group, Inc. provides mission-critical software to enterprises at scale. The company is based in Fort Lauderdale, FL and has a global presence of subsidiaries in several regions. The company offers a range of software solutions, including Citrix, Netscaler, Jaspersoft, IBI, and Sharefile. The CEO of the company is Thomas Harry Krause.

SpyCloud, Inc. develops software for monitoring business assets. It offers products and services banks and financial services, healthcare, law firms, large service providers, retail and small business, and individuals. The company was founded by Ted Ross and David Endler on June 22, 2016 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.