Joerg Adams joined Silver Lake in 2006 and is a Managing Director. Previously, he worked in the Natural Resources Investment Banking Division at Goldman, Sachs & Co. and the Fixed Income Investment Management Division at J.P. Morgan. Joerg currently serves on the board of directors of ServiceMax and previously was a director of IPC Systems, Inc. Mr. Adams graduated with highest distinction from Indiana University with a B.Sc. in Finance and also holds a degree in Business Administration from the European School of Business in Reutlingen, Germany.

Mike Bingle joined Silver Lake in 2000 and is a Managing Partner and Managing Director. Prior to joining Silver Lake, Mr. Bingle was a principal at Apollo Management, L.P., then a large-scale, generalist private equity firm. Prior to Apollo, he worked in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mr. Bingle serves on the board of directors of Ancestry.com LLC, Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc., Credit Karma, Inc., Fanatics, Inc., Social Finance, Inc. (SoFi), and SolarWinds Corporation.   He also serves on the Board of Visitors of Duke University's School of Engineering, as a trustee of Brunswick School, and as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.  Previously, Mr. Bingle was a director of Ameritrade Holding Corp., Datek Online Holdings, Inc., Gartner, Inc., Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc., Interactive Data Corporation, IPC Systems, Inc., Instinet, Inc., Mercury Payment Systems, and Virtu Financial, Inc.  He received a B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University.

Katie Boolukos joined Silver Lake in 2016 as Senior Counsel. Prior to joining Silver Lake, Ms. Boolukos was a Corporate Associate for several years at the law firm of Latham & Watkins LLP in its Menlo Park office, where she focused on private and public company representation. Ms. Boolukos holds a B.A. from the University of Vermont and a J.D. from Cornell Law School.

Katherine Brody joined Silver Lake in 2014 and is Director, Legal EMEA. Prior to joining Silver Lake, Ms. Brody was a corporate associate at the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in its London office, where she focused on cross-border mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions. Ms. Brody currently serves on the board of directors of Global Blue.  Ms. Brody holds a B.S. from Tulane University and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.

Brian Crews joined Silver Lake in 2011 and is a Managing Director at Silver Lake Waterman. Mr. Crews has substantial experience structuring and underwriting technology debt investments. Prior to Silver Lake, Mr. Crews was a Principal at Lighthouse Capital Partners, where he worked directly on more than $300 million of new investments. Mr. Crews holds a B.S. from Washington & Lee University.

Egon Durban joined Silver Lake in 1999 as a founding principal and is Co-CEO. He serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Endeavor Group Holdings. He also serves on the board of directors of City Football Group, Dell Technologies, Learfield IMG College, Motorola Solutions, Pivotal Software, SecureWorks, UFC, Unity Technologies, VMware, and Verily. Previously, he served on the board of Skype, and was Chairman of its operating committee, served on the supervisory board and operating committee of NXP, and on the board of MultiPlan. Mr. Durban currently serves on the Business Council and Business Roundtable. Prior to Silver Lake, he worked in Morgan Stanley’s Investment Banking Division. Mr. Durban graduated from Georgetown University with a B.S.B.A. in Finance.

Jonathan Durham joined Silver Lake in 2005 and is a Managing Director. He currently serves as a director on the boards of EverCommerce and Weld North Education.  He previously served on the boards of Gerson Lehrman Group and Quorum Software. Outside of Silver Lake, Mr. Durham serves on the board of Gemini Trust Company, a digital asset exchange, and Row New York, a non-profit that pairs competitive rowing and rigorous academic support to help New York City teenagers find success. Mr. Durham graduated from Harvard with an A.B in History and was a national champion heavyweight rower.

Stephen Evans joined Silver Lake in 2008 and is a Managing Director.  Mr. Evans serves on the board of Ancestry.com, Endeavor and TEG. He is a member of the audit committees of City Football Group and UFC. He also previously served on the board of Serena Software, Inc. Prior to joining Silver Lake, Mr. Evans was a Principal at Cognetas, a pan-European private equity firm, where he focused on transactions across business and information services. Previously, Mr. Evans spent five years at Bain & Company, based both in Europe and the U.S., including two years in Bain's private equity group. He is a member of the executive board of the EB Research Foundation, which is dedicated to finding a cure for Epidermolysis Bullosa, a rare children's disease. Mr. Evans holds an M.A. and an M.Phil from Cambridge University, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Jonathan Galore joined Silver Lake in 2015 and is an Operating Partner. Prior to Silver Lake, he held a number of senior executive roles, most recently as Chief Technology Officer at Wonga Group, a digital finance company where he reorganized the technology division, developing its capabilities to support a portfolio of products and global markets and provide service to millions of consumers worldwide. Prior to this role, Mr. Galore was Vice President of International Operations at Wonga Group where he developed and implemented the company’s global expansion plans, including launching its businesses in South Africa, Canada, Poland and Spain.
 
Mr. Galore was previously a co-founder and served as Vice President of Product for Wealthfront.com, an automated investment service based in Palo Alto, California. As a member of the company’s founding team, he helped lead the development of its early products and worked on a number of growth initiatives. Before Wealthfront, Mr. Galore was a Strategy Consultant with Bain & Company in San Francisco, where he worked on client engagements in the Technology, Media & Telecom, and Private Equity Groups. Mr. Galore began his career at Comverse, Inc. where he held several software engineering roles. Mr. Galore has also held advisory and board roles with a number of early stage financial technology sector businesses. He holds a B.A. in computer science from the Academic College of Tel Aviv Yaffo and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. 

Mark Gillett is a Managing Director and Head of Value Creation. He originally joined Silver Lake in 2009 to lead the value creation efforts of Silver Lake in Europe. He rejoined the firm in his current role in 2013 following  a period serving as Chief Development and Chief Operating Officer of Skype Global S.à.r.l, a former portfolio company, and as a Corporate Vice President of Microsoft. At Skype and then at Microsoft, Gillett drove acceleration of Skype's growth strategy and led its integration following Microsoft's acquisition of the business. Mr Gillett also oversaw the broader growth of Microsoft's enterprise and consumer communications, cloud, software and services portfolio.
 
Mr. Gillett is based in Menlo Park, and previously worked in the firm's London office. He works closely with CEOs and their teams across the Silver Lake portfolio, serves on the board of directors for WP Engine and has previously served on the board of directors for Quorum Software and European Directories (the holding company for DTG, Fonecta and Herold).
 
Prior to Silver Lake, Mr. Gillett was a Managing Director and Partner leading the High Technology, Telecoms and Private Equity practice at Alvarez & Marsal ("A&M"). At A&M, he specialized in restructuring and operational diligence, performance improvement and turnaround management of online, consumer and enterprise software and device businesses. While at A&M, he served in interim leadership positions and advisory or operating roles including at Lehman Brothers Holdings International, ADT/Tyco (France), Navigon AG, and iSOFT plc. He also led engagements with several leading private equity firms.
 
Mr. Gillett holds nine US and international patents in the fields of networking, communications and security and is a Member of the British Computer Society, a Fellow of the Institute of Directors and Member of the IT Service Management Forum.

Jon Goldberg joined Silver Lake in 2008 and is Senior Vice President and Controller. Prior to Silver Lake, Mr. Goldberg was a Vice President at JPMorgan where he served in successive roles as the Controller for the Prime Brokerage and Structured Credit businesses upon completion of the JPMorgan Chase Finance Associate Leadership Program. Mr. Goldberg also worked as a media and telecom investment banker at Salomon Brothers/Citigroup, focusing on mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions. Mr. Goldberg graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a B.S. in Business, and also received an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Jordan Halpern-Leistner is a Principal at Silver Lake, which he originally joined in 2010 as an analyst and rejoined in 2016 after graduating from business school. He currently serves as a director on the board of LightBox. Mr. Halpern-Leistner graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania where he received a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School and a B.A. in Political Science from the College of Arts and Sciences. He also holds an M.B.A. with distinction from Harvard Business School.

Ken Hao joined Silver Lake in 2000 and is Chairman and a Managing Partner. Mr. Hao currently serves as a director on the boards of portfolio companies NortonLifeLock, ServiceMax, SMART Global Holdings and SolarWinds. From 2008-2011, he led the establishment of the firm's offices in China and Japan and led Silver Lake's investments in Alibaba Group. Previously, he served as a director of Broadcom (formerly Avago), Smart Storage Systems (acquired by SanDisk Corporation), NetScout Systems (Nasdaq:  NTCT), UGS Corp. (acquired by Siemens AG), Network General Corporation (acquired by NetScout), and Certance Holdings (a division of Seagate acquired by Quantum). Prior to joining Silver Lake, Mr. Hao was with Hambrecht & Quist (now part of JP Morgan) from 1990-1999, where he served as a Managing Director. Outside of Silver Lake, Mr. Hao also serves on the Executive Council for UCSF Health. Mr. Hao graduated from Harvard College with an A.B. in Economics.

Dan Hoevel joined Silver Lake in 2013 and is a Senior Vice President of Fundraising and Investor Relations. Mr. Hoevel assists with fundraising, marketing, and investor coverage efforts for all the Firm's strategies. Previously, he worked in the Equity Capital Markets Group at Lazard, with a focus on fundraising transactions in the Technology sector. Mr. Hoevel graduated with honors from Kalamazoo College with a B.A. in Economics and completed the General Course at the London School of Economics. 

Katrina Jaber joined Silver Lake in 2015 and is an Associate at Silver Lake Waterman. Previously, she worked in the Financial Advisory group at Deloitte, where she provided consulting and valuation services related to mergers and acquisitions, reporting, and strategic planning. Ms. Jaber graduated cum laude from Santa Clara University with a B.S. in Finance and Economics and is a CFA charterholder.

Angela Jiang joined Silver Lake in 2004 and is a Senior Vice President of Finance. Ms. Jiang has over 15 years of experience in the financial aspects of the high-tech and venture capital industries. Prior to Silver Lake, Ms. Jiang was a financial consultant for companies in the software industry. Ms. Jiang began her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers where she progressed to Audit Manager and managed many public and private software clients as well as venture capital clients. Ms. Jiang holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Fudan University, China and received an M.P.A. from West Virginia University Graduate School of Business. Ms. Jiang is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Caimin Jones joined Silver Lake in 2011 and is an Operating Partner. He has over 20 years of experience in both operational and advisory roles across multiple geographies and sectors.
 
Prior to Silver Lake, Mr. Jones was a Director in Alvarez & Marsal's Private Equity Performance Improvement Group in Europe, where he focused on operational turnarounds and carve outs. Prior to Alvarez & Marsal, Mr. Jones worked for Marakon Associates, a boutique strategy consulting firm, where he worked on growth oriented projects in the financial services and pharmaceutical industries.
 
Mr. Jones started his career as a software engineer for Aldiscon Ltd. and subsequently managed turn-key energy infrastructure projects at Siemens AG. Mr. Jones holds a B.Eng. in Electronic Engineering from the University of Limerick, Ireland, an M.B.A from IMD Business School in Switzerland, an L.L.B from the Open University in the U.K. and is a CFA charterholder

Yolande Jun joined Silver Lake in 2000 and is the Director- Finance. Prior to joining Silver Lake, Ms Jun was a manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she directed the finance function for the San Jose practice. At PwC, Ms. Jun also had many years of accounting experience in the assurance practice, as well as consulting experience in the business advisory services group. Ms. Jun holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Rhodes University, South Africa and a post graduate Higher Diploma in Accounting from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.  Ms. Jun is a Chartered Accountant.

Adam Karol joined Silver Lake in 2009 and is a Managing Director. Mr. Karol serves on the board of directors of A Place for Mom, Inc. and GoodRx. Prior to joining Silver Lake, Mr. Karol worked at Silver Point Capital, L.P., where his investment focus included private equity, distressed debt financings, and direct lending, and at Perry Capital, a multi-strategy investment firm. Previously, Mr. Karol worked at Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P., where he was involved with large-scale private equity investments across a wide range of industries. Prior to that, Mr. Karol worked as an investment banker at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he focused on the technology industry. Mr. Karol received a B.S. in Finance and Management Information Systems from the Wallace E. Carroll School of Management of Boston College, where he graduated first in his class, summa cum laude, and was elected to Beta Gamma Sigma. Mr. Karol also received an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Karol is a former Term Member of The Council on Foreign Relations and was a member of the 2014 class of David Rockefeller Fellows.

Karen King joined Silver Lake in 2004 and is a Managing Director and the Chief Legal Officer. Karen oversees a global team that includes legal, communications and government relations, and is involved in all aspects of the Firm's business. She currently serves on the board of Aras and previously was a director of Serena Software. Prior to joining Silver Lake, Ms. King worked at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in its Palo Alto, New York, and London offices. She holds an A.B. in Public Policy Studies from Duke University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. Ms. King ALSO serves on the boards of several non-profit organizations, including the American Leadership Forum, the Duke University Trinity Board of Visitors, Menlo School and the US Olympic and Paralympic Foundation. In addition, she is an Advisor to the Shatter Fund.
 

Bryce Lee joined Silver Lake in 2011 and is a Managing Director of Silver Lake, with responsibilities for both the Kraftwerk and Partners strategies (principally dedicated to the Asia region for SLP). Previously, he was a Managing Director of Credit Suisse in the Investment Banking division, serving as head of the Technology Group for the Americas and as co-head of the Alternative Energy Group. Mr. Lee was instrumental in building a number of Credit Suisse's franchises including its Asian technology  investment banking business and was named to Forbes magazine's "Midas List" of the top 100 technology dealmakers in the world. He was a member of Credit Suisse's Investment Banking Committee and served on the Managing Director Evaluation Committee.  Mr. Lee is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
 
Mr. Lee is currently on the board of directors of Eka Software Solutions, Peloton Computer Enterprises, and PCCW Ltd., in addition to being responsible for Silver Lake Kraftwerk's investment in Didi Chuxing and GoEuro.  Previously, he served on the board of Quorum Business Solutions. Mr. Lee graduated from Stanford University.

Frank Li joined Silver Lake in 2016 and is a Senior Associate. Mr. Li graduated summa cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a B.S. in Economics with concentrations in Finance, Accounting, and Statistics. He received the Wixon Accounting Award and was elected to Beta Gamma Sigma.

Yingqi Li joined Silver Lake in 2009 and is a Director. Previously, she worked in the Technology Investment Banking Group at Morgan Stanley in Beijing and Hong Kong. Ms. Li graduated with Honors from Fudan University with a B.A. in Marketing.

Tony Liu joined Silver Lake in 2016 and is a Principal. Previously, he worked as an investment banker in the China Investment Banking Group at Citigroup in Hong Kong. Mr. Liu graduated summa cum laude from Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University with concentrations in Finance and Accounting.

Christian Lucas is a Managing Director of Silver Lake, which he joined in 2010 as a co-head of the firm's activities in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Mr. Lucas began his career in strategic consulting at McKinsey & Company and worked for approximately 16 years as an investment banker focusing on the technology, digital media, and telecommunications industries in Europe. From 2004 to 2010, Mr. Lucas was Managing Director and Head of the Technology Group at Morgan Stanley. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of Global Blue, Vice Chairman of the Board at Cegid, and a member of the Board at ZPG, having previously served as a board member of Soitec. He has been a French Foreign Trade Advisor in the U.K since 2012. Mr. Lucas earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and also graduated from ESSEC Graduate School of Management and from the Paris International Law School at the University Panthéon-Assas, both in France.

Courtney McLaughlin joined Silver Lake in 2016 and is a Senior Associate, Fundraising and Investor Relations. Previously, she worked in middle market private equity at Audax Group in Boston. Ms. McLaughlin graduated from Williams College, where she received a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics.

Brian Mitchell joined Silver Lake in 2016 and is an Associate at Silver Lake Waterman. Previously, he worked in Deloitte's Financial Advisory Services group where he provided consulting and valuation services for clients in the technology and telecommunication industries. Mr. Mitchell graduated with high distinction from the University of California, Berkeley with a B.A. in Economics.

Greg Mondre joined Silver Lake in 1999 and is Co-CEO. Prior to joining Silver Lake, Mr. Mondre was a principal at Texas Pacific Group, where he focused on private equity investments across a wide range of industries, with a particular focus on technology. Earlier in his career, Mr. Mondre worked as an investment banker in the Communications, Media and Entertainment Group of Goldman, Sachs & Co. He is a director of A Place for Mom, Inc., Equinox Group LLC, Fanatics, Inc., GoodRx, Inc., Motorola Solutions, Red Ventures, Weld North Education and WP Engine. He has also previously served as a director of GoDaddy, Inc., Vantage Data Centers, LLC, IPC Systems, Inc., UGS Corporation, Avaya, Network General Corporation and Sabre Corporation. Mr. Mondre graduated from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Economics.

Katie Morin joined Silver Lake in 2010 and is a Vice President, Human Resources. Prior to joining Silver Lake, she was the Assistant Director, Human Resources at the Council on Foreign Relations where she was responsible for the benefit and compensation programs for the organization. Prior to the Council on Foreign Relations, Ms. Morin was at New England Baptist Hospital as a Human Resources Generalist and focused mainly on recruitment. Ms. Morin holds a B.A. in International Business from Loyola College in Maryland.

Tezira Nabongo joined Silver Lake in 2012 and is Talent Partner. Ms. Nabongo joined Silver Lake from Cisco Systems where she was Global Head of Executive Talent Acquisition. Prior to Cisco, she was with Heidrick & Struggles and Sutter Hill Ventures. Ms. Nabongo holds an A.B. in Legal Studies from the University of California, Berkeley and J.D. and M.A. degrees from the University of Southern California.

Sebastian Neelamkavil joined Silver Lake in 2009 and is a Director at Silver Lake Kraftwerk. He serves on the board of Eka and previously served on the boards of Con-Pearl and FATHOM.  Prior to the inception of Silver Lake Kraftwerk, Mr. Neelamkavil was with Silver Lake Partners. He began his career as an investment banker in the Technology Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Credit Suisse. Mr. Neelamkavil graduated with distinction from the University of Western Ontario, where he holds a B.ESc. in Electrical Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering and a B.A. in Honors Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business.

Mike Noryko joined Silver Lake in 2016 and is a Principal at Silver Lake Waterman. Mr. Noryko has more than a decade of experience working with technology companies. Previously, he was an investment analyst at Citadel Global Equities and Andor Capital Management and began his career as an investment banker with Robertson Stephens. Mr. Noryko graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

Geoff Oltmans joined Silver Lake in 2008 and is a Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets. Prior to this role, Mr. Oltmans was the co-portfolio manager of the Silver Lake Credit Fund, the firm's former credit opportunities hedge fund. His previous experience includes co-managing a distressed debt portfolio for UBS O'Connor and investing proprietary capital for Lehman Brothers. He started his career at Wasserstein Perella & Co., where he worked in the firm's Restructuring Group. Mr. Oltmans holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College, where he majored in Economics and minored in Mathematics.

Shawn O’Neill joined Silver Lake in 2011 and is a Managing Director and Group Head of Silver Lake Waterman. Mr. O’Neill has been a strategic advisor to leading technology companies and has extensive technology merger, acquisition, and financing experience from 15 years in the industry as a technology investment banker and operating executive. Prior to Silver Lake, Mr. O’Neill founded Bandon Partners, a boutique investment bank and was the CFO of two venture-backed companies. Mr. O’Neill was previously an investment banker with Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and Lehman Brothers. Mr. O’Neill holds a B.B.A. from the University of Texas, where he graduated with honors. 

Alex Oshinsky joined Silver Lake in 2016 and is a Senior Associate. Mr. Oshinsky graduated summa cum laude from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was elected to Beta Gamma Sigma and received a B.S. in Economics with triple concentrations in Finance, Accounting, and Operations & Information Management.

Joe Osnoss joined Silver Lake in 2002 and is a Managing Partner and Managing Director. From 2010 to 2014, he was based in London, where he helped oversee the firm's activities in EMEA. Prior to joining Silver Lake, Mr. Osnoss worked in investment banking at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he focused on mergers, acquisitions, and financings in the technology and telecommunications industries. He previously held positions at Coopers & Lybrand Consulting in France and at Bracebridge Capital, a quantitative hedge fund. Mr. Osnoss is a director of Cegid, Cornerstone OnDemand, EverCommerce, Global Blue, LightBox, and Sabre. He previously served on the boards of Cast & Crew (as Chairman), Instinet, Interactive Data, Mercury Payment Systems, and Virtu Financial. Mr. Osnoss graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College with an A.B. in Applied Mathematics and a citation in French Language. He has remained involved in academics, including as a Visiting Professor of Finance at the London School of Economics; a member of the Dean’s Advisory Cabinet at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; a participant in The Polsky Center Private Equity Council at the University of Chicago; and a Trustee of Greenwich Academy.

Ulf Pagenkopf joined Silver Lake in 2012 and is a Director. Previously, he was at Deutsche Bank in the Frankfurt and London offices working in the M&A and Leveraged Debt Capital Markets groups where he was involved in a variety of LBO, high yield, and M&A transactions. He is currently a board member of Global Blue. Mr. Pagenkopf graduated from the European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel (Germany) with a B.Sc. in General Management.

Jason Paige joined Silver Lake in 2010  and is Senior Vice President, Information Technology. Prior to joining Silver Lake, Mr. Paige was the Manager of Information Technology for Integral Capital Partners, LLP, a technology focused investment fund. During his seven years at ICP he managed the administrative, logistical, and operational duties for the organization related to information technology.

Kyle Paster joined Silver Lake in 2011 and is a Director. Previously, he worked in the Technology Investment Banking Group at Credit Suisse in San Francisco. Kyle currently serves on the board of directors of ServiceMax. Mr. Paster graduated from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where he received a B.S. in Economics with dual concentrations in Finance and Entrepreneurship.

Audra Paterna joined Silver Lake in 2008 and is a Managing Director & Head of Global Human Resources ​. Prior to joining Silver Lake Ms. Paterna was the Director of Human Resources at Carlyle-Blue Wave (a joint venture with The Carlyle Group) where she was responsible for the development and implementation of all Human Resource related strategies and initiatives. Prior to Carlyle-Blue Wave, she was with The Carlyle Group and was responsible for a wide variety of Human Resource related programs and initiatives for the New York office. Ms. Paterna holds a B.A. in English from Simmons College.

Simon Patterson joined Silver Lake in 2005 and is a Managing Director. He is currently a board member of Dell Technologies, FlixBus & ZPG, and previously served on the boards of Cegid, Intelsat, Skype, MultiPlan, and Gerson Lehrman Group. Prior to joining Silver Lake, he was a member of the founding management team of the logistics software company GF-X (acquired by Descartes) and worked in various management roles at the Financial Times. He is a Trustee of the Natural History Museum in London, a Trustee of The Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and a Non-Executive Director of Tesco plc. Mr. Patterson holds an M.A. from King’s College, Cambridge University and an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar and received the Alexander Robichek Award for Finance.

Lindsey Press joined Silver Lake in 2012 and is a Director, Fundraising and Investor Relations. Ms. Press assists with fundraising, marketing, and investor coverage efforts for all the Firm's strategies. Ms. Press joined Silver Lake from UBS Investment Bank, where she advised private equity firms on fundraising mandates. Prior to UBS, Ms. Press was with American Capital, Ltd., where she focused on mezzanine and private equity investments in the middle market. Ms. Press was formerly an investment banker at Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Credit Suisse, where she worked on mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions in the Global Industrials and Services Group. Ms. Press graduated from Harvard College with an A.B. in Art History and a citation in French language and was a John Harvard Scholar.

John Rudella joined Silver Lake in 2014 and is a Director. Prior to joining Silver Lake, Mr. Rudella served as a U.S. Navy SEAL where he held a variety of leadership positions, worked in technology development, and made multiple deployments to Africa and the Middle East.  Mr. Rudella holds a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and a M.S. from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.  Mr. Rudella currently serves on the board of the Station Foundation.

Andy Schader joined Silver Lake in 2008 and is a Managing Director and General Counsel of Silver Lake Partners and Alpine. Prior to joining Silver Lake, Mr. Schader worked for seven years at Ropes & Gray LLP in its Boston office, where he specialized in leveraged buyouts and other private equity investments. While at Ropes & Gray, he also advised private equity sponsors in their fundraising activities and investment managers in various structured finance transactions. Mr. Schader holds an A.B. from Dartmouth College and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Chip Schroeder joined Silver Lake in 2014 and is a Director. He is based in the Menlo Park office and previously worked in the New York office. He currently serves on the board of directors of Blackhawk Network, Oak View Group and TEG. He previously served on the board of Cast & Crew. Prior to joining Silver Lake, he worked as an investment banker at Greenhill & Company in San Francisco, where he focused on mergers & acquisitions. Mr. Schroeder graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in History. 

Ajay Shah joined Silver Lake in 2007 as the co-founder and Managing Partner of the firm’s middle market private equity fund, Silver Lake Sumeru. He is also the Chairman and CEO of SMART Global Holdings (SGH), a publicly held portfolio company and Senior Operating Partner of Sumeru Equity Partners.  Previously, he founded Shah Capital Partners and is a Principal of that firm. 

Earlier in his career, Mr. Shah was the co-founder/ CEO of Smart Modular Technologies, which he led through its public offering. Prior to that he was in senior roles for Advanced Micro Devices and Samsung Semiconductor.
Currently, Mr. Shah also serves on the Board of Directors of Velocity Technology, Locaweb, Telesoft Partners, and Alpha Petroleum. Outside of his investment activities, he is also on the boards of The National Audubon Society, a senior fellow of the American Leadership Forum, serves on the board of The Indian School of Business and is a Trustee of the American India Foundation.

Previously Mr. Shah has served on many public, private and non-profit boards such as Flextronics, Inc., Power One, Stanford School of Engineering and KQED Public Television.

He has a B.S. in Engineering from University of Baroda and an M.S. in Engineering Management from Stanford University.

Bianca Stoica joined Silver Lake in 2015 and is a Principal. Ms. Stoica graduated summa cum laude from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where she received a B.S. in Economics with concentrations in Finance and Accounting. She received the William D. Gordon Award and Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key for graduating first in her class, as well as the Louis Rudolph Accounting Award and Adam Averell Ross Prize Fund. Ms. Stoica was a Joseph Wharton Scholar and was elected to Beta Gamma Sigma.

Rick Stubblefield joined Silver Lake in 2011 and is a Managing Director focused on activities of Silver Lake Waterman I and II. Prior to Silver Lake, Mr. Stubblefield co-founded Lighthouse Capital Partners and served as Co-Head of West Coast Investment at Comdisco Ventures. Mr. Stubblefield holds a B.A. from the University of California at Davis and an M.B.A. from Golden Gate University.

John Suo joined Silver Lake in 2015 and is a Principal. Previously he worked as an investment banker in the Mergers and Acquisitions Advisory group at Evercore in New York, where he focused on transactions in the Media sector. Prior to joining Evercore, Mr. Suo worked in the Technology, Media and Telecom group at UBS in New York. Mr. Suo graduated from Indiana University with a B.S. In Finance.

Emily Tian joined Silver Lake in 2016 and is a Principal. Previously, she worked in the Technology Investment Banking Group of Morgan Stanley & Co. in Silicon Valley. Ms. Tian graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in Economics and an M.S. in Management Science & Engineering and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Amanda Torie joined Silver Lake in 2016 and is an Operating Vice President. Previously she worked at Bain & Company serving consumer goods, industrials and private equity clients. Ms. Torie graduated summa cum laude from Georgia Tech, where she received a B.S. in Business with a concentration in Finance.

Marco Troncone joined Silver Lake in 2016 and is a Senior Associate. Marco graduated cum laude in Industrial Engineering from Politecnico di Torino and he received a M.S.c. in Management with distinction (Diplôme Grande Ecole) from ESCP Europe Paris, with a major in Finance. 

John Tubesing joined Silver Lake in 2016 and is a Senior Associate, Fundraising and Investor Relations. Previously, he worked in the Industrials Investment Banking Group at Rothschild Inc. in New York. Mr. Tubesing graduated from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia, where he received a B.S. in Commerce with concentrations in Finance and Information Technology.

Anders Vinther-Antonsen joined Silver Lake in 2019 as an Associate. Previously, he worked in the Media and Communications Group at Morgan Stanley in London. Mr. Vinther-Antonsen graduated from Copenhagen Business School in Denmark with a B.Sc. in Business Administration and Economics and an M.Sc. in Finance and Accounting.

Frank Walters joined Silver Lake in 2013 and is a Director. Prior to joining Silver Lake, Mr. Walters was a Senior Operations Analyst at Workday, a provider of enterprise cloud applications, where he was responsible for sales strategy and marketing operations. He previously was an Associate at Kelso & Company, where he focused on private equity investments across the natural resources, media, consumer and health care sectors. Prior to Kelso, he was an Investment Banking Analyst at Lehman Brothers in their Financial Sponsors Group. Mr. Walters holds an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School and a B.A. from Princeton University.

Jason White joined Silver Lake in 2006 and is a Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer. He is a Silver Lake Group professional based in the Menlo Park and Cupertino offices and oversees the Firm’s accounting and finance and information technology functions. He currently serves as a director and chair of the audit committees of Ancestry.com and Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc., and also serves on the boards of SMART Global Holdings, Inc and Solarwinds, Inc. Prior to assuming responsibilities of the CFO, Jason was a Managing Director in the Silver Lake Partners and Alpine strategies.  Previously, he worked in the Media & Communications Investment Banking Group and the Convertible Products Group at Morgan Stanley. Mr. White graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton University with a B.S.E in Operations Research & Financial Engineering.

Mike Widmann joined Silver Lake in 2011 and is a Director. Previously, he worked in the Technology Investment Banking Group at Credit Suisse in San Francisco. He currently serves as a director on the board of TEG. Mr. Widmann graduated with honors from Claremont McKenna College where he received a B.A. in Economics and was a Robert Day Scholar.

Lee Wittlinger is a Managing Director of Silver Lake, which he joined in 2007. He currently serves as a director on the boards of GoDaddy, WP Engine, Oak View Group and AMC Entertainment. Mr. Wittlinger is Chairman of AMC Entertainment’s compensation committee and a member of the audit and nominating committees. He previously served as a director of Vantage Data Centers and Cast & Crew Entertainment Services, and as a member of GoDaddy’s and Cast & Crew’s audit committees. Prior to Silver Lake, Mr. Wittlinger worked as an investment banker in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Group at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he focused on mergers and acquisitions, and financing transactions in the technology space. Mr. Wittlinger graduated summa cum laude from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a B.S. in Economics, with dual concentrations in Finance and Accounting.

Vincent Yu joined Silver Lake in 2016 and is a Principal. Previously, he worked in the Financial Sponsors Group at Credit Suisse in New York. Mr. Yu graduated from the University of Chicago with a B.S. in Mathematics and a B.A. in Economics.

Alberto Zenga joined Silver Lake in 2015 and is a Principal. Previously, he worked as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley & Co. in London, where he focused on mergers & acquisitions and initial public offerings in the Media & Telecommunications industries in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Mr. Zenga holds a B.Sc. cum laude in International Economics, Management and Finance from Bocconi University and a M.Sc. in Finance and Private Equity with distinction from the London School of Economics.

David Zhang joined Silver Lake in 2013 and is a Principal. He is currently an observer on the board of AMC Entertainment. Previously, he worked in the Technology Investment Banking Group at Credit Suisse in San Francisco. Mr. Zhang graduated with distinction from the University of Western Ontario with a B.A. in Honors Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business.