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

Todd Arfman joined Silver Lake in 2015 and is a Principal.  Previously, he worked in the Media and Communications Investment Banking Group at Morgan Stanley & Co. in New York. Mr. Arfman graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania where he received a B.A.S. from the School of Engineering and Applied Science in Financial Analysis and Managerial Science, and was elected to Eta Kappa Nu.

Jason Babcoke is a Managing Director of Silver Lake Sumeru and Sumeru Equity Partners. He has significant experience in technology-focused investing and operations. Previously, Mr. Babcoke worked at Symphony Technology Group, investing in mid-market software and technology-enabled service companies across multiple sectors. Previously, Mr. Babcoke was a Sr. Manager at Applied Biosystems responsible for strategic product development, and Director of Engineering for Angstron Systems, a venture backed company acquired by Novellus. Earlier in his career, Mr. Babcoke ran technology development projects at Applied Materials and led evaluation of investment opportunities for the Spark Group, a technology-focused investment group founded by professors from UC Berkeley. He currently serves on the board of directors of Blackline. He holds an M.B.A. with high distinction (Baker Scholar) from Harvard Business School, a B.S. in Engineering from UC Berkeley, and a Masters from Stanford in Management Science and Engineering. He also holds four issued patents.

Mike Bingle joined Silver Lake in 2000 and is a Managing Partner and Managing Director. Prior to joining Silver Lake, Mike 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. Mike 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, Inc.   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, Mike 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.  Mike 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.

John Brennan is a Managing Director of Silver Lake Sumeru and Sumeru Equity Partners. He has significant experience as a senior executive in technology companies and in strategy consulting. Previously, Mr. Brennan was at Adobe Systems where he most recently led the company's Platform Software business unit. In addition, Mr. Brennan directed the activities of Adobe's Creative Professional business unit in an operating capacity in 2005. Prior to Adobe Systems, Mr. Brennan was with Hewlett-Packard Company, where as Senior Vice President of SMB segment operations, he was responsible for the sales and marketing of the portfolio of products targeted at the SMB segment. Mr. Brennan also spent 8 years working for Accenture Strategic Services where he was a Principal and Associate Partner of Electronics and High-Tech Practice. Mr. Brennan is a director on the boards of Blackline, Healthgrades and Foreflight.  Previously, he served on the board of directors of AVI-SPL, Talend and Opera Solutions. He holds degrees from Yale University and the University of California, Berkeley.

Katherine Brody joined Silver Lake in 2014 as Senior Counsel. Prior to joining Silver Lake, Ms. Brody was a corporate associate for six years 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 holds a B.S. from Tulane University and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.

Mario Campea joined Silver Lake in 2016 and is a Senior Associate. Previously, he worked as a generalist in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. in Los Angeles. Mr. Campea graduated with distinction from the Richard Ivey School of Business of the University of Western Ontario with a B.A. in Honors Business Administration.

Kevin Cheng is a Vice President of Silver Lake Sumeru and Sumeru Equity Partners. Previously, he worked in the Technology, Media and Telecom Investment Banking Group at J.P. Morgan in San Francisco. Mr. Cheng graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University with a B.S.E. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

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.

Tristan Dunn joined Silver Lake in 2016 and is a Senior Associate. Previously, he worked at McKinsey & Company as a Business Analyst in London. Mr. Dunn graduated from the University of Cambridge, where he received a B.A. in Economics with first-class honors and an M.Phil in Economics.

Egon Durban is a Managing Partner and Managing Director of Silver Lake, which he joined in 1999 as a founding principal. He is based in the firm's Menlo Park office and has previously served in the New York office as well as the London office, which he launched and managed from 2005 to 2010. He serves on the board of directors of Dell Technologies, Endeavor, Motorola Solutions, Pivotal Software, SecureWorks, UFC, Unity and VMware. 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 B.V., and served on the boards of Intelsat and MultiPlan. Mr. Durban currently serves on the board of Tipping Point, a poverty-fighting organization that identifies and funds leading non-profit programs in the Bay Area to assist individuals and families in need. Prior to Silver Lake, Mr. Durban worked in Morgan Stanley's Investment Banking Division. He graduated from Georgetown University with a B.S. in Finance.

Jonathan Durham is a Director in the New York office of Silver Lake.  He joined the firm in 2005 as an Analyst.  He currently serves as a director on the board of Weld North Education and 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.

Stephen Evans joined Silver Lake in 2008 and is a Managing Director based in the Menlo Park office. Previously he worked in the London office. Mr. Evans serves on the board of Ancestry.com, WME | IMG and Zuffa (otherwise known as UFC). He is a member of the audit committee of Zuffa. 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.

Martin Fichtner is a Managing Director of Silver Lake Kraftwerk and has over a decade of private equity experience in technology-related sectors. From 2004 - 2010 he served as an investment professional at Elevation Partners, where he focused in technology-enabled businesses in the media, entertainment, and consumer-related industries. Mr. Fichtner rejoined Silver Lake in 2010, where he began his investing career eight years earlier.  Prior to Silver Lake, Mr. Fichtner worked as an investment banker in the Technology Group at Goldman, Sachs & Co. He serves on the board of directors of Aras, Eka Software Solutions and FATHOM, and he is a board observer at Renovate America.  Previously, he served on the board of Quorum Software’s board of directors. Mr. Fichtner holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and an M.S. in Engineering Economic Systems and Operations Research from Stanford University.

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.

Mark Haller is a Principal of Silver Lake Sumeru and Sumeru Equity Partners. Previously, he worked in the Industrials Investment Banking Group at Goldman, Sachs & Co.  Mr. Haller graduated with honors from the University of Illinois with a Master of Accounting Science, a B.S. in Finance and a B.S. in Accountancy.

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 is based in the firm's New York office and previously worked in the Menlo Park office. 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 a Managing Partner and Managing Director. Mr. Hao currently serves as a director on the boards of portfolio companies SMART Global Holdings, SolarWinds and Symantec. 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.

Hollie Moore Haynes is a Managing Director of Silver Lake Sumeru  and is also the Founder and Managing Partner of Luminate Capital Partners. Previously, she served on the board of directors of BlackLine, i2, Influence Health, Outspoken and Opera Solutions. Prior to Silver Lake, she worked in private equity at Hellman & Friedman and in investment banking at Morgan Stanley & Co. She graduated from Harvard University with an A.B. in Economics and received an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Dan Hoevel joined Silver Lake in 2013 and is a Vice President of Fundraising and Investor Relations. 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.

Robbie Horwitz joined Silver Lake in 2014 and is a Principal. Mr. Horwitz graduated summa cum laude from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a B.S. in Economics with a concentration in Finance, and was elected to The International Honor Society Beta Gamma Sigma. He also received a minor in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science.

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 Executive. He recently served as interim chief technology officer for Global Blue. He has over 18 years of experience in both operational and advisory roles, with extensive cross-European experience in multiple sectors.

Prior to Silver Lake, Mr. Jones was a Director in Alvarez & Marsal's Private Equity Performance Improvement Group in Europe, where he worked with a range of private equity sponsored businesses, typically related to operational turnarounds and carve outs, and managed the transitional services for Lehman Brothers Holdings in Europe. Prior to Alvarez & Marsal, Mr. Jones worked for Marakon Associates, a boutique strategy consulting firm, where he worked on large scale, growth oriented projects in the financial services and pharmaceutical industries.

Mr. Jones started his career as a software engineer developing short messaging systems for mobile networks and subsequently managed large-scale 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 and an L.L.B from the Open University in the U.K.

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 based in the firm’s New York office. 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.

Sean Kendra is a Vice President of Silver Lake Sumeru and Sumeru Equity Partners. Previously, he worked in the Mergers & Acquisitions Investment Banking Group at Greenhill & Co. in New York, primarily covering the healthcare and financial institutions sectors. Mr. Kendra graduated with highest distinction and honors in business from Indiana University with a B.S. in Finance and Accounting.

Karen King joined Silver Lake in 2004 and is a Managing Director. As the Chief Legal Officer, she oversees a team of lawyers in Menlo Park, New York and London. Ms. King and her team are involved in all aspects of the Firm's business from fundraising to deal execution to portfolio management and liquidity, as well as risk management. Ms. King was formerly a Director of Serena Software, Inc. Prior to joining Silver Lake, Ms. King worked for a number of years at the law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in its Palo Alto, New York, and London offices. During her time there she worked on capital markets transactions, such as initial public offerings and high yield debt financings, as well as mergers and acquisitions, including representing several private equity firms. Ms. King holds an A.B. from Duke University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School and serves on the boards of several non-profit institutions.

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 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 an Associate. Mr. Li graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania where he received a B.S. in Economics with triple concentrations in Finance, Accounting, and Statistics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. 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 Senior Associate. 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.

Mike Matuozzi joined Silver Lake in 2016 and is a Senior Associate. Previously, he worked in the Technology Investment Banking Group at Morgan Stanley in New York. Mr. Matuozzi graduated summa cum laude from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University with a B.S.B.A. in Finance and Operations & Information Management, and was elected to Beta Gamma Sigma.

Courtney McLaughlin joined Silver Lake in 2016 as a Fundraising and Investor Relations Associate. 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.

Paul Mercadante is a Managing Director of Silver Lake Sumeru and Sumeru Equity Partners. He has significant experience as a senior management executive. Previously, Mr. Mercadante was with Shah Capital Partners and President of Force Computers ("Force"), a leading provider of embedded computing systems and a wholly owned subsidiary of Solectron, Inc. that was subsequently sold to Motorola, Inc. in 2004. Prior to Force, Mr. Mercadante was the Vice President of Strategic Planning for Solectron's $2 billion Technology Solutions Business Unit. Mr. Mercadante also has previous experiences with SMART Modular Technologies, Rose Communications, Activision, and Apex Data. He serves on the Board of Directors of Foreflight and SMART Global Holdings, Inc.. Previously, he served on the board of directors of PrimeSense, AVI-SPL, Outspoken and Spansion, He has a B.A. in Economics from the State University of New York.

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.

Sanjeet Mitra is a Managing Director of Silver Lake Sumeru and Sumeru Equity Partners. He currently serves on the board of directors of Velocity Technology Solutions. Previously, he worked in the Industrials Investment Banking Group at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in San Francisco. Mr. Mitra graduated with honors from the University of California, Berkeley with a B.S. in Business Administration.

Greg Mondre joined Silver Lake in 1999 and is a Managing Partner and Managing Director based in New York. 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., Fanatics, Inc., GoDaddy, Inc., Motorola Solutions, Red Ventures, Sabre Corporation and WP Engine. He has also previously served as a director of Vantage Data Centers, LLC, IPC Systems, Inc., UGS Corporation, Avaya, and Network General 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 Senior Vice President - Talent Management. Prior to joining Silver Lake, Ms. Nabongo was the Director of Global Senior Talent Acquisition at Cisco Systems where she led global VP to C-Suite level external hiring, internal mobility, and strategic sourcing. Prior to Cisco Systems, she was an executive search consultant in the Software and Technology Practices of Heidrick & Struggles. Ms. Nabongo holds an A.B. in Legal Studies from the University of California at Berkeley and J.D. and M.A. degrees from the University of Southern California.

Serene Nah joined Silver Lake in 2011 and is a Senior Operating Executive. Previously, Ms. Nah was CFO of GE Capital Greater China, where she was the key executive in charge of finance, treasury, and tax operations. She also worked with the management team to revamp strategy and worked on forging joint ventures and business development opportunities with large state-owned enterprises. Ms. Nah worked for GE in various business units for 10 years on a management fast track, in which, she spent 4 years on the Corporate Audit Staff (CAS), covering financial, process, compliance audits, and M&A work in Europe, the US, and Asia. Ms. Nah has a strong background in internal audit, financial reporting, FP&A, financial systems, and financial strategy and has spent the last 4 years focusing on operations in China and the rest of Asia. Ms. Nah holds an Executive M.B.A from Kellogg- HKUST and a B.S. degree from Nanyang Business School at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. She is fluent in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese.

Sebastian Neelamkavil joined Silver Lake in 2009 and is a Director at Silver Lake Kraftwerk. He helps oversee the fund’s investments in FATHOM and Tesla. Prior to the inception of Silver Lake Kraftwerk, Mr. Neelamkavil was with Silver Lake Partners focusing on private equity investments in the technology and technology-related sectors. 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 an 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 Director. From 2010 to 2014, he was based in London, where he helped oversee the firm's activities in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. 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 Cast & Crew, Cegid, Cornerstone OnDemand, EDR, Global Blue, and Sabre Corporation. He previously served on the boards of Instinet Incorporated, Interactive Data Corporation, 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 also has served as a Visiting Professor of Finance at the London School of Economics.

Ulf Pagenkopf joined Silver Lake in 2012 as an Associate. 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. 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. 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 the Director of 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 and FlixBus, 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 Prince Harry, 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 Senior Vice President, Fundraising & 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 Principal.  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.

Kyle Ryland is a Managing Director of Silver Lake Sumeru and Sumeru Equity Partners. He has in-depth experience with investments, financings, mergers, and acquisitions in the technology sector. Previously, Mr. Ryland was with Shah Capital Partners where he served as a Senior Partner. Before joining Shah Capital, he was a Managing Director at Lehman Brothers and head of Global Technology Investment Banking. Prior to Lehman Brothers, he was an investment banker at Robertson Stephens covering the technology sector and also worked in the firm’s Venture Capital funds where he analyzed and executed venture capital investments. Mr. Ryland is a director on the boards of ForeFlight, Locaweb, and Velocity. Previously, he served on the board of directors of AVI-SPL, Inc. and Power-One, Inc. He holds a B.A. in Political Science and Public Policy Studies from Duke University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business.

Andy Schader joined Silver Lake in 2008 and is a Managing Director and General Counsel of Silver Lake Partners. 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 Principal.  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. 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.

Kevin Steiner joined Silver Lake in 2014 and is a Principal. Previously, he worked as a generalist in the Investment Banking Division of Morgan Stanley & Co. in Chicago. Mr. Steiner graduated summa cum laude from The University of Southern California, with a B.S. in Business Administration.

Bianca Stoica joined Silver Lake in 2015 and is a Senior Associate. 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.

Germaine Sze joined Silver Lake in 2011 and is Head of Asia-Pacific Fundraising and Investor Relations. Ms. Sze assists with fundraising, marketing and investor coverage efforts for all the firm's strategies. Previously, Ms. Sze was a Client Director and the Head of the Institutional-Asia Pacific group at GAM for eight years. Prior to joining GAM, Germaine worked with HSBC Asset Management, focused on institutional business development preceded by time in quantitative research. Ms. Sze graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Smith College with a B.A. in Economics and holds the CFA designation. 

Emily Tian joined Silver Lake in 2016 and is a Senior Associate. 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 a Senior Associate on the Value Creation team. 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 an 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 as a Fundraising and Investor Relations Associate. 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.

Andy Wagner joined Silver Lake in 2008 as Chief Financial Officer and is a Managing Director. He oversees the firm’s accounting and finance, human resources, and information technology departments. Prior to joining Silver Lake, Mr. Wagner was Senior Managing Director of Finance and Administration at GSC Group, a diversified asset manager focused on credit-based alternative investment strategies. Previously, Mr. Wagner was General Partner and CFO of the private equity firm RFE Investment Partners. Prior to RFE Investment Partners, Mr. Wagner was with Arthur Andersen & Co. for 17 years, where he was Partner in Charge of the Stamford, Connecticut Tax Practice. Mr. Wagner is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a B.S. from the University of Connecticut.

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.

Zheng Wang joined Silver Lake in 2008 and is a Managing Director. He currently serves on the board of Global Blue SA. Previously, he served on the boards of Allyes Online Media Holding Ltd. and Hillstone Networks, Inc., and was an observer on the boards of Nobao Renewable Energy Holdings Limited and Qunar Cayman Islands Limited. Prior to joining Silver Lake, Mr. Wang worked at General Atlantic where he focused on technology and healthcare related investments in Greater China. Previously, Mr. Wang was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company’s Corporate Finance Practice. Earlier in his career, Mr. Wang worked at Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse. Mr. Wang served on the board of directors of Oak Pacific Interactive and was an observer of the board of directors of Wuxi PharmaTech. Mr. Wang graduated summa cum laude from Yale College with majors in Computer Science and Economics.

Jason White joined Silver Lake in 2006 and is a Managing Director. Previously, he worked in the Media & Communications Investment Banking Group and the Convertible Products Group at Morgan Stanley. He currently serves as a director on the board of SMART Modular Technologies (WWH), Inc. 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. 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 in the Menlo Park office of Silver Lake, which he joined in 2007. He currently serves as a director on the boards of AMC Entertainment, Cast & Crew, GoDaddy, Oak View Group and WP Engine. He previously served as a director of Vantage Data Centers and as a member of GoDaddy’s audit committee. 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 industry. 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.

Phillip Wood-Smith Joined Silver Lake in 2007 and is a Director. Mr. Wood-Smith focuses on large scale technology investing and has completed transactions across a range of areas including industrial, automotive, financial technology and vertical software. Prior to joining Silver Lake, Mr. Wood-Smith worked at Bain Capital where he focused on large-scale leveraged buyouts across industries ranging from manufacturing to technology. Previously, Mr. Wood-Smith was a management consultant with Bain & Company in New York and San Francisco focused on strategic due diligence for private equity clients as well as operational and strategic consulting for corporate clients. He graduated magna cum laude from Middlebury College with Highest Honors in political science.

Seda Yalçinkaya is the Director and General Counsel of EMEA and is located in London. Prior to joining Silver Lake in 2011, Ms. Yalçınkaya was a Director and Deputy General Counsel at Citi Capital Advisors, where she acted as general counsel to Citi Venture Capital International, the emerging markets private equity business of Citi, and prior to that, the Deputy Head of M&A Legal for Citigroup, in which role she advised senior management on proprietary M&A transactions. Prior to joining Citi, Ms. Yalçınkaya was a corporate associate at the New York and London offices of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, focusing on M&A, private equity, and leveraged finance transactions. Ms. Yalçınkaya holds an A.B. from Harvard University and a J.D. from Columbia Law School, and is qualified to practice law in New York and in England and Wales.

Vincent Yu joined Silver Lake in 2016 and is a Senior Associate. 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.

Judy Yuan joined Silver Lake in 2016 and is Senior Counsel and Senior Vice President, Compliance.  She was previously Vice President, Counsel at BlackRock, working on its private funds. Earlier in her career, Ms. Yuan practiced corporate law for a number of years at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, and was a Financial Analyst at Goldman, Sachs & Co. She currently serves on the board of the Harvard Law School Association of Northern California. Ms. Yuan holds a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley, a B.S. from the Haas School of Business, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Negotiation Law Review.

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.

Mark Zhu joined Silver Lake in 2012 as an Associate. Previously, he worked as an investment banker at Moelis & Company in Los Angeles. Mr. Zhu graduated summa cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Economics with dual concentrations in Finance and Statistics.