Scott Desiere

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

Micro Focus (US), Inc. develops implements and supports proprietary, mixed source and open source software. Its solutions include visual cobol, terminal emulation, borland, corba and mainframe solutions. The firm helps to organizations securely deliver and manage computing services across physical, virtual and cloud computing environments. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Provo, UT.

Pervasive Software, Inc. provides embedded database software and cloud-based services. Its products include Pervasive PSQL, Pervasive DataExchange, Pervasive Data Integrator, Pervasive DataRush and Pervasive DataSolutions. Pervasive PSQL database provides embeddable data management. Pervasive DataExchange provides solution to eliminate data loss and down time due to system crashes or site disasters. Pervasive Data Integrator provides cost-effective extraction, transformation and flow of nearly any kind of data between sources throughout the organization. Pervasive DataRush is a software development platform. Pervasive DataSolutions gives customers affordable, subscription based integration delivered as configurable services on the Pervasive DataCloud. The company was founded by Nancy Woodward in 1994 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

NetIQ Corp. offers software solutions. It provides identity and access management, security management, IT operation management, disaster recovery, workload migration, and unified communications and VoIP. The company was founded on February 11, 1998 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

TippingPoint NAC Solution engages in the provision of network access control and management solutions. The company was founded by Kate Tallman, Chris Gray, Seth Goldhammer, and Kaj Gronhold and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

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.

Applimation, Inc. provides application and information management software solutions. The company was formed by Adam Gwosdof and Mark Nelson in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC (Clayton, Dubilier & Rice) is a private equity subsidiary of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Holdings LP founded in 1978 by Joseph L. Rice. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Attachmate Corp. provides software used to manage access to enterprise applications and databases, including information stored on main frames and other legacy systems. Its products include desktop management software, development tools, and connectivity hardware. The company also provides a variety of services, including consulting, maintenance, and custom software development

PassGo Technologies Ltd. offers network security software solutions including user verification tokens, password and session management technology. It focuses on developing and marketing web access control solutions. The company also offers design, implementation, security analysis, and training services. The company's products include Defender, Webthority, PassGo SSO, PassGo InSync, UNIX Privilege Manager, and UNIX Resource Manager. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Ilminster, UK.

Vertafore, Inc. develops and provides enterprise management software solutions for the insurance industry. It offers comprehensive agency solutions, management systems, content management and workflow, sales tools, compliance, managing general agent and managing general underwriter, rating. The firm services include implementation, data migration, online hosting, consulting and custom solutions. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Denver, WA.

IDERA, Inc. operates as a B2B (business to business) software company. its products include DESIGN Models and Databases; MONITOR Database Performance; PROTECT Database Integrity; and MANAGE IT Performance. The company was founded by Richard Jan Pleczko, Michael J. Clark, and Roderick Endo in 2000 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

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.

Quest Software, Inc. provides enterprise and desktop software services. The firm provides its services for data analysis, data mining, quality control/six sigma and web-based analytics. Its products are used by universities, corporations and government agencies. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Tulsa, OK.

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.

Quest Software GmbH engages in the provision of sales and consulting services related to software products. It focuses on marketing, sales promotion, and client acquisition. The company is headquartered in Cologne, Germany.

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.

Marvasol, Inc. provides password management and cloud single-sign-on solutions. Its solutions makes going online secure, and supports browsers, operating systems, and mobile devices. The company was founded by Joseph Siegrist and Robert Billingslea in 2008 and is headquartered in Fairfax, VA.

One Identity GmbH develops software. The private company is based in Berlin, Germany. The CEO of the German company is Jeffrey S. Hawn.