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Dan Artusi is an Operating Executive with Golden Gate Capital focused on semiconductor and communications investment opportunities. Mr. Artusi, has more than 30 years of experience in the semiconductor and communications industries. Prior to joining Golden Gate Capital, Mr. Artusi was formerly CEO and board member of Conexant Systems, Inc., a communications solutions semiconductor company. Previously, Mr. Artusi was chairman and CEO of Coldwatt, Inc., a provider of power supplies for the communications and computing industries. He has also served as president, CEO and director of Silicon Laboratories, a leading developer of mixed signal integrated circuits and spent more than 20 years in various senior management roles at Motorola Semiconductor. Mr. Artusi currently serves as a board member of Atheros Communications Inc., Micrel Inc., and Qspeed Semiconductor.
Gene Becker is an Operating Executive with Golden Gate Capital focused on insurance and specialty finance investment opportunities. Prior to joining Golden Gate Capital, Mr. Becker was formerly Chief Executive Officer of American Bankers Insurance Company and also American Bankers Life Assurance Company.
John Chu is an Operating Executive at Golden Gate Capital focused on financial services investment opportunities, as well as on providing IT and Finance functional expertise across the portfolio. Prior to joining Golden Gate, he was an SVP for eBusiness & Technology and CFO, Personal Lines at The Hartford Financial Services Group. Previously, John was a Director at PepsiCo Foods and a Vice President at Lehman Brothers in Asia.
Papken Der Torossian is an Operating Executive with Golden Gate Capital focused on semiconductor device and capital equipment related investment opportunities. Prior to joining Golden Gate Capital, Mr. Der Torossian was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Silicon Valley Group (SVGI), a leading supplier of advanced lithography equipment which was acquired by ASML Holding N.V. He current serves as a director of several public and private boards and as an advisor for two technical universities.
Steve Dollinger is an Operating Executive with Golden Gate Capital focused on investment opportunities in construction, housing and real estate services. Prior to joining Golden Gate Capital, Mr. Dollinger was a Managing Director at a $600 million private equity firm that invested in businesses capitalizing on globalization and, prior thereto, was a senior investment professional in the global merchant banking arm of Deutsche Bank AG. He has served as a Director of a number of public and private companies including Telesis Technologies, TydenBrammall, Strayer Education, Kinetics Group, Breuner's and Bristol Farms. Mr. Dollinger started his career in real estate development and earned a California real estate license before becoming a consultant at Bain & Company.
Sean Feeney is an Operating Executive with Golden Gate Capital focused on investment opportunities in software, SaaS and outsourced services. Prior to joining Golden Gate Capital, Mr. Feeney was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Inovis, Inc a Golden Gate portfolio company that merged with GXS in June, 2010. Prior to Inovis, he was an Executive Vice President at Checkfree (now Fiserv), serving as the President of Checkfree Software, GM of American Payments and EVP of Sales. Earlier in his career, Mr. Feeney served as the Chief Operating Officer of Clarus, CEO of clickandmove.com and VP of Sales at D&B Software and Sales Technologies. Mr. Feeney attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point earning a B.S. degree in Engineering. After West Point, he served in the army for six years.
Jim Foy is President and Chief Executive Officer of Aspect Software, a leading provider of contact center solutions and a Golden Gate Capital portfolio company. Prior to his current role at Aspect, he served as President of Informix Software, a global enterprise software company with more than $750 million in revenue. He was also previously Executive Vice President of Engineering at Ardent Software; the Founder, President and CEO of Constellation Software; and as Director of Research and Development at Prime Computer. While at Prime, he was also a member of the board of directors of X/Open and Unix International.
Dr. Jai Hakhu is an Operating Executive with Golden Gate Capital on Semiconductor related investment opportunities and also serves as President of Vistec. Dr. Hakhu is also President and CEO of R.C. International. Prior to joining Golden Gate Capital, Dr Hakhu was Corporate Vice President & General Manager at Intel Corporation and Vice President at Rockwell International.
Philip A. Marineau is the retired President and CEO of Levi Strauss & Co., a $4 billion global apparel maker and retailer. He was previously the President and CEO of Pepsi Cola North America and President and Chief Operating Officer of The Quaker Oats Company.
Chris is an Operating Executive with Golden Gate Capital focused on investment opportunities in Direct Sales, Telecom and the Security sector. Chris currently serves as the Chairman of Devcon Security, Cydcor, 2020 Companies and Pinnacle Security, all Golden Gate Capital portfolio companies. Chris also serves as a member of the board of Neways, also a Golden Gate Capital portfolio company. Chris holds a Diploma in Marketing, a Bachelor of Arts Degree and a MBA in Business. He is a former CEO, President and Managing director in the Apparel and Paper industries having spent the majority of his career with the Scott Tissue and the Kimberly Clark organizations and associated subsidiaries.Chris has served on several Boards and has worked as a Consultant and Advisor to numerous organizations globally. Chris currently serves as a member of the National Advisory Board at Southern Utah University and as a member of the Board of Trustees at Southern Virginia University.
Kevin O'Meara is an Operating Executive with Golden Gate Capital focused on investment opportunities in building products. Prior to joining Golden Gate Capital, Mr. O'Meara was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Builders FirstSource, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of structural building materials which he co-founded in 1997 and built to a revenue peak of $2.4 billion. Prior to Builders FirstSource, Mr. O'Meara was the Vice President, Strategic Planning and Business Development at building materials manufacturer Fibreboard Corporation and, prior thereto, he was a strategy consultant at Bain & Company. Earlier in his career, he was an associate at two private investment firms, Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst and The Sterling Group, where he engaged in a number of leveraged buyouts across a spectrum of industrial, consumer products and distribution related companies. Mr. O'Meara, a C.P.A., holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. in Economics and a B.B.A. in Accounting from Southern Methodist University (where he graduated first in his class).
Giffen H. Ott is an Operating Executive with Golden Gate Capital. Prior to Golden Gate, Mr. Ott was a Senior Managing Director of Evercore Partners, where he worked in their private equity group focusing on energy and other investments. He previously served as Senior Vice President of Operations of Leiner Health Products and he served six years at Bain & Company. He is a member of the California Bar and a former C.P.A. (with Ernst & Whinney).
John Percival is the European representative for Golden Gate Capital. He has an extensive 30-plus year professional international background in principal investing, investment banking and operations. During the course of his career he has held the CEO position of Essex Financial, formerly the leading issuer of industrial development bonds off Wall Street (in excess of $10 billion for investment grade clients, e.g. Exxon, United Technologies, Textron), which was ultimately acquired by Solomon Smith Barney. He led the investment of $15 million into Loyalty Management Group, NV where he was a shareholder, which was the operator of the British Airways customer loyalty program, AirMiles and was sold 6 years later for 30 times the original investment. Early in his career he held a senior financial position in international finance with Reynolds Metals Company, at the time a Fortune 100 company and began his career in international tax with Arthur Andersen & Company. He has served on the boards of publicly listed (NYSE) and privately held companies. He was also an initial shareholder in Pluto Technologies, a leading digital video storage device manufacturer in which Microsoft acquired a 20% stake and was later merged in an all-stock transaction with Avid Technologies. He has led and/or co-invested in over 20 principal transactions in the past 15 years. He has resided in Europe since 2001 and maintains his principal residence in London and a part-time residence in Munich and travels extensively throughout Europe on behalf of Golden Gate.
Peter Rosenfeld is an Operating Executive with Golden Gate Capital focused on investment opportunities in the automotive sector. Prior to joining Golden Gate Capital, Mr. Rosenfeld was Executive Vice President of Global Procurement & Supply with DaimlerChrysler Corporation as well as a member of the Executive Committee. Mr. Rosenfeld spent 25 years with Chrysler and DaimlerChrysler in various procurement, strategy, quality, engineering, and financial positions. In addition to his role at Golden Gate, Mr. Rosenfeld is also a Senior Advisor to a leading management consulting firm, a Principal with Stellar Alliance LLC, and a former member of the Board of Directors of Metaldyne Corporation. Mr. Rosenfeld holds an M.B.A from Northwestern University and a B.S. from Georgetown University.
Jim Schaper is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Infor, a global provider of enterprise software solutions and a Golden Gate Capital portfolio company. Prior to his current role, Mr. Schaper was Chairman, President, and CEO of Primis Inc., a leading provider of web based property information services to the financial services industry. He was also previously Executive Vice President and COO of Per-Se Technologies and President and CEO of Dun and Bradstreet Software.
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Investment Team