JEFF LIESENDAHL

Managing Partner

Jeff has over 25 years experience working with public and private companies serving in executive, financial and operations leadership roles and has domain experience in financial technology, cybersecurity and transaction processing companies.

Jeff currently serves as a strategic advisor to Bluefin Payments and was most recently the Co-Founder and CEO of Accertify, Inc. (acquired by American Express), a leading provider of fraud prevention, chargeback management, and payment gateway solutions.  Jeff was also a key member of the founding management team of Orbitz helping launch the initial website, completing a successful IPO and a strategic sale of the company to Cendant Corporation for $1.25 billion.

He has served in key management roles with various private equity portfolio companies including RedPrairie Corp. (Advent International and Francisco Partners), Global Vacation Group (Thayer Capital Partners) and Hawk Medical Supply (Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe).

Jeff graduated from Northern Illinois University with B.S. degrees in Accountancy and is a Certified Public Accountant.