THOMAS STAUDT

Managing Partner

Tom has domain, investment and operational experience in financial technology, HCIT and transaction processing companies.

He currently serves on the board of Bluefin Payments (Chairman), TRSRY (Chairman), Corporate Risk Holdings (Chairman), and AUI. For the past 25 years, Tom has served as CEO of several companies that have resulted in highly successful outcomes working exclusively with private equity funds such as Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, William Blair Capital Partners, and Prudential Equity Investments. His roles included Card Establishment Services (COO, Director), MedE America (CEO, Director), Reusch International (CEO, Director) and Global Collect (CEO, Director). Tom has previously served as a CEO in Residence for Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and Great Hill Partners.  He has also served as an advisor, served as a director on behalf of, or conducted diligence on behalf of several private equity firms including Camden Partners, WR Berkley, Stonepoint and Cornerstone Equity.

Prior to these leadership roles, he served in general management roles for Citibank, Wells Fargo and Nielsen. Tom is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and has an MBA from San Francisco State University.