John R. Carroll joined Summit Partners in 1993 from BayBank. After attending business school, John worked for Bain & Company and then rejoined Summit in 1998.

Based in Summit’s Boston office, John is active in the firm’s investment activities in North America, Europe and Asia.

During his 16 years with Summit Partners, John has served as the director of many companies. He is currently a director of Associa, Cetero Research, Continuum, FleetCor Technologies (NYSE: FLT), Fortegra Financial (NYSE: FRF) and Solid State Equipment. His prior directorships include Blue Ocean Software (acquired by Intuit), Clinical Pathology Laboratories (acquired by Sonic Healthcare), Help/Systems (acquired by Audax Group), Innov-X Systems (acquired by Olympus Corporation) and Sybari Software (acquired by Microsoft).

John holds an AB in economics, cum laude, from Dartmouth College and a Masters in Management, with Distinction, from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

Investment Experience

• AmeriPath, Inc.
• Associa, Inc.
• Blue Ocean Software, Inc.
• Burst Media Corporation
• CallTech Communications, Inc.
• Casa Systems, Inc.
• Catalyst International, Inc.
• Cetero Research, Inc.
• Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc.
• Continuum, LLC
• FleetCor Technologies, Inc.
• Fortegra Financial Corporation
• Fry, Inc.
• Help/Systems, Inc.
• Innov-X Systems, Inc.
• LogistiCare, LLC
• MEDITECH
• Pacer Electronics, Inc.
• Solid State Equipment
• Suburban Ostomy Supply Company, Inc.
• Sybari Software, Inc.