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Helped build board of directors, recruiting industry veterans George Riedel and Paul Milbury >>
Acacia Communications

Recruited John Ritchie – a CFO with extensive public company experience – to the Board of Directors >>

Assisted in establishing a board of directors and formalizing corporate governance >>

Recruited life sciences entrepreneur Ken Fong, founder of Clontech, to the board >>

Opened nine offices across the United States, Europe, Australia and India >>

Helped grow from a regional U.S. business to a global organization operating in 40+ countries >>

Established 24-hour trading capabilities in North America and strengthened capabilities in Europe and Asia >>

Established sales offices in China and North America and helped acquire several distributors >>

Advised on the company's expansion into mobile and other lines of business >>

Supported transition to a recurring revenue business model through the development of analytical tools >>

Worked with management to position NetWitness as a robust enterprise platform >>

Helped develop strategy for entering new greeting card and book categories >>

Guided the management team through the IPO process and provided introductions >>

Managed process with acquirer Ingenico, enabling management to stay focused on the business >>

Coordinated the preparation of IPO and four subsequent debt and equity financing transactions >>

Assisted in evaluating and managing inbound interest from strategic acquirers >>

Made customer introductions as NetWitness expanded from government focus to major global accounts >>

Collaborated with management to expand and optimize the global sales organization >>

Created a proprietary statistical model aimed at improving patient conversion rates to newly affiliated practices >>

Helped optimize sales force and develop the sales operations function to manage global scale >>

Assisted in recruiting a CFO, and heads of e-commerce, analytics, and marketing >>

Worked closely with founders to scale organization, helping to recruit a CEO, CMO, CFO, CTO and CRO >>

Built-out a senior management team with high-caliber talent, including CFO and COO >>
Acacia Communications

Supported the recruitment of key executives as the company scaled, including an SVP of Operations >>

Assisted with the development of world-class financial and KPI reporting >>

Worked with management to upgrade systems and reporting to public company levels >>

Established the corporate infrastructure necessary to create an acquisition and growth platform >>

Built financial controls and improved reporting standards >>

Worked with management to develop an M&A strategy to broaden product suite and strengthen market position >>

Identified, evaluated and developed 20+ acquisition opportunities outside the core U.K. market >>

Recruited and built a business development team focused on practice acquisition >>

Help build repeatable processes for new customer implementations and acquisition integration >>

Helped raise institutional debt, assisting with rating agency process and marketing to investors >>

Amended and upsized existing senior credit facility, providing additional capital to support acquisitions >>

Assisted in raising a $100 million revolving credit line to facilitate the company’s acquisition pace >>
Independent-Vetcare

Helped amend and upsize senior credit facility, securing capital to support acquisitions and expansion >>

Michael George, CEO of Continuum, with John Carroll

Portfolio Resource Teams

When you partner with Summit, you gain access to specialized resources designed to leverage expertise and experience critical to rapid growth companies.

Peak Performance Group

The Peak Performance Group (PPG) works collaboratively with management teams to identify and execute growth initiatives that build long-term value. An experienced team with deep functional expertise across revenue optimization, growth marketing, technology and M&A, the PPG is a free, flexible, on-demand resource that focuses on engagements to improve operational efficiency, grow revenues and strengthen infrastructure.


Talent & Recruiting Team

Our Talent & Recruiting Team works with portfolio companies to identify and recruit high-impact senior executives and board members, advise on best practices in talent development and advance human capital strategy.


Capital Markets Team

The Capital Markets Team helps portfolio companies structure capital markets transactions to support growth initiatives, providing access to the best execution, pricing and structuring available.


Technology & Data Science Team

Our Technology & Data Science Team works with portfolio companies to assist software engineering and product management teams with strategy, organization design, product evaluation, and execution.

Meet Our Portfolio Resource Teams

Executive-in-Residence Program

Executives-in-Residence work closely with Summit investment teams and portfolio companies on sector-specific opportunities and can assist companies in an ongoing capacity through board or leadership roles.

Greg Hartmann, CEO of National Veterinary Associates with Dave Averett

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