Thomas H. Jennings

Tom is a Senior Advisor at Summit Partners.  He joined the firm in 1997, became a Managing Director in 2008 and served on the Summit Partners Board of Managers from 2017 to 2024. Tom’s current investments and board directorships include Allego, MacStadium and NetBrain Technologies.

Tom’s prior experience includes A Cloud Guru (acquired by Pluralsight), Accedian Networks (recapitalized by Bridge Growth Partners, later acquired by Cisco), Anesthetix (acquired by TeamHealth), AvePoint (recapitalized by Goldman Sachs and TPG; NASDAQ: AVPT), Burst Media Corporation (AIM: BRST, later acquired by blinkx PLC), Clarabridge (acquired by Qualtrics), Commnet Wireless (acquired by Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc.), Fermentas International (acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific), Formative (acquired by Newsela), Hatcher Associates (acquired by Corillian Corporation), Hiperos (acquired by Opus Global), Immco Diagnostics (acquired by Trinity Biotech), Logi Analytics (acquired by Marlin Equity Partners), Mi9 Retail (acquired by General Atlantic), My Dentist Holdings (acquired by Heartland Dental Care), NetWitness Corporation (acquired by EMC Corporation), OB Hospitalist Group (acquired by Ares Management), Solid State Equipment (acquired by Veeco), Sage Telecom, Telerik (acquired by Progress Software), Unica Corporation (NASDAQ: UNCA, later acquired by IBM) and Zenoss (acquired by Virtana).

Prior to Summit, Tom worked as a software developer and consultant with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). He holds an AB in economics and theology from Boston College, where he received the Scholar of the College award.

Tom is an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School, a member of the Boston College Board of Regents, a member of the Boston Children’s Hospital Philanthropic Board of Advisors and a Trustee of the Massachusetts Soldiers Legacy Fund.