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Alan Arnold is an Operating Partner at Thoma Bravo. He is a global operations executive and specialist in optimizing business operations. He is also the author of several books on technology and performance topics. Alan was honored as a Computerworld Premier 100 Technologist and Man of Character by the Boy Scouts of America. Most recently, Alan served as Chief Operating Officer of MeridianLink, where he was a key executive and part of the team that helped transform the business and take the company public. Before that, he served on the board of directors and held multiple leadership roles at Vision Solutions, Inc., including President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Technology Officer, and Executive Vice President, where he led the company’s business strategy and global operations. He also served as a Senior Manager of Ernst & Young, LLP. Alan has been in the technology industry for over 35 years, and his diverse background spans startups and billion-dollar technology businesses. Additionally, he is active with several non-profits, holding various senior leadership positions at these organizations in Orange County and Los Angeles, California. He also served as an advisor to SpaceIQ, Condeco, Eptura and Mercell. Alan holds a BS degree in Business Administration from the University of Redlands and majored in Accounting at Chapman University.

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Gene Austin is an Operating Partner at Thoma Bravo. He has over 30 years of experience leading private and public software companies, including 19 years as CEO. Most recently, Gene was the CEO of Quorum Software, where he led the company through a significant transformation from a provider of accounting and operational software in North America to a global provider of software and services throughout the energy value chain. During his four years, the company made six acquisitions and a merger to produce the largest software company dedicated to the oil and gas energy market. Before Quorum, he was CEO at Bazaarvoice, the leading provider of user-generated content for retailers and brands. Bazaarvoice was in transition, and Gene led the company to profitability and growth and on to a successful sale in 2018. Before Bazaarvoice, he led venture-backed Convio, a leading provider of fundraising and marketing solutions for nonprofits, through significant growth and expansion culminating in a 2010 IPO and a 2012 sale to Blackbaud. Gene holds an MBA from Washington University, where he received the 2019 Olin Business School Distinguished Alumni Award, and he has a BS degree in Engineering Management from Southern Methodist University.

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Pete Boyes is an Operating Partner at Thoma Bravo. Pete has more than 20 years of experience in driving operational excellence and value creation at companies such as Zego (acquired by Global Payments), Soasta (acquired by Akamai Technologies), and ID Analytics (acquired by Symantec/LifeLock). Before his CFO and GM roles, he was a technology Investment Banker completing numerous M&A and Corporate Finance transactions across the technology landscape. Most recently, as the former CFO and GM of Zego (a Vista Equity-backed investment), Pete was instrumental in helping drive strategy and revenue growth both organically and through acquisitions, leading to a successful exit to Global Payments. He assumed the GM role after the acquisition and led the integration efforts of Zego into the Integrated Software division at Global Payments. Pete has BA and MBA degrees from the University of Southern California.

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Tom Clark is an Operating Partner at Thoma Bravo. He has more than 20 years of experience as a financial and operating executive across a variety of industries. Tom is recognized consistently by all levels of the organization as a goal-oriented leader with a proven ability to influence corporate results by instilling accountability and providing strategic, operational and financial insight. Before becoming an Operating Partner at Thoma Bravo, he was CFO of IDaptive, LLC (a Thoma Bravo portfolio company), Ayla Networks Inc., Openwave Messaging, Inc. and CollabNet, Inc. Additionally, Tom was an Operating Director for Marlin Equity Partners, where he provided financial diligence expertise for enterprise software acquisitions and provided financial and operational guidance to Marlin owned companies. Tom has extensive experience with buy-side, sell-side, carve-outs, and distressed situations. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of California and earned his BS degree from Saint Mary's College of California.

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Steve Cochran is an Operating Advisor at Thoma Bravo. Steve has more than 30 years of experience leading technology transformation and operational excellence at companies such as Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX), OpenText/GXS, Inovis, Adaptec, Real3D, Lockheed Martin and General Electric. Steve most recently was the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at GHX, a former Thoma Bravo portfolio company subsequently sold to Temasek. During his tenure at GHX, he created the strategy, architected, led development and migrated the company's core asset and customers to the AWS public cloud profoundly transforming the company. At OpenText/GXS, Steve was the VP of Product Management leading the transformation of their global B2B exchange for retail and automotive markets. As CTO at Inovis, he led the transformation of their B2B exchange. Steve also led the development of the initial generations of 3D graphic controllers at Real3D and led development of products for the RAID storage industry as a division vice president at Adaptec. Steve started his career with GE/Lockheed Martin designing submarine and shipboard systems. Steve has an MBA from Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College and a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Kentucky.

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Tom Davis brings more than 25 years of experience in technology and enterprise software. During his career, he has served in a variety of positions including quality assurance, software development, engineering management, product management, architecture, CTO and CEO. Notably he orchestrated several engineering turn-arounds and managed both large strategic acquisitions as well as small tech tuck-ins, with a focus on creating enterprise value growth. Tom served as CTO of Ivanti, CEO of mobile startup Celio, Chief Platform Architect at Avocent, EVP of Research and Development at LANDESK, and CTO of the software and services division at Intel. Tom has a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Brigham Young University and continued his education at Westminster College and Cal Berkley. He served in the United States Air Force and graduated with honors in the top 10% of his class.

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Greg Doran is an Operating Partner at Thoma Bravo. He has more than 20 years of experience helping organizations grow through his finance and operational leadership with companies such as Frontline Education, Pepperjam and IBM. Greg is the former CFO of Frontline Education, which was a Thoma Bravo portfolio company and subsequently was sold to Roper Technologies. During his time at Frontline Education, Greg was instrumental in leading the company’s financial, M&A and operational activities. Prior to Frontline Education, he was the COO and CFO of Pepperjam, a carve-out from Ebay enterprise. Previously, he was a financial leader at IBM through the sale of Fiberlink, a leading provider of mobile device management software. He also held progressive financial leadership positions at CIGNA and State Farm Insurance. Greg has a BSBA in Accounting from Kutztown University.

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Gary Fry brings more than 20 years of experience in enterprise software and go-to-market leadership. He is a three-time software CEO with extensive European market knowledge and expertise helping companies transition to a subscription-based business model. Most recently, Gary served as CEO of iText, where he spearheaded company growth to more than double the size of the company, pivoted to a fully recurring business model, and successfully sold the business to Thoma Bravo. Previously, he served as Interim CEO of Aleyant and CEO of Global Graphics. Earlier in his career, he held sales leadership roles at Adobe, Oracle and IBM. Gary has an MBA from the University of Reading.

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Kiely George is an Operating Advisor for Thoma Bravo, where she provides financial management, reporting, and operations support to the firm's portfolio companies. She has 15 years of finance experience focused on optimizing performance, profitability, and operational effectiveness in private companies. Kiely most recently served as VP of Financial Operations at Elemica. While at Elemica, she was a key member of the M&A team, providing financial due diligence and successfully integrating four acquisitions over three years. Kiely earned her MBA from St. Joseph's University and BA degree in Finance from the University of Pittsburgh.

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Vito Giuliani is an Operating Partner at Thoma Bravo. He has a wide range of experience with both INC and Fortune 250 companies.

Vito’s negotiation creativity and operational experiences contributed to past successes in data center consolidation, headquarters office complex construction, multi-national procurement organizations, delivering annual cost reductions, and consistently meeting deadlines and exceeding budget targets. Vito most recently served as Chief Procurement Officer at ADP, where he managed the worldwide Purchasing, Real Estate and Facilities Organizations. Vito also served as a Trustee of the ADP Foundation and sat on the Supplier Diversity Council, the ADP Social Responsibility Council, and Risk Committee. Before ADP, he held similar positions at GE Capital Corporation and PaineWebber, Inc.

Vito holds a BS degree in Accounting from Iona College and has attended Wharton’s School of Business for executive education.

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James (Jim) Hagan is an Operating Partner at Thoma Bravo. Jim brings more than 20 years of experience in helping public and private equity-backed software companies grow and scale. Most recently, he spent four years as CFO at MedeAnalytics, a Thoma Bravo portfolio company. Previously, Jim held various management roles, including COO, CFO and interim-CEO at Forcepoint, a global cybersecurity company where he oversaw revenue growth from $365 million to $580 million. Before Forcepoint, he served in various finance roles at Websense and Fair Isaac (FICO), and he worked in both the Industrial and Global Financial Sponsors groups at Lehman Brothers. Jim earned his MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management and his BA degree in Economics from UC San Diego.

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Jay Larson is an Operating Partner at Thoma Bravo. Jay has an impressive track record as a successful CEO, transformation driver, and value-creating leader of world-class enterprise organizations. He served as CEO at Optimizely, a venture-backed software company that he and his team grew and ultimately sold to a PE-owned software company. Before Optimizely, Jay was the CEO at Birst Software, another venture-backed firm that was sold to a large application software company. Jay also has an outstanding record as a leader of sales organizations. At Mercury Interactive, he spent seven years building the go-to-market team that drove Mercury’s revenue from $300 million to over $1 billion. During his five-year tenure at SuccessFactors, he built a global sales team that drove revenue from $80 million to over $360 million when SuccessFactors was acquired by SAP. Jay also held sales leadership positions at Oracle, Siebel Systems, and Jive Software. He is passionate about helping companies sell more and sell more efficiently. Jay has a BA degree in Economics from Harvard University and an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA.

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Steve Man is an Operating Advisor at Thoma Bravo. Prior to assuming this role in 2019, Steve held leadership positions in two Thoma Bravo portfolio companies and was responsible for implementing best practices and value creation activities guided by the Board of Directors. His roles included Vice President of Finance at MedeAnalytics and Director of Finance at Roadnet Technologies. Outside of his Thoma Bravo tenure, Steve was a technology investment banker at Jefferies and a graduate of Capital One’s Finance Rotation Program. Steve earned his MBA from Rice University and BA degree in Economics from the University of Maryland, College Park.

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Joel Martins is an Operating Advisor at Thoma Bravo. He has more than 20 years of experience driving innovation, growth and operational excellence in software companies. Joel led global enterprise teams for 14 years at Symantec. At Symantec, he led teams in the enterprise data protection suite, growing the NetBackup product line to over $1B. Joel also served as CTO at MicroEdge, which was sold to publicly traded Blackbuad (Nasdaq: BLKB in 2014). Before joining Thoma Bravo, Joel served as CTO at Social Solutions, completing a transaction from Vista Equity Partners to Apax Partners. During his time at Social Solutions, Joel oversaw the creation and launch of a new product line and dramatic growth. He also recruited the Ballmer Group, which included a $59M investment in Social Solutions from former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who joined the company's Board of Directors. Joel graduated from the University of Minnesota with a BS degree in Computer Science and attended Luther Seminary in St. Paul post-graduate.

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Richard Northing is an Operating Advisor at Thoma Bravo. He has more than 21 years of experience in the technology industry, with a focus on the delivery of software and services to Fortune 1000 companies. Previously he served as SVP of Products & Services for Flexera Software, where he had worldwide responsibility for all product development, professional services delivery, and technical account management. He previously led Global Services at Macrovision. Before joining Macrovision, he spent eight years at Intraware where he established a world-class customer engagement model in a SaaS environment while serving as VP of Technology Operations and Chief Operating Officer. Richard spent the first 10 years of his career in various engineering, engineering management, and consulting positions at EDS and Accenture. Richard has a Bachelor of Sciences (First Class, with honors) degree from the University of Liverpool and a PhD from the University of Oxford in the UK.

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Anthony Palladino is an Operating Partner at Thoma Bravo. He has more than 20 years of experience as a financial and operating executive. Anthony’s experience has centered around taking small entrepreneurial companies and helping them establish operational and financial protocols to achieve rapid growth. He has worked for multiple companies, including Bentley Systems (CAD Software) and HR Logic (PEO), and he spent the majority of his career at Elemica (a former Thoma Bravo portfolio company) in various executive positions, including CFO. At Elemica, he played a critical role in developing the business from a concept on a napkin to a successful company and integrating multiple acquired organizations. Anthony has an MBA degree from Penn State University and a BS degree in Finance from Drexel University.

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Paul Statham is an Operating Advisor at Thoma Bravo. Paul has over 30 years’ experience of founding and operating successful technology businesses, with a focus on rapid growth through innovation. Most recently he was CEO of Condeco, a global leader in workspace scheduling, that was acquired by Thoma Bravo in 2021. At Condeco, Paul’s visionary views on the world of work and the management of the workplace helped shape the technology within the sector. As CEO, he oversaw the opening of nine offices around the world and was instrumental in developing new global markets across four continents, led three acquisitions to expand the solution portfolio, and grew revenues from zero to $100m. Previously Paul co-founded RNM Systems, a consultancy company delivering outsourced software development to some of the world’s leading corporations. Paul also co-founded FX Player, an online fantasy trading game which was sold in 2005 to IFX Markets in 2005. Paul spent the first 16 years of his life in the electronic security industry, where he was co-founder of Masco Security, one of the UK leading providers. He is also a Trustee of Charlton Athletic Community Trust, a charity dedicated to empowering young individuals to improve their lives and their environment.

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Adam Thier is an Operating Advisor at Thoma Bravo. He is a senior software engineering executive with an exceptional track record at multiple startups and SaaS leaders, as well as at one of the world's largest software companies. Adam attributes his success to his passion for great design and an understanding of human/computer interaction. He spent several years as the SAP executive sponsor of the Hasso Plattner D.School at Stanford University, where he coached teams of graduate students on design-thinking projects.

Most recently, Adam was Head of Applications at Vianai, which focuses on building a platform that removes the technical and expertise barriers so regular business users can understand and apply the advantages of AI/ML in their operations. Before Vianai, he was Chief Technology Officer at Avetta. While there, he was awarded the CXO of the Year award from Utah Business Magazine for his work in helping change how millions of tradespeople interact with technology and reduced their accident and fatality rates by over 75%. Before Avetta, he was EVP of Engineering for the SaaS business line at Keynote Systems, which was acquired by Dynatrace, a Thoma Bravo company. Prior to that, Adam spent seven years in executive leadership positions at SAP, including SVP of Engineering and Chief Architect, where he worked directly with the company's global customers on a variety of technology programs. Before SAP, he was SVP Application Development at Hyperion. Adam has a BA degree in Communication Arts from Marist College.

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Kristin Nimsger Weston is an Operating Partner at Thoma Bravo. She has more than 20 years of experience driving outsized growth in software and technology companies. Kristin was President of Kroll Ontrack, where she ran the legal tech business from start-up to more than $200M in seven years. Kroll Ontrack operated in 23 countries with 1500+ employees when it was sold to Providence Equity Partners in 2010 for over $1.1B. She then was the General Manager of the litigation software division of Thomson Reuters. Kristin then served as CEO of two Vista Equity Partners portfolio companies: MicroEdge, which was sold to publicly traded Blackbaud (Nasdaq: BLKB) for more than 7x MOIC in 2014, and Social Solutions Global which was sold to Apax Partners in 2021 for 5x MOIC. During her time with Social Solutions, Kristin led the negotiation of the partnership and investment from Ballmer Group, which included a $59M investment from former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who joined the company's Board of Directors. Before joining Thoma Bravo, she served as a Senior Advisor, Private Equity to Vista Equity Partners. Kristin has a BA from the University of Minnesota, a Juris Doctorate from William Mitchell College of Law, and a Certificate in Management and Leadership from MIT Sloan School of Management.

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