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Mike has closed transactions with companies such as Accenture, ARM, BMC Software, Cavium, Chordiant, Dell, F5, Fair Isaac, GD, GE, GN, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, NetApp, Oracle, Parallels, Qualcomm, Rapid7, Splunk, Symantec, Veritas and VMware.  Before co-founding GrowthPoint Technology Partners, he was a principal at SVB Alliant conducting software mergers and acquisitions transactions.  Prior to joining Alliant, Mike was Managing Director of the Nextera Interactive division of Nextera through to its IPO.  At Nextera, he worked with News Corporation on bringing the company’s assets to the Internet and with Hilton Hotels, Starwood and Marriott on Internet strategy.

Before Nextera, Mike founded and served as President & CEO at Pyramid Imaging Inc., which was sold to Nextera in 1998. Pyramid was a software and services company focused on financial services and utilities.  While at Pyramid, he started and spun out two other companies, an interactive entertainment company (OM Records) and a video indexing company.  Prior to Pyramid, Mike was a management consultant at Booz Allen & Hamilton and a manager at Accenture in the Advanced Technology Group.  Earlier in his career, Mike was one of the earliest members of the team that started The Independent newspaper.

Mike graduated with honors from Imperial College London, with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, and specialized in Biotechnology.  He currently serves on the board of the Imperial College Business School.  He is an Associate of the Royal College of Science. He also graduated from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and is a Sloan Fellow.

Enjoys: Mike plays guitar, squash, tennis, and tries to play golf.

Vijay joined GrowthPoint Technology Partners in 2015 from Jefferies where he was a Senior Vice President within the Technology Investment Banking Group. At Jefferies, Vijay worked on various sell side and buy side M&A, equity (IPO and follow-on) and debt / LBO transactions in various technology sectors including IT services / BPO / HR Services, Communications Hardware and Software, Financial Technology Software, and Telecom.

Prior to Jefferies, Vijay was a Vice President within JPMorgan’s Telecom, Media, and Technology (TMT) group in New York and San Francisco.

Some of the transactions Vijay has worked on include: merger of Sprint and Nextel; leverage buyout (LBO) of Verizon’s Hawaiian wireline assets (Hawaiian Telcom); LBO of Adelphia Puerto Rico assets (San Jaun Cable); LBO of SunGard Data Systems; LBO of Oasis outsourcing Inc.; LBO of Compucom; LBO of SS&C; minority buyout of Cox Communications’ stake in Discovery Communications; Dialog’s acquisition of Sitel; Ceragon’s acquisition of Nera Network; separation of NCR and Teradata; sale of Pure Commerce to Euronet; sale of ARC International to Virage Logic; sale of Furukawa’s majority stake in OCPI to Oplink; IPO of Trinet; IPO of Globalstar; Restructuring of Wind Hellas in Greece; follow-on equity offerings for Dialog, Infinera, iGATE, and Advent Software; and debt financings for Nextel, AT&T, Agilent, NCR, and Clearwire.

At GrowthPoint, Vijay has led the following transactions:  sale of Altaflex (services) to OSI Systems, sale of Gotham Digital Science (cybersecurity) to Stroz Friedberg, sale of Wise.io (Machine Learning / AI) to GE Digital, sale of Xcentric (Cloud / Managed services) to Right Networks, and sale of minority stake in Denim Group (Cybersecurity) to Wipro.

Prior to his investment banking career, Vijay worked at Nextel (now Sprint) in its Corporate Development and Strategic Planning Groups and at LCC as a consultant.

Vijay holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) from The University of Southern California (USC) and an MBA with Honors from The University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.

Enjoys: In his free time Vijay likes to bike, run, and spend time with his family.

Current Areas of Focus: Cybersecurity, Machine Learning / AI, Cloud / Managed Services, Tech Services, and AR/VR

Nick DeRose joined GrowthPoint Technology Partners in 2011 after spending 12 years in the tech industry. His roles have ranged from IT management to technical marketing to strategic alliances and corporate development. He brings deep technical experience in cloud computing, virtualization, data centers, software, “Big Data”, networking and storage.

Prior to joining GrowthPoint Technology Partners, Nick ran technical alliances between NetApp and Cisco. As an Alliance Manager for NetApp, he helped identify and lead strategic initiatives across different business units, including the successful launch of the FlexPodTM data center solution. Before NetApp, Nick spent five years at Brocade Communications, where he started in IT, later moving into strategic alliances and corporate development to manage the technical relationship with VMware. As one of the first virtualization specialists, Nick was instrumental in positioning Brocade’s product portfolio as a preferred networking solution in a newly emerging field. Nick’s first job was running global IT for HPL Technologies – which was sold by Alliant Partners, led by John Savage and Bob Horstmeyer.

Nick graduated from California Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo with a B.S. in Business Administration and Management Information Systems.

Enjoys: Outside of the office, Nick can be found out on his bike or running the local trails. He has competed in over 50 triathlons, including the Ironman. In addition, he has completed numerous marathons including the NYC and Boston Marathons. He also enjoys golf when time permits.

Alex joined GrowthPoint Technology Partners as an analyst in 2013 and has since grown into a Managing Director role. His core focus areas include Construction Technology, Field Service & Fleet Management Software, and Vertically-Focuses SaaS + Payments. Alex has closed transactions with strategic partners and investors such as Accenture, AKKR, AMD, EverCommerce, Komatsu, Microsoft, Octopus Ventures, Providence Equity, TA Associates and Upland Software. In addition to his technology expertise, Alex is responsible for GrowthPoint’s activity in Australia and New Zealand, having successfully completed multiple transactions in the APAC region in each of the least few years.

Before GrowthPoint, Alex was the Co-Founder of FanTravel.com (TUI Travel PLC), a group travel platform for universities and organizations. His other experiences include working for Asthmatx (acquired by Boston Scientific), a medical device startup which specialized in Bronchial Thermoplasty and Acuity Ventures, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm focused on digital media technologies.

Alex attended Stanford University where he played quarterback and was a member of the football team which won the 2011 Orange Bowl. After his college career, Alex spent one season playing football for L’Hospitalet Pioners in Barcelona, winning a Spanish National Championship and visiting over 10 different countries in Europe and Africa. Alex graduated from Stanford University, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Technology, and Society in 2010 and Master’s Degree in Media Studies in 2011.

Enjoys: Alex loves playing sports, exploring San Francisco’s newest restaurants, and traveling to the nearest beach when time permits.

Rishi joined GrowthPoint in 2014. He has previous experience at Woodside Capital Partners, an Investment Bank providing M&A advisory and capital raising for emerging growth companies in the technology and healthcare sector. Prior, he worked at Silicon Valley Bank, where he provided debt financing to venture backed companies.

Rishi graduated from UC Berkeley. He holds a dual degree in Engineering and Business Economics.

Enjoys: He is a Bay Area sports fan, loves playing basketball, hiking, and travelling in his free time.

Alex rejoined GrowthPoint in 2019 after working for 3 years in London at Silverpeak, a technology focused investment bank. Prior to joining Silverpeak, he worked at GrowthPoint in the Bay Area for 2 years. Alex brings years of investment banking experience, both in M&A and Capital Raises, having completed notable transactions with Blue-Chip strategic acquirers and investors. Alex has done transactions in most European countries, Israel and covers EMEA for GrowthPoint.

Originally from Spain, Alex holds dual citizenship; British-Spanish, and fluently speaks: English, Spanish, German and French. Alex graduated with honors from Heythrop College, University of London with a BA in Philosophy.

Enjoys: Kitesurfing, Golfing, Trading (Stocks and Currencies) and traveling in his free time

Matthew joined GrowthPoint Technology Partners in 2017. He previously worked at AGC partners, a technology focused investment bank where he worked on advising companies on mergers and acquisitions. Prior, he worked at Arrowroot Capital, a growth equity firm focused on Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies.

Matthew graduated cum laude from the University of Southern California in 2017 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and a concentration in Finance.

Enjoys: Outside of the office, Matthew enjoys playing tennis in the summer and skiing in the winter, watching all things sports (especially the USC Trojan football team), and traveling whenever he gets the chance.

Ellen joined GrowthPoint Technology Partners in 2023. She started her career in NYC as a structural engineer at AECOM in their Buildings and Places group before pivoting to construction management and then to real estate acquisitions and development at a New York-based family office. Most recently, she worked at Alkali Partners, a boutique tech investment bank focusing on deal execution and financial analysis.

Given her background, Ellen’s core areas of focus are Construction Technology, Supply Chain Management, and Field Service Software companies.

Ellen has her BS in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Cornell University and her MS in Construction Engineering Management from Columbia University.

Enjoys: In her free time she enjoys trying new restaurants, traveling, enjoying the outdoors, and making cosmos.

Prior to GrowthPoint, Sanat worked at Barclays in M&A focusing on structuring transactions. He has interned at other investment banks in the technology and real-estate sectors in the US.  Additionally, Sanat worked at KPMG in India advising multinational companies in international tax and M&A for almost 5 years. He holds a Masters in Business Administration from The College of William & Mary and has completed his chartered accountant qualification from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Enjoys: When out of office, you’ll find Sanat playing sports (especially soccer and cricket) and travelling.

Preet has joined the GrowthPoint team in London after two years at Wilson Partners. He worked in mixed transaction services and lead an advisory role. Before joining Wilson Partners, he spent four years at PwC, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant (ACA, ICAEW). Preet Holds an MSc in Finance & Investment from the University of Nottingham and a BSc in Economics from Queen Mary, University of London.

Outside work, Preet is a keen sportsman who enjoys playing football and cricket and following Manchester United.

Prior to joining GrowthPoint, Jack worked in cybersecurity at Illumio as a sales development representative. He previously held internships at GrowthPoint and Anacapa Partners. Jack attended Stanford University where he played quarterback and was a member of the football team which won the 2016 and 2018 Sun Bowls. Jack graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology in 2020 and Master’s Degree in Sustainability Science and Practice in 2021.

Enjoys: Playing golf and tennis, hiking, exploring San Francisco and traveling.

Daniyal recently moved to San Francisco from Canada where after graduating college he worked at Valitas Capital Partners as an Investment Banking Analyst. He previously interned at a Waratah Capital Advisors within their real estate private equity fund and at Sun Life Financial with the strategy team. Daniyal graduated with distinction from the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics in 2021 with an Honours Bachelor of Business Administration Degree concentrating in Finance and Economics.

In his new playground of San Francisco, he hopes to continue playing and watching various sports (especially Liverpool F.C.). He will continue to travel, when time permits.

Prior to joining GrowthPoint, Karishma worked at Wetherby Asset Management, a full-service wealth management company where she provided support to over 65 client relationships with portfolio management, wealth planning requests and other operational needs. Karishma graduated from Drexel University in December of 2020 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with dual majors in Finance and Business Analytics.

Enjoys: Outside of the office, Karishma enjoys photography, playing guitar, exploring new restaurants and different parts of San Francisco.

Prior to joining GrowthPoint Technology Partners as IT Director, David worked as a Technology Product Manager at both Microsoft and Wells Fargo Bank, developing digital products and services for the consumer marketplace. At Microsoft’s MSN TV unit, he led the development and integration of Wi-Fi componentry for the MSN TV 2 media set-top box.

His earlier work as Business Technology Architect for Nextera Interactive focused on large-scale intranet and groupware applications for clients such as Verizon, Hartford Insurance, and Bell Canada, as well as a digital media startup for a hospitality consortium which included Hilton, Starwood, and Marriott groups.

His experience includes 10 years at Bank of America, including a key role on behalf of the Capital Markets Systems division in the mid-1990’s. On this assignment, David was instrumental in arranging capital funding and equipment as well as technical resources for the bank’s global TCP/IP deployment.

David began his career as an industrial engineer in the financial services industry, including assignments for Bank of America’s nationwide credit card operations and as VP/Manager of Operations Analysis at Coast Federal Bank.

David graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in Communications Research.

Enjoys: David makes the most of his central San Francisco playground, enjoying the best of the city’s new- and old-world food, music, and nightlife. If he’s not catching a new act at SF Jazz, Yoshi’s, or Feinstein’s, you’ll find him at home entertaining over a fiery grill and well-appointed libations.

Sara joined GrowthPoint Technology Partners in 2012 after working for Airship Ventures, which operated the only passenger carrying Zeppelin in the United States.

In 2008, Sara earned her Private Pilot Certificate for single engine aircraft, thus leading her to enroll in one of the only aviation programs in California at San Jose State University (SJSU). At SJSU, Sara was a member of the Precision Flight Team and was an officer for the Women in Aviation student club. She has prior experience working as a Certified Weather Observer at the San Jose International Airport and dispatching aircraft to students at a local flight school. At Airship Ventures, she organized private charter flights and lead the Pilot Experience Program that gave private pilots the chance to fly a Zeppelin NT.

She graduated from San Jose State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Aviation Operations and a Minor in Business.

While at GrowthPoint, Sara completed the certificate program through UC Berkeley for Human Resource Management and achieved her Professional in Human Resources (PHR) certification. She is also a Realtor and loves helping clients throughout San Mateo County and Sonoma County.

Enjoys: In her free time, Sara enjoys traveling, running, and spending time at her family cabin in Arnold. She also loves being a mom to her three children Sienna, Salvatore, and Zada.

Karyn M. White serves as Growth Point Technology Partners’ Financial & Operation Principal and Chief Accountant. She is responsible for ensuring the accurate and timely filing of the firm’s financial regulatory reports to all regulatory bodies.

Over the past 20+ years, Karyn has worked as a part-time Financial Principal and CFO, with an emphasis on compliance with FINRA financial rules and regulations, developing and maintaining internal accounting systems, and assisting with financial audits. Previously, she was a Senior Compliance Examiner with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and received her C.P.A. license in 1986.

Karyn graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a Bachelor of Science degree from the School of Business Administration.

Enjoys: In her free time she enjoys swimming, spending time with her husband, two cats, and taking care of her twin boys.

John has been actively involved in helping the growth of some of the world’s best-known technology companies. These engagements have produced transactions that span all sizes, from billion dollar divestitures or financings to ten million dollar fundraises or acquisitions. While successfully completing a transaction is rewarding, seeing the underlying technology innovation realized and commercialized is even more exciting to him.

In the span of his career, John has completed countless transactions in the software sector. Noteworthy companies he has worked with include Apple, Cisco, Dell, EMC, E*TRADE, HP, IBM, Intel, Rovi, Oracle, Qualcomm, Symantec, VMware and Yahoo.

Prior to forming GrowthPoint Technology Partners, John managed the Software and IT Services practice area at SVB Alliant (formerly known as Alliant Partners), which he joined in 1996 as its first outside partner. In 2001, John, along with his fellow partners at Alliant, sold the firm to Silicon Valley Bank.

Prior to Alliant, John was Managing Director of Bank of America’s high-technology group, which he ran from 1992 through 1996. He was responsible for directing the bank’s global high tech practice. It was early on in his career, during the later stages of the Pleistocene period that John first demonstrated his entrepreneurial flair, when developing some early prototypes to the current wheel design.

John received a BSC degree from Santa Clara University in 1976 and a Master’s in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business at U.C. Berkeley in 1989. He was instrumental in helping launch the opening of the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose and sits on the Development Counsel of the Haas School of Business.

Bob has been assisting technology companies in the merger and acquisitions process for over 20 years. During this time, he has been involved in over 150 transactions and has enjoyed the opportunity to work with both large and small technology companies worldwide. His range of client experience includes companies that are less than a year-old to the sale of Peter Wolters GmbH, a 200 year-old German firm that was acquired by Novellus.

Prior to his investment banking career, Bob was a manager and engineer at several technology businesses, including a defense-electro-optics company (night vision goggles, thermal imagers, laser range finders, etc.) and an energy capital equipment company. He is the inventor of record for patents in clean HVAC, horizontal drilling technology, data center cooling, acoustic systems and solar concentrators. He also performed the preliminary economic-engineering analysis for Stanford’s 50 Megawatt cogeneration facility. He has personally been an active investor in technology start-ups in a variety of sectors from semiconductor capital equipment to optical telecom.

Bob’s career began after graduation from the US Naval Academy where he received a BS in Physics. He was an engineering officer on surface ships, qualified as a deep-sea diver and spent several years in Italy managing a five hundred person organization that repaired and overhauled US nuclear submarines in the Mediterranean Sea. Before gravitating to the technology sector, he ran a marine shipping business in the Caribbean and became an expert in the use of motivational management tools.

Bob has a Master’s in Engineering from Stanford University in Engineering Economic Systems, a discipline in modeling problems using dynamic system theory, optimization and decision analysis techniques.

Enjoys: In his spare time, he enjoys sports that begin with the letter “s” (skiing, squash, sailing and swimming) and developing equity option trading models.

Before co-founding GrowthPoint Technology Partners, John spent nearly eight years as Managing Director at Alliant Partners. At Alliant, he co-managed the Electronic System Team, working in semiconductor design, IP, manufacturing and test; graphics software and systems, and storage systems.

John has completed dozens of transactions with leading technology companies, including Intel, HP, Qualcomm, Sun, Cadence, Synopsys, KLA Tencor, Novellus and ASML.

Prior to Alliant, John spent 18 years as a venture capitalist at Weiss, Peck and Greer and with his own firm, Glenwood Capital Partners. In the early 1990’s Glenwood Capital was the first investment fund with a pure focus on buyouts of mature technology companies. Prior to his venture capital career, Mr. Savage headed strategic planning and business development for Four-Phase Systems, a computer systems company, which was sold to Motorola in 1982.

John began his business career in the first year of the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC, where his group was involved in establishing the first air and water standards. In the early 1970′s John joined Envirotech Corporation, a diversified process and environmental technology company. It was at Envirotech where he developed his interest in mergers and acquisitions working with the founder and chairman to grow the company through an aggressive acquisition program. Envirotech also strengthened John’s experience in clean energy, when he managed Envirotech’s clean energy division.

John has a degree in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Tech and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He was formerly a director of several public technology companies, including FileNET Corporation (sold to IBM). He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Silicon Valley YMCA. And he has also served as a member of the Georgia Tech Advisory Board.

Enjoys: In his spare time, John works out with the local Masters Swim Club, and tries to find time for golf, when he isn’t otherwise occupied with grandchildren and the family’s Children’s Book Store in San Carlos.