Case Studies

Personally sourced: VP Marketing, acting CFO, outside director
Helped recruit: CEO, VP Eng., VP Sales
Introductions: Fidelity, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Putnam
Investors: Atlas Venture, Highland, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Todd Brennan, Founder: "Jo's generous and personal support has helped drive our hiring and operations. I have been thankful to have him on our team many times over."

Personally sourced: CEO, VP Sales, VP Marketing, CFO, outside director
Introductions: Fidelity, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, State Street, Putnam
Investors: Highland, Sigma Partners
Dave Therrien, Founder: "Jo has opened countless doors for us. He has the best customer and recruiting rolodexes I've ever seen."

Personally sourced: CEO, CFO and VP Engineering
Helped recruit: VP Marketing, VP Sales, VP Business Dev., outside director
Introductions: Fidelity, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, State Street, Putnam, eBay, Yahoo!, IBM, BEA
Investors: Accel Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Highland
Mike Stonebraker, Founder: "I have worked with many top venture firms. Jo has been my most value-add investor."

Personally sourced: CEO
Introductions: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, State Street, Putnam, Dell, British Petroleum, eBay
Investors: Bessemer Venture Partners, Highland, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, NEA
Andy Palmer, CEO and Co-founder: "Jo has exceeded all my expectations. Vertica would not exist without him."

Personally sourced: VP Marketing
Helped recruit: CEO, VP Eng., VP Sales, VP Finance, outside director
Introductions: Fidelity, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, State Street, Putnam, IBM, Dell
Investors: Goldman Sachs, Highland, Intel, Matrix Partners, SAP
Alex Vasilevsky, Founder: "We had a very hot idea and had our pick of mulitple tier-one investors. We went with Jo. He will be my first call for my next company."