Brightly Software Leadership Team & Executives

Kevin Kemmerer

CEO

Kevin Kemmerer is a leader in the technology industry, bringing close to 30 years of software expertise to Clearlake Capital and Dude Solutions. Kevin joined Clearlake Capital as an Operating Executive in 2020. As a member of Clearlake’s Executive Council, Kevin works with the executives of Clearlake’s software portfolio companies to improve performance and unlock value in their companies. He began his career as a software developer in the financial services industry and moved on to be a Management Consultant at Deloitte Consulting and a Mergers & Acquisitions executive at Broadview (now Jefferies, Inc.). Kevin helped launch Kennet Capital in the US, Broadview’s growth-stage venture capital fund. Later in his career, Kevin served as EVP and Managing Director of Safeguard Scientifics (NYSE: SFE) and as an Executive-In-Residence at Warburg Pincus where he focused on healthcare IT investments. Prior to joining Clearlake, he was EVP of Product at iPipeline, a SaaS software company focused on the insurance market. Kevin holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, and a BE in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Vanderbilt University.