David Fishman

BIO

David Fishman has been a Partner at Vector Capital since 2008 and been with the firm since 2006. He runs the private equity investment team which manages 4 billion. He has been actively involved in the investments in SafeNet Saba Software Allegro Development RAE Systems Chyronhego Aladdin Knowledge Systems and Teletrac formerly Trafficmaster Technicolor TCH.PA and Open Solutions. David currently serves on the Board of Directors of Allegro Development Chyronhego and Technicolor. He was previously on the Board of Safenet RAE Systems Teletrac and Aladdin. He was recently named Technology Investor of the Year North America by ACQ Finance Magazine. Prior to joining Vector David worked at Goldman Sachs Co. for 10 years and was a Managing Director in the Mergers and Acquisitions area focused primarily on technology and media transactions. David worked closely with senior management teams to analyze and execute a variety of strategic alternatives including mergers acquisitions divestitures and leveraged buyouts. In his time at Goldman David led or participated in over 30 transactions worth an aggregate value of 120 billion including transactions involving Microsoft eBay Adobe IBM Oracle and PeopleSoft. Prior to Goldman Sachs David worked at JPMorgan where he was responsible for raising debt financing for the firm s corporate clients. David has an MBA with Distinction from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a B.A. with honors in Economics from Duke University. Specialties Late stage technology investing -- buyouts recapitalizations and minority investments