Special Advisors to the Investment Committee

Bob Grady has more than twenty-eight years of experience in private equity. Mr. Grady has been affiliated with Summit Partners since 2009 and is currently an Advisory Partner at the firm.

Previously, Mr. Grady was a Partner at Gryphon Investors. Prior to his time at Gryphon, Mr. Grady was a Partner of The Carlyle Group, where he served as the global coordinator of venture and growth capital, as Chairman and Fund Head of Carlyle Venture Partners I, II, and III, and on the investment committees of Carlyle Venture Partners, Carlyle Asia Growth Partners and Carlyle Europe Technology Partners. During this period, Mr. Grady also served as Chairman of the National Venture Capital Association and as a director of multiple Carlyle portfolio companies. Prior to Carlyle, Mr. Grady was a Managing Director of Robertson Stephens & Co., where he served as its lead investment banker on over 100 financing and merger & acquisition transactions and was an active venture capital investor.

Mr. Grady served as Deputy Assistant to President George H. W. Bush, as Executive Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and as Associate Director of OMB for Natural Resources, Energy and Science. Mr. Grady has also served as the Chairman of the New Jersey State Investment Council and as Chairman of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s Council of Economic Advisors. Mr. Grady holds an B.A. degree from Harvard College and an M.B.A. degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.