Operating Executives

Mr. Stewart Bloom is an Operating Executive with Golden Gate, focused on the software and business services sectors. Mr. Bloom currently serves as Chairman of LiveVox, Neustar Security Services, and Securly. Mr. Bloom previously held posts as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Aspect Software and Escalate Retail, from its inception until the time of its merger transaction with RedPrairie. Mr. Bloom has served on the Boards of Golden Gate portfolio companies, including Vector Solutions, Neustar Inc., Ensemble Health Partners, Infor, and Symon Communications. Prior to Golden Gate, Mr. Bloom held positions as Vice President Americas Technology Services for Capgemini and as Senior Vice President for Mainspring through its initial public offering and subsequent acquisition by IBM. Earlier in his career, Mr. Bloom was a Partner with Ernst & Young Management Consulting following its acquisition of Distributed Systems Solutions International (DSSI), where he was a Vice President and co-founder.

Ms. Janice Lin is an Operating Executive with Golden Gate. Ms. Lin currently advises Golden Gate and its portfolio companies in a broad range of leadership, operational, sourcing, supply chain, and general business matters. Prior to joining Golden Gate, Ms. Lin served as the General Manager and Senior Executive, Global Sourcing for the total GE Aviation business. Previously, Ms. Lin spent nearly a decade at Caterpillar (including more than three years resident in Asia), where she held executive roles of increasing responsibility in sourcing, procurement, and supply chain for the company. Before Caterpillar, Ms. Lin spent significant time in the automotive industry through leadership roles in engineering, operations, and strategy with Ford Motor Company and General Motors, and in management consulting with A.T. Kearney. Ms. Lin holds MBA and BSE degrees from the University of Michigan.

Mr. Bernhard Nann is an Operating Executive with Golden Gate Capital focused on the software, data, analytics, and business services sectors. Mr. Nann currently serves on the boards of LiveVox, Neustar Security Services, and Vorto. Mr. Nann was on the board of previous Golden Gate portfolio companies, including, Green Street Advisors, 2020 Technologies, Neustar, and Ensemble Health Partners. Prior to Golden Gate, Mr. Nann was Chief Executive Officer of Opera Solutions, a global provider of scalable advanced big data analytics and data science solutions. Prior to Opera, Mr. Nann served as President, Operations and Technology and Chief Technology Officer for IRI, a leading provider of big data, predictive analytics and forward-looking insights for consumer packaged goods, over-the-counter health care, retail and media companies. Prior to IRI, Mr. Nann was Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO). Mr. Nann was Founder and Chief Executive Officer of NAREX Inc., one of the first Software as a Service (SaaS) analytics firms, which was acquired by FICO in 2003. Early in his career, Mr. Nann worked at TRW Inc. Mr. Nann has a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in engineering from the University of Stuttgart and an MBA from Ohio State University (where he was a Fulbright Scholar).

Mr. Roy Rosas is an Operating Executive with Golden Gate. Mr. Rosas served as Chief Executive Officer of PetroChoice, a Golden Gate Portfolio company, and recently led its acquisition by Cosan/Moove, a Brazilian energy and logistics conglomerate with $23B in revenues. Mr. Rosas has served on the boards of PetroChoice and Tronair, a former Golden Gate portfolio company. Prior to Golden Gate, Mr. Rosas was an Operating Executive with Berkshire Partners and held the position of Chief Marketing and Administrative Officer at Vi-Jon. Mr. Rosas previously led Procter & Gamble’s Oral B Developing Markets Global Business Group, co-founded Reputation Technologies, a supply chain analytics company that was acquired by Security Source, and led strategy consulting engagements at the Boston Consulting Group. Mr. Rosas started his career as a Marketing Manager with Procter & Gamble. Mr. Rosas holds an MBA from Harvard, an M.S. from the National University of Singapore, and a B.S. in Business & Accountancy from the University of the Philippines.

Mr. Matthew Scanlan, CFA, is an Operating Executive with Golden Gate focused on investment opportunities in the Financial Services sector. Mr. Scanlan has over 40 years of experience in the investment management industry. Before Golden Gate, Mr. Scanlan served as Chief Executive Officer of RS Investments until its acquisition in 2016 by Victory Capital. Mr. Scanlan served as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Renaissance Institutional Management, where he was responsible for overseeing that firm’s institutional investment business. Prior to that, he was Chief Executive Officer of Barclays Global Investors’ Institutional Business, focusing on the U.S. corporate and public markets. He also previously served as a senior portfolio manager at The Northern Trust Company. Mr. Scanlan is a CFA charter holder and served on the Board of Governors of the CFA Institute. In addition to his work with Golden Gate, Mr. Scanlan serves on the Board of the USC Marshall School of Business, is President of the Board of Trustees of the Mechanics Institute in San Francisco and serves on the corporate boards of Adams Street Partners and Kennedy Capital Management. Mr. Scanlan has been widely published in practitioner journals and was given the Jacobs Levy Award for Best Article in 2006 in the Journal of Portfolio Management. Mr. Scanlan received his master’s degree in accounting and finance from the J.L. Kellogg School at Northwestern University and his B.S. from the University of Southern California (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa).

Mr. Patrick Stone is an Operating Executive with Golden Gate, focused on investment opportunities in the Services sector, specifically Real Estate and Financial Services. Mr. Stone is currently the Chairman and Founder of Williston Financial Group. Mr. Stone also serves on the boards of portfolio companies, including Nassau Financial Group. Previously, Mr. Stone served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Fidelity National Financial, Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Micro General, and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity National Information Solutions. Additionally, Mr. Stone has served as Vice-Chairman of Metrocities Mortgage and Chairman of The Stone Group. Mr. Stone has also served on the boards of World Minerals, DigitalMap, Homegain, RedVision, Wystein Capital, and Inman News. Mr. Stone has also served as Chairman of the Santa Barbara Art Museum, Director of the Portland Art Museum, and Chairman of the Oregon State University Foundation.