Steve Mitzenmacher

Executive Director

Steve Mitzenmacher has over 25 years of experience in technology M&A and works with our clients to execute strategic M&A transactions. His expertise lies in driving M&A, corporate strategy, and strategic partnerships for both Fortune 500 and high-growth firms, with a track record of over $ 7 billion in completed transactions, $300 million in divestitures, and $150 million in equity investments.

Steve is based in the San Francisco Bay area and has deep M&A experience from leading technology companies.

A few of his prior M&A transactions include:

  • Leading NetApp’s $870M acquisition of SolidFire (the largest in company history), managing over $500M in acquisitions to accelerate its cloud strategy and driving strategic programs including NetApp’s China joint venture with Lenovo, corporate strategic planning and market and competitive intelligence functions.
  • Leading the acquisition of Own Company by Salesforce for $1.9B.
  • Leading the acquisition of Just Analytics by Rackspace.
  • At Yahoo, spearheading the spinout of its Hadoop team into Hortonworks (NASDAQ: HDP), which went public and was later merged with Cloudera (NASDAQ: CLDR).
  • Played a key transaction role in the acquisition and integration of Crystal Decisions, helping establish Business Objects as the first-generation leader in Business Intelligence.

 

Experience

  • Vice President Corporate Development – Own Company
  • Senior Vice President Strategy and Corporate Development – Rackspace
  • Vice President Corporate Development – NetApp
  • Senior Director Corporate Development – Yahoo!
  • Vice President Corporate Development – Informatica

 

Education

  • MBA and MS Information Systems Management, Arizona State University
  • BA, Stanford University

 

Email: [email protected]