Our Team

Colby Adcock is a vice president at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Mr. Adcock is currently a director of AbacusNext.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Adcock worked as an associate and vice president at GCP Capital Partners (formerly Greenhill Capital Partners) where he sourced, evaluated and executed transactions within the technology industry.  Prior to GCP Capital Partners, Mr. Adcock worked as an analyst in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Mr. Adcock holds a B.S. in Finance from the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida.

Gurinder Ahluwalia is an executive advisor to Thomas H. Lee Partners. He brings over twenty-five years of operating and financial services experience with a proven track record of building, fixing and growing businesses, most recently in wealth management. Mr. Ahluwalia has provided strong leadership in a number of different roles including COO, CEO and President, and Chief Risk Officer. Mr. Ahluwalia is currently a director of Hightower Advisors and was a co-founder of 280 CapMarkets.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Ahluwalia was an advisor and COO at Ovo Cosmico, Inc., a VC-backed start-up with a mission of making credit affordable and accessible everywhere. He was also president and CEO of AssetMark, Inc., where he focused the company’s strategy on growth through advisor engagement, improved execution, and product and service innovations. As President and CEO of GE Private Asset Management and Genworth Wealth Management, he transformed the unit from a boutique business to one with industry-leading profitability. He previously served as a Senior Vice President at GE Insurance and Chief Risk Officer at GE Edison Life Insurance.

Mr. Ahluwalia holds an M.S. cum laude from New Jersey Institute of Technology, a B.S. of Computer Science from New York University College of Arts and Sciences, and a B.E. of Electrical Engineering from Cooper Union.

Since 2011, Mr. Ahluwalia has served as the President of the board of Ensaaf, whose mission is to fight crimes against humanity in India, with a special focus on Punjab, by documenting abuses, bringing perpetrators to justice, and organizing survivors.

Mark Bean is a director at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Mr. Bean is currently a director of AbacusNext, Nextech and Odessa.  His former directorships include Alfresco Software, Inc.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Bean worked as a vice president at Sorenson Capital with a focus on technology in industries including financial services, education and healthcare. Prior to Sorenson Capital, he worked at L.E.K. Consulting in Boston where he developed growth strategies and conducted growth equity and LBO due diligence.

Mr. Bean holds a B.A., magna cum laude, in Economics from Brigham Young University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Akshay Dajee is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Dajee worked as an investment banking analyst at Allen & Company in New York.

Mr. Dajee holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.

Gary DeGruttola is an executive advisor to Thomas H. Lee Partners.  He brings over thirty-four years of experience innovating and transforming insurance technology to the firm.  Mr. DeGruttola is currently a director of Carpe Data, Insurance Technologies and Odessa.  Mr. DeGruttola held a number of senior leadership roles in operations and technology for the Commercial, Personal Lines, and Life/Annuity Business units at Liberty Mutual Group.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. DeGruttola was the Senior Vice-President & Chief Information Officer of Liberty Mutual Groups’ US Consumer Markets Unit, where he led the implementation of several technology firsts including an award-winning online sales & service eCommerce platform, a master customer data management solution and several others. While there, he led an organizational transformation as well as the technology platform’s transition from an on-premise, service-oriented-architecture to a cloud-based, microservices architecture with automated pipelines.  In addition to his technology leadership, Mr. DeGruttola partnered with the Liberty Mutual Strategic Venture Committee in evaluating investments and funding for InsTech business and technology investment opportunities.

Prior to this role at Liberty Mutual, Mr. DeGruttola was Senior Vice-President and Manager of Operations positions in both their Personal Lines and Commercial Insurance Strategic Business Units.  In these roles, he was the executive responsible for strategic system development initiatives as well as running several operations including billing, receivable management, policy administration, regulatory statistical filings, residual commercial auto and workers compensation underwriting and others.  He retired from Liberty Mutual in July 2018.

Mr. DeGruttola holds a B.S. in Biology, cum laude, from Westminster College.

Mr. DeGruttola is a founding and current member of the Friends of Stonebridge Charity and previously served on the Greater Seacoast United Way Board.

Madailein Dwyer is a Business Development Manager at Thomas H. Lee Partners focusing on Financial Services and Technology.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Ms. Dwyer was a Project Manager at Guidepoint Global, where she was responsible for research service delivery and day-to-day communications for strategy consulting clients.  Ms. Dwyer held several roles at the company including research associate and research manager.

Ms. Dwyer holds a B.A. in Government from Cornell University.

Timothy R. Ferris is a vice president at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Mr. Ferris is currently a director at Carpe Data.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Ferris worked as an analyst in the Financial Institutions Group at Morgan Stanley in New York.

Mr. Ferris holds a B.A. in Economics, cum laude, from Boston College.

Alexander Fields is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Fields worked as an analyst in the Consumer and Business Services Group at Deutsche Bank in New York.

Mr. Fields holds a B.S. in Management with concentrations in Accounting and Finance, magna cum laude, from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College.

Tim Friedman is an executive advisor to Thomas H. Lee Partners.  He brings almost twenty years of extensive advisory services to the firm, with a focus on private equity software, data and technology.

In addition to his role at Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Friedman continues his work as Founder and CEO at PE Stack, a consulting and research firm.  Prior to founding PE Stack, Mr. Friedman held various roles at Preqin, most recently as Chief Commercial Officer, in which he was responsible for the development and launch of many products and services. Mr. Friedman formerly served on the board of directors for Baxon and currently sits on the advisory board for MilestoneBased.

Mr. Friedman holds a BA in English Literature from King’s College London and an MBA from Cass Business School at  the University of London.

James Gammill is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Gammill worked as an analyst in the Technology, Media & Telecom Group and an associate in the Office of the Chairman at Goldman Sachs in New York.

Mr. Gammill holds a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Stephen Lantz is a vice president at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Mr. Lantz is currently a director of Odessa.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Lantz worked as a vice president at M33 Growth, where he evaluated growth equity and lower-middle market private equity investments in the vertical software and services sectors.  Previously, Mr. Lantz was a vice president at Duck Creek Technologies and investment associate at Apax Partners.

Mr. Lantz holds a B.S. in Economics and a B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, summa cum laude, from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A., with high distinction, from Harvard Business School.

Max A. Meyer is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Meyer worked as an analyst in the Technology, Media & Telecom Group / Cross Markets Group at Goldman Sachs in New York. Previously, Mr. Meyer worked as an analyst in the Technology M&A Group at Stifel in New York.

Mr. Meyer holds a B.S.M. in Finance, cum laude, from the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University.

Jason Peng is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Peng worked as an analyst in the Global Natural Resources Group at Barclays in New York.

Mr. Peng holds a B.S. in Applied Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Bret Quigley is an executive advisor to Thomas H. Lee Partners.  He brings over thirty years of extensive leadership, operating, sales, transaction and restructuring experience to the firm.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Quigley held multiple roles with insurance distribution firms, most recently as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Prime Risk Partners, a THL-backed company.  Prior positions included Vice Chairman of Beecher Carlson Holdings and Chief Financial Officer of Hobbs Group.  At each firm, Mr. Quigley delivered value via numerous acquisitions as well as operating enhancements.  He drove results through improved organic growth with new business and sales accountability initiatives as well as through higher margins with reorganizations and the unleashing of operating efficiencies.

Mr. Quigley also spent over a decade in investment banking focused on the manufacturing, consumer products and business services sectors.  He has served as an independent Board member for Swett & Crawford, where he chaired the Audit Committee, and as an Advisory Board member for Article One Partners.  He is currently an Advisory Board member for TPCR.

Mr. Quigley holds a B.S. with Distinction in Commerce from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce and an M.B.A. with Distinction from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Ganesh B. Rao is a managing director at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Rao worked at Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated in the Financial Institutions Group.

Mr. Rao is currently a director of AbacusNext, Dun & Bradstreet, Ceridian HCM Holding Inc., AmeriLife Group, Auction.com, Carpe Data, Hightower Advisors, Insurance Technologies, Nextech, Odessa and a board observer at Guaranteed Rate.  His prior directorships include Comdata, Optimal Blue, Nielsen, MoneyGram International, ServiceLink Holdings and Ten-X Commercial.

Mr. Rao holds a B.A., summa cum laude, in Economics from Duke University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Alec S. Ren is a vice president at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Ren worked as an analyst at Evercore in New York.

Mr. Ren holds a B.A. in Biology and a B.S. in Economics with a concentration in Finance, magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania.

Ed Shahnasarian is a director at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Mr. Shahnasarian is currently a director of AmeriLife Group, LLC, Carpe Data, Hightower Advisors and Insurance Technologies.  His prior directorships include Prime Risk Partners.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Shahnasarian worked as a senior associate for Bernhard Capital Partners in Baton Rouge, LA where he was involved in all facets and stages of deal execution.

Mr. Shahnasarian holds a B.S. in Finance & Accounting, magna cum laude, from Florida State University, and a MSc. in Accounting and Finance, with Merit, from The London School of Economics.

Rupa Vazirani is an executive advisor to Thomas H. Lee Partners.  She brings over twenty years of experience in financial technology.

Ms. Vazirani most recently was the head of payments and strategic partnerships at Netflix for Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa.   Prior to Netflix, Ms. Vazirani worked at Apple, where she was responsible for the development and launch of Apple Pay Cash and the conceptualization of the Apple Card.  Previously, Ms. Vazirani held several senior management positions at Visa in innovation, including building the company’s money transfer capabilities globally.  Prior to that, Ms. Vazirani led marketing for Calypso Technology, an early stage capital markets trading technology company where she oversaw marketing, sales operations, and partnerships for the company globally.   She has also worked with financial services clients at the Boston Consulting Group and began her career at Citibank in the consumer technology group.  Ms. Vazirani is currently a board member at Insperex.

Ms. Vazirani holds a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where she was a Benjamin Franklin Scholar and a Joseph Wharton Scholar and an M.B.A. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management.

Misha Ventura is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Ventura worked as an analyst in the Private Equity (Technology) Group at Livingbridge.

Mr. Ventura holds a B.S., summa cum laude, with concentrations in finance and economics from Babson College.

Adam J. Wiesel is managing director at Thomas H. Lee Partners, focusing on business development within the Financial Services vertical.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Wiesel worked for over a decade as a long short equity portfolio manager and analyst covering the business services,  IT services, financial technology and software industries at hedge funds such as Standard Pacific Capital, SAC Capital Advisors and North Bay Capital.  Prior to embarking on his investing career, Mr. Wiesel was a professional hockey player in the Montreal Canadiens organization.

Mr. Wiesel holds a B.S. in Engineering and Finance from Clarkson University and an M.B.A from Cornell University.

Alex Wolff is a financial technology and services advisor to Thomas H. Lee Partners.  He brings over twenty years of financial services software experience and has a demonstrated track record focusing on corporate strategy, competitive intelligence and go-to-market strategy.

Mr. Wolff has extensive experience helping financial services and financial technology firms along with their investors define and execute their growth strategies. In addition to his role at Thomas H. Lee partners, Mr. Wolff is the Head of Corporate Strategy at RIMES Technology, where he set up the company’s merger and acquisitions program and defined its pricing strategy along with coordinating the overall value creation plan.  Mr. Wolff also was the Chief Strategy Officer at Kyriba and a member of the company’s executive committee, where he articulated Kyriba’s corporate and product strategy for investors and prospects.  Previously, he served as Head of Product Strategy at Finastra, an expert associate partner with McKinsey and Company and Head of Risk Strategy with the Bank of Ireland Group.

Mr. Wolff holds a B.A. in Economics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.