Our Team

Rohan Angle is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Angle worked as an investment banking analyst in the Financial Sponsors Group at Citigroup Global Markets in New York.

Mr. Angle holds a B.A. in Economics from the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University.

Simon Biddiscombe is an executive partner to Thomas H. Lee Partners. He brings over twenty years of extensive value creation and innovative leadership to the Firm.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Biddiscombe served as CEO to MobileIron where under his leadership the company became a multi-product endpoint leader (management, security and identity) and navigated complex transitions to cloud-based deployment technology and subscription revenue models. He previously held the position of Chief Financial Officer at the same firm. Mr. Biddiscombe has held several senior leadership roles over the course of his career including as the Chief Executive Officer at QLogic and Chief Financial Officer at Mindspeed Technologies. He currently sits on the board for MicroVision.

Mr. Biddiscombe holds a B.A.(Hons) in Business Studies from the Polytechnic of Wales and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Henry J. Boye is a managing director at Thomas H. Lee Partners in the firm’s Strategic Resource Group. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, he was a managing director in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Practice at Blue Ridge Partners, where he advised companies on revenue growth strategies including market segmentation and opportunity sizing, sales modeling and organizational structures. Prior to Blue Ridge Partners, Mr. Boye worked in a variety of general management and consulting roles in media and information services including as the Publisher of the Harvard Business Review and most recently as the COO and SVP of Corporate Development at Mass Insight.

Mr. Boye holds a B.A., cum laude, in International Studies from Dickinson College and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Boye has been in active in youth sports in Cohasset for many years, serving on the Little League Baseball board and coaching as well as serving as the President of the Wrestling Boosters for Cohasset High School.

Joshua D. Bresler is a managing director at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Bresler worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in its Investment Banking Division’s Financial Institutions Group.

Mr. Bresler is currently a director of Ashling Partners, Phytech Ltd. and System One Holdings, a board observer at Guaranteed Rate and a member of the firm’s investment team on The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation. His prior directorships include First BanCorp (Puerto Rico), GCA Services Group, Michael Foods, Sterling Financial Corporation, CompuCom Systems, Inc., and Systems Maintenance Services, Inc.  Other prior investment experience at THL includes FIS, Warner Music Group and Houghton Mifflin Co.

Mr. Bresler holds an A.B. in Economics, magna cum laude, from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Bresler serves on the Board of Directors of Charlestown Nursery School as Treasurer and on the Board of Directors of Charlestown Little League and on the Concussion Legacy Foundation’s Boston Advisory Board.

Jim Carlisle is a Managing Director at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Carlisle worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the Financial Institutions Group.

Mr. Carlisle is currently a director of Autostore, Auction.com, Brooks Automation, Fortna, House of Design, KINEXON and Material Handling Systems. His prior directorships include Achievement Technologies, Agencyport Software, iHeartMedia, Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Front Line Management Companies, Ten-X Commercial and Univision Communications.

Mr. Carlisle holds a B.S.E., summa cum laude, in Operations Research from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Carlisle serves as a member of the Board of Directors of The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and is an active contributor to the National Park Foundation.

Emily Chen is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Ms. Chen worked as a Strategic Partners analyst at Blackstone in New York.

Ms. Chen holds a B.A. in Economics and a B.A. in Statistics from the University of California at Berkeley.

Jason Corsello is an executive partner to Thomas H. Lee Partners.  He brings over fifteen years of experience in enterprise software, market research and management consulting to the firm.  In addition to his role at Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Corsello is also the Founder and General Partner for Acadian Ventures, an early stage venture fund.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Corsello was Senior Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development for Cornerstone On Demand [NASDAQ: CSOD], where he was responsible for driving innovation, go-to-market strategies and new corporate initiatives including guiding M&A, leading the company’s corporate venture investments and accelerator program and overseeing new product initiatives including platform, content, analytics and mobile.  Previously, Mr. Corsello served as senior vice president at the HR consulting firm Knowledge Infusion (now Appirio). Prior to his role with Knowledge Infusion, Mr. Corsello was a research director at Yankee Group, leading the company’s human capital management and talent management advisory and consulting services.

Mr. Corsello holds a B.B.A. in Business Administration from the University of San Diego.

Conor Fernandez is a principal at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Mr. Fernandez is currently a director of Brooks Automation and House of Design.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Fernandez worked at Apple as a Global Supply Manager for iPad. Previously, Mr. Fernandez was with Snow Phipps Group, a New York-based private equity firm, and worked in the Global Industrials Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Mr. Fernandez holds a B.A. in Economics from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Eliza Guild is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Ms. Guild worked as an analyst in the Exclusive Sales M&A Group at Barclays in New York.

Ms. Guild holds a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University.

Zachary Gut is a managing director at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Mr. Gut is currently a director at RightHand Robotics.

Prior to joining THL, Mr. Gut was a co-founder of Brighton Park Capital, a software focused growth equity firm based in Greenwich, CT.  Prior to Brighton Park, Mr. Gut was a growth equity investor for a decade at Summit and Apax Partners. At both Brighton Park and Summit Partners, Zach invested in technology companies that drive automation of core business processes, with experience in cyber security, infrastructure, data and analytics, e-commerce, human capital management and healthcare IT.

Mr. Gut holds a B.A. from Georgetown University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Sam Haddad is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Haddad worked as an investment banking analyst in the Global Industries Group at UBS Investment Bank in New York.

Mr. Haddad holds a B.A. in Finance from the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University.

Jeffrey Hou is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Hou worked as an investment banking analyst in the Communications and Media Group at Barclays in New York.

Mr. Hou holds a B.A. in East Asian Languages and Culture, with honors, from Columbia University.

Lizzie Hunpatin is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Ms. Hunpatin worked as an analyst in the Firm Strategy and Execution Group at Morgan Stanley in New York.

Ms. Hunpatin holds a B.A. in Chemistry from the University of Chicago.

Ms. Hunpatin is a Board member of the Synergist Network.

Mike Kaczmarek is a managing director at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Mr. Kaczmarek is currently a director of Auction.com, AutoStore, Brooks Automation, Fortna, FourKites, House of Design, KINEXON and Material Handling Systems, Inc.  His prior directorships include Ten-X Commercial.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mike worked as a vice president of Rockbridge Growth Equity, where he worked to source, evaluate and execute transactions and was an active portfolio company board member.  Mr. Kaczmarek also worked as an associate at Pamlico Capital where his work was focused in the business & technology services and communications industries. Prior to Pamlico Capital, Mike worked in investment banking with Wachovia Securities where he focused on mergers and acquisitions, equity financings and leverage finance transactions for both public and private companies in the technology, media & telecom industries.  Mr. Kaczmarek serves on the Advisory Board for MassRobotics.

Mr. Kaczmarek holds a B.S. in Finance from the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University.

David Kilkenny is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Kilkenny worked as an associate in the Private Equities Department at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) in Abu Dhabi.

Mr. Kilkenny holds a BSBA degree in Finance from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.

Syndie Kim is a vice president at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Ms. Kim worked as a research analyst at Fidelity Investments where she evaluated public equity investments in the consumer sector.  Previously, Ms. Kim was an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners and an analyst in the Technology Group at Morgan Stanley.

Ms. Kim holds a B.S. in Economics and Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Ron Kyslinger is an executive partner to Thomas H. Lee Partners.  He brings nearly thirty years of operations, manufacturing and engineering experience with a consistent record of success in all sectors of engineering and operations.  Mr. Kyslinger has provided leadership in a number of different roles including SVP and VP of engineering and operations as well as executive director, general manager of manufacturing, and global director of strategy and has demonstrated success in leading organizations to increased profitability while maintaining focus on customer expectations and quality.  Mr. Kyslinger has experience as both the customer and the supplier of automated equipment and processes and can provide insight from both perspectives.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Kyslinger was an independent industry consultant.  Prior to that, he was the SVP of fulfillment engineering and global officer of Walmart, where he implemented innovative strategies to improve efficiency in their e-commerce network and increased automation at the fulfillment centers while designing the fulfillment centers of the future for sortable, non-sortable and grocery.  Mr. Kyslinger was formerly the executive director of worldwide operations engineering, design and innovation at Amazon and vice president of operations and automation at C&S Wholesale Grocers.

Mr. Kyslinger is currently a director at House of Design.

Mr. Kyslinger holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and an M.S. in Business Administration from Central Michigan University.

Cliff Longley is a director at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Mr. Longley is currently a director at Bazaarvoice, Inc., inriver and Professional Physical Therapy (ProPT) and a former director of Give and Go Prepared Foods Corp.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Longley worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in its Investment Banking Division’s Financial Institution Group.

Mr. Longley holds a B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering, summa cum laude, from Vanderbilt University, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Nicholas Lynch is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Lynch worked as an associate at Audax Private Equity. Mr. Lynch was also formerly an analyst in the Leveraged Finance and Financial Sponsors Group at UBS Investment Bank in New York.

Mr. Lynch holds a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics, with honors, from Bates College.

Dylan Magee is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Magee worked as an analyst in the Financial Sponsors Group at Citigroup Global Markets in New York.

Mr. Magee holds a B.S. in Applied Economics and Management, magna cum laude, from the Charles H. Dyson School at Cornell University.

Michael Mapes is an associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Mapes worked as an investment banking analyst in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Group at Goldman Sachs in New York.

Mr. Mapes holds a B.A. in Business Economics from the University of California Los Angeles.

Mike Milburn is an executive partner to Thomas H. Lee Partners.  He brings over twenty years of SaaS leadership, growth and innovation to the Firm.  Mr. Milburn has provided strong leadership in a number of different roles including CoFounder, GM/SVP, President, Board of Directors and Board of Trustees.

In addition to his role at Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Milburn co-founded Pimly.  Previously, Mr. Milburn was an independent industry consultant focusing on the future of Customer Service and Customer Success.  Prior to that, he was the GTM (Sales, Service and Marketing)  President of Salsify. Previously, Mr. Milburn worked at Salesforce for 15 years and played key roles in the evolution of the market leading Salesforce Partner, Services and Customer Success Teams.  Mr. Milburn was on the founding team for the Service Cloud, led the Service Cloud as GM/SVP and Exec Sponsored the launch of Salesforce Field Service.  As a Chief Customer Officer Mr. Milburn worked with some of the largest SaaS customers to drive international growth and innovation.

Mr. Milburn formerly served as a Board Member for Samanage.

Mr. Milburn holds a B.A in Political Science and Philosophy from Ripon College in Wisconsin

Gaurav Mittal is a managing director at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Mr. Mittal leads business development related activities including sourcing strategy, market-facing relationships and development of opportunities for the Automation Fund.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Mittal was a managing director in the Global Industrials Group at Credit Suisse in New York, where he focused on the coverage of large-cap multi-industry and industrial technology companies.  During his nearly decade long career at Credit Suisse, Mr. Mittal was involved in developing corporate relationships and executing a wide range of M&A, equity and debt offerings.

Mr. Mittal holds a B.Tech. in Computer Science from Punjab Technical University, India and an M.B.A. from Duke University.

Kevin Mok is a senior associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Mok worked as an analyst in the Technology, Media & Telecom Group at Goldman Sachs in New York.

Mr. Mok holds a B.S. in Management with a concentration in Finance, summa cum laude, from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College.

Mr. Mok is actively involved in the Boston community with Social Venture Partners, the Young Professionals Committee of Goodwill Massachusetts, and Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Gerry Murray is an executive advisor at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Mr. Murray brings over 35 years of leveraged finance experience to the Firm.

Mr. Murray retired from J.P. Morgan in early 2022 after 28 years at the firm, the last 10 of which were as head of the firm’s N.A. Leveraged Finance Group. Mr. Murray began his career at PaineWebber and Citigroup.

Mr. Murray holds a B.A. in Economics from Georgetown University.

Mr. Murray serves as Chairman of CitySquash, a non-profit after school enrichment program based in New York and is a Trustee of the Georgetown Baker Scholars program.

Trevor Owens is a business development manager at Thomas H. Lee Partners focusing on Automation.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Owens was a marketing associate at J.P. Morgan Securities where he was responsible for the business development efforts of a private equity and venture capital coverage group.  Prior to that, Mr. Owens founded OpusVR, an SAAS platform enabling artists and art galleries to drive mobile commerce through virtual reality.

Mr. Owens holds a B.A. in Economics from Saint Michael’s College.

Dan Patt is an executive partner to Thomas H. Lee Partners.  He brings over fifteen years of operating and technology growth strategy experience with a proven track record of synthesizing strategic insights with results-focused execution.  Dr. Patt has provided leadership in a number of different roles including CEO, Chief Strategist, Co-Founder and Deputy Director.

In addition to his role at Thomas H. Lee Partners, Dr. Patt supports business and technology strategy for STR, an artificial intelligence and cyber security company.  Prior to that role, he was the Co-Founder and CEO of Vecna Robotics, a VC-backed workflow orchestration and material movement robotics company based in Waltham, Massachusetts.  Dr. Patt also served as Deputy Director for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Strategic Technology Office (STO), managing nearly $500 million in annual technology investments in networking, communications, and artificial intelligence.  He oversaw and enabled the maturation of technology from conceptual and seed stage levels all the way through successful operational, financial, technology, and commercial transitions. He joined DARPA in 2012 as a program manager in the Tactical Technology Office (TTO), working primarily in autonomy and robotics.  Dr. Patt previously worked at Karem Aircraft and The Boeing Company in automated flight control, machine perception and unmanned vehicles.

Dr. Patt holds a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the Horace H. Rackham Graduate School at the University of Michigan, an M.S. in Systems Engineering and a B.S. from the University of Michigan.

Sarika Ramakrishnan is a vice president at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Ms. Ramakrishnan worked as a private equity associate at Genstar Capital in San Francisco, where she executed two platform leveraged buyout transactions.  Prior to Genstar, Ms. Ramakrishnan served as a leveraged finance investment banking analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New York.

Ms. Ramakrishnan holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Columbia University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Samuel Rives is a vice president at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Rives worked at Audax Private Equity in Boston, where he focused on investments in multiple industries including consumer, healthcare, and technology. At Audax, Mr. Rives developed investment theses, evaluated and executed new transactions, assisted management teams on growth initiatives, and helped manage sale and exit processes.

Mr. Rives holds a B.A. in Economics, summa cum laude, from Middlebury College.

Alexander Sabel is a research analyst at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Sabel was a fundamental research associate on the Alternative Investments team at Fidelity Investments’ Strategic Advisers. Prior to that, Mr. Sabel served as a fundamental research associate on the U.S. Equity team at the same firm.

Mr. Sabel holds a B.S., magna cum laude, in Finance from Providence College.

Jesse Searby is a managing director at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Mr. Searby is responsible for Business Development, including sourcing strategy, market-facing relationships and development of Identified Sector Opportunities in the Technology & Business Services industry group. In this role, Mr. Searby brings significant technology related industry experience in the areas of consumer technology, e-commerce, software and tech-enabled business services.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Searby was a Senior Vice President in corporate development with MyWebGrocer, the only end-to-end Digital Experience Platform for leading grocers and CPG brands, where he was responsible for corporate strategy and executive oversight of capital markets activities. He also played a key role as Senior Vice President of strategic initiatives at the same company, providing management oversight of digital marketing strategy and sales. Mr. Searby previously served on the board of directors of NorthCounty Credit Union and worked in investment management at CitiGroup.

Mr. Searby holds a B.A. in History from University of Vermont.

Kearney Shanahan is a director of Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Mr. Shanahan is currently a director of Ashling Partners and Qventus.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Shanahan was a Principal at Solamere Capital where he sourced, evaluated and executed transactions and was an active portfolio company board member. While at Solamere, he focused on healthcare, business, financial and government technology and service businesses. Prior to Solamere Capital, he worked as an Associate at Fisher Lynch Capital and a Senior Associate – Team Leader at Cambridge Associates.

Mr. Shanahan holds a B.A. in Biology from Colby College and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Sarah Spotts is a business development manager at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Ms. Spotts was a private markets investment associate and team lead senior investment associate at Meketa Investment Group. Prior to that, Ms. Spotts was a sales intern at Liquidnet, Inc.

Ms. Spotts holds a B.S. in Management with concentrations in Finance and Marketing from Boston College and an M.B.A. from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College.

Jeff T. Swenson is a managing director at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Swenson worked in the private equity group at Bain Capital, LLC. Mr. Swenson also worked as a management consultant at Bain & Company.

Mr. Swenson is currently a director of Bazaarvoice, Inc., 8th Avenue Food & Provisions, inriver, Intelligent Medical Objects and Qventus. He was previously a director of 1-800 CONTACTS, Acosta Sales and Marketing, Bargain Hunt, CTI Foods, Fogo de Chão (Nasdaq: FOGO), Give and Go Prepared Foods Corp., GrubHub Seamless Holdings Corporation, GCA Services Group, Intermedix Corporation, Phillips Pet Food & Supplies and West Corporation and a board observer at Dunkin’ Brands, Inc.

Mr. Swenson holds a B.A., with honors, in Economics from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Outside of THL, Mr. Swenson is active in various private and non-profit institutions and currently sits on the board of 88 Acres, a mission-based, healthy snacks company.

Aidan Tracey is an executive partner to Thomas H. Lee Partners.  He brings over twenty-five years of brand building, field marketing solutions and media experience with some of the largest brands in the world.  Mr. Tracey has provided leadership in a number of different roles including CEO, president and vice president & general manager, where he has a proven track record of delivering market leading results.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Tracey served as CEO at sgsco, a global leader in providing design to print services for global Fortune 500 companies in the CPG/Food industry.  Prior to sgsco, he was president of Acosta Mosaic Group (AMG), the marketing services division of Acosta that was created with the sale of Mosaic Sales Solutions to Acosta in 2012. While CEO of Mosaic Sales Solutions, Aidan helped grow Mosaic into a North American marketing services leader, employing over 12,000 people in field annually and pioneering many best practices in the area of experiential marketing.  He previously served as the vice president of digital media for North America at Labatt-Interbrew (now ABInBev). Prior to joining Labatt, Aidan was a brand manager at Procter & Gamble.  Aidan is a regular industry speaker, participating at numerous events, including the Grocery Manufacturers Association CEO Executive Conference, The Shopper Marketing Expo, and client events.

Mr. Tracey holds a B.B.A from the Wilfrid Laurier University.

Ben Ye is a vice president at Thomas H. Lee Partners.  Mr. Ye is currently a director at inriver.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Ye worked as a vice president focused on technology investing at SoftBank in San Francisco. Previously, Mr. Ye worked in technology private equity and growth equity at Apax Partners in New York.  Mr. Ye started his career at Barclays where he was a derivatives trader and also worked in investment banking.

Mr. Ye holds a B.S.E. in financial engineering and operations research from Columbia University.