Investor, Board Member, CEO, Advisor & Philanthropist, GameChanger2319 LLC
Andy most recently served as Co-CEO of Black Mountain Systems for over 10 years, leading its growth over that period to its recent acquisition by Vista Equity Partners, the largest private equity group in the world focused on software and technology-enabled services. Vista and Black Mountain subsequently acquired Alta Return and combined the two firms to create Allvue. Allvue is now the industry leader in cloud-based software solutions targeted to private capital and credit market investment managers, serving over 400 clients including 150 private equity and venture capital firms, 20 of the 25 largest managers in the world (as ranked by AUM), and 10 large global commercial/investment banks.
Under Andy’s leadership Black Mountain grew from a single client with less than $100,000 in revenues to 400 clients employing over 750 people and generating $100,000,000 in annual revenues. The company was named a “Hot Banking Technology Company to Watch” by Forrester Research and was on the Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing private companies in the United States 11 straight years reaching as high as #63 on that list.
Prior to joining Black Mountain and embracing his entrepreneurial spirit, Andy worked as a banker for Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America. Andy is currently an active personal investor and advisor to tech-enabled companies in the U.S. and Europe.