Stephen co-founded Vista Equity Partners in 2000 and is a Principal.

Prior to co-founding Vista, Stephen worked for Credit Suisse First Boston as a Vice President in the Leveraged Finance Group. While at CSFB, Stephen advised leveraged buyout firms and/or their portfolio companies on a variety of transactions including high yield and leveraged loan financing in connection with acquisitions, going private transactions, refinancings and recapitalizations, initial public offerings, and mergers and acquisitions. He worked with companies across several industries including information services, business services/outsourcing, manufacturing and general industry, pharmaceuticals/health care and retail.

Prior to working with CSFB, Stephen was a corporate attorney with Debevoise & Plimpton and Kirkland & Ellis.

Stephen sits on the boards of BigMachines, Craig/is, P2ES, and Ventyx. He was involved in the sale of Applied Systems to Bain Capital.

Education:
B.S. in Economics, Carlton College
JD/MBA, Columbia University

Assistant:
Michelle Salas
(415) 765-7012
msalas@VistaEquityPartners.com