ACCEL-KKR - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Senior Operating Associate
Job Titles:
- Operating Vice President With Accel - KKR
Bernardo Arrospide is Operating Vice President with Accel-KKR, with focus in the Latin America and Iberia region. He is also a member of Accel-KKR's DE&I council supporting the firm's initiatives on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Job Titles:
- Executive Assistant
- Executive Assistant at the Accel - KKR Menlo Park
Blanca Burgos is an Executive Assistant at the Accel-KKR Menlo Park location. Prior to joining Accel-KKR, Blanca was a Property Manager for over 10 years. Most recently, Blanca obtained her real estate license and worked as a Sales Agent for Intero Real Estate.
Prior to joining Accel-KKR, Dalyn was an Analyst in the Technology M&A Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. While at BofAML, Dalyn was involved in a variety of M&A and financing transactions in sectors including enterprise software, internet, semiconductors and tech-enabled services.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director
- Managing Director at Accel
David first joined the firm during the summer of 2008 while attending Harvard Business School, and returned on a full time basis upon graduating in 2009. Prior to joining Accel- KKR, David was a Private Equity Associate at GenSpring Family Office. There he was responsible for sourcing, executing and monitoring minority equity investments and subordinated debt financings to growth-oriented, small and middle market companies in a wide variety of industries, as well as, allocating capital commitments to private equity funds. Prior to GenSpring, David was an Analyst at Wachovia Securities, where he provided merger and acquisition, capital raising and advisory services for corporate clients and financial sponsors focused on the technology and technology-enabled services sectors.
David is currently a Director of Cendyn, ESO, Ocuco and PropLogix. He is also involved with AKKR's investment in Drips and Safeguard Global.
Previously, David was a Director of Cielo (sold to Permira in 2019), Delta Data (sold to Terminus Capital Partners in 2021), Ektron, N-able Technologies (sold to SolarWinds for $120 million in 2013), OnCenter Software (sold to Roper Industries in 2015), Patientco (sold to Waystar in 2021), PrismHR (sold to Summit Partners in 2017), Safeguard Global and Travel Tripper (merged with Cendyn).
David has also been involved in the firm's investments in Infinisource, PageUp People (sold to Battery Ventures in 2017), Layered Technologies, RiseSmart (sold to Randstad Holding nv in 2015), The Endurance International Group (sold to a private equity consortium in 2011 for $1.0 billion), IntrinsiQ Research (sold to AmerisourceBergen in 2011) and Vyne (sold to The Jordan Company).
David received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and his B.S. in Banking and Finance, summa cum laude, from the University of Alabama, where he was awarded the Austin Cup for the top graduating senior in the School of Commerce and Business Administration.
Job Titles:
- Senior Associate
- Senior Associate at Accel - KKR
Gaurav Doshi is a Senior Associate at Accel-KKR and is based in the London office where he focuses on buyout and growth equity investments across Europe.
John Crowell joined Accel-KKR in 2015 and is a Principal at the firm.
Prior to joining Accel-KKR, John worked for a North-American multi-family office, focused on buyouts and growth capital investments in software and tech-enabled service businesses in the Latin America region. John was also previously a Consultant at Bayshore Consulting. While at Bayshore, John worked with clients in the payment processing industry, focusing on methodologies, tools and techniques used to deliver value to payment card issuers, acquirers, networks and merchants throughout the world.
John's current board seats include: Endalia, ESTELA, imed, Lemontech, Siigo, Singletrack and Teamcore.
John graduated in three years magna cum laude from Biola University with a B.S. in International Business.
Job Titles:
- Executive Assistant
- Office Manager
Job Titles:
- Operating Senior Associate
Job Titles:
- Executive Assistant
- Office Manager
Job Titles:
- Entrepreneur in Residence
Prior to joining Accel-KKR, Michael was an Analyst in the Technology Investment Banking Group at Jefferies. While at Jefferies, Michael was involved in M&A and capital raising engagements for clients across sectors including software, internet, communications equipment, and semiconductors.
Job Titles:
- Operating Senior Associate
- Senior Operating Associate
Pablo Colomar is a Senior Operating Associate at Accel-KKR, with focus in the Latin America and Iberia region.
Paisley Kadison - Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Legal Officer
Job Titles:
- Chief Compliance Officer
- General Counsel
- Principal
Job Titles:
- Managing Director
- Managing Director at Accel
Prior to joining Accel-KKR, Park was a Principal at The CapStreet Group, a lower middle market private equity firm, and focused on direct investments across a variety of industries, including the energy, industrial, infrastructure, and technology sectors. Prior to CapStreet, Park worked with Technology Crossover Ventures and 3i Group focused on originating and executing late stage growth equity investments in leading information technology companies. Park started his career in the technology investment banking group of Robertson Stephens & Company.
Park's current board seats include: Abrigo, ESG, Forcura, Kaleris, Loftware, OrthoFi, PayProp, Reapit, Sandata Technologies and ToolsGroup.
Park's former Accel-KKR selected directorships include: Abila (sold to Ministry Brands), HighWire Press (acquired by MPS), On Center Software (acquired by Roper Technologies) and Vyne (sold to The Jordan Company).
Park received his M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and his B.S. from Cornell University.
Job Titles:
- Chief Operating Officer
- Head of Investor Relations
- Managing Director
Job Titles:
- Managing Director
- Managing Director at Accel
Phil Cunningham is a Managing Director at Accel-KKR with special focus on the firm's efforts in the emerging growth companies sector.
Prior to Accel-KKR, Phil was the Chief Executive Officer of Advicent Solutions, a provider of SaaS technology solutions for the financial services industry, servicing the world's largest financial institutions as well as the more than 300,000 financial advisors across the globe. As the CEO he led all aspects of the business.
Phil's current board seats include: Blue Mountain Quality Resources, Endalia, ESTELA, GPS Insight, Siigo, Singletrack, Teamcore, Unimarket and Uptick.
Phil's former Accel-KKR selected directorships include: ITC (sold to Zywave in 2020), Salsa Labs (sold to EveryAction in 2021) and Cloud9 Software (sold to PlanetDDS in 2023).
With over 20 years of experience in software and technology that has spanned from large Fortune 500 organizations to smaller high growth software companies, he has spent the last 8 years on transforming businesses backed by private equity investors.
Phil has taken on positions with increasing responsibility throughout his career, pioneering his way through the technology industry. Previously, he held a variety of senior leadership positions including managing director of Vista Consulting Group, the operating arm of Vista Equity Partners and senior roles with Sum Total Systems, Fidelity Investments and Automatic Data Processing.
Phil holds a Bachelor's degree in Management and Marketing from Rockhurst University and an MBA from the University of Notre Dame - Mendoza School of Business.
Roy Kelvin - CFO, Managing Director
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Managing Director
Job Titles:
- Head of Debt Capital Markets
Job Titles:
- Vice President
- Vice President at Accel
Scotty is involved with Accel-KKR's investments in ATP, FM:Systems, isolved, Recurly, Salary.com and Springbrook.
Previously, Scotty has been involved in the firm's investments in Seequent (sold to Bentley Systems (NASD: BSY) in 2021), TrueCommerce (sold to Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe in 2020), Oildex (sold to Drillinginfo in 2018) and HighJump (sold to Körber AG in 2017).
Prior to joining Accel-KKR, Scotty was in the Diversified Industries Group at J.P. Morgan in Chicago. While at J.P. Morgan, Scotty was involved in M&A, capital raising and corporate strategy engagements for clients across the Basic Materials and Automotive sectors.
Scotty received a M.S. in Accountancy and a B.S. in Accountancy and Finance from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Job Titles:
- Executive Search Director
Job Titles:
- Co - Managing Partner
- Managing Partner at Accel - KKR
Job Titles:
- Senior Associate
- Senior Associate at Accel - KKR
Tyler Buckingham is a Senior Associate at Accel-KKR and joined Accel-KKR in 2016.
Job Titles:
- Director of Human Resources
Job Titles:
- Senior Associate
- Senior Associate at Accel - KKR
Victor is a Senior Associate at Accel-KKR and a member of Accel-KKR's DE&I council supporting the firm's initiatives on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Job Titles:
- Accounting Operations Manager
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Marketing
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Strategy
Prior to joining Accel-KKR, Weston was a Senior Analyst at Relational Investors, an investment fund focused on public equities. While at Relational Investors, Weston was responsible for sourcing new investments and managing engagements with portfolio companies in the energy and technology sectors.
Weston holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Southern California. He holds the Certified Financial Analyst designation.