Biography

Michael Fosnaugh

Chairman of the Board
Michael Fosnaugh has served on our Board since September 2017. Mr. Fosnaugh is a Senior Managing Director at Vista. Mr. Fosnaugh is Co-Head of the Chicago office, is the Co-Head of Vista’s Flagship Fund, and is a member of the Executive Committee and the Flagship Funds’ Investment Committee. Mr. Fosnaugh was actively involved in Vista’s investments in Advicent, Forcepoint, Mediaocean, MRI Software, Numerator, SirsiDynix, Sunquest Information Systems, Websense and Zywave. Prior to joining Vista in 2005, Mr. Fosnaugh worked in the Technology, Media & Telecommunications group at SG Cowen & Co., a financial firm, where he focused on the software, services and financial technology sectors. While at SG Cowen, Mr. Fosnaugh advised clients on buy-side and sell-side transactions, public and private equity financings and other strategic advisory initiatives. Mr. Fosnaugh currently serves on the boards of Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. and several of Vista’s private portfolio companies, including Acquia Inc., Alegeus Technologies Holdings Corp., Applause App Quality, Inc., CentralSquare Technologies, LLC, EAB Global Inc., Greenway Health, LLC, PlanSource Benefits Administration, Inc., SmartBear Software, Inc., STATS LLC (d/b/a STATS Perform), and TripleLift Inc. Mr. Fosnaugh received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Harvard College. Mr. Fosnaugh’s extensive experience in the areas of corporate strategy, technology, finance, marketing, business transactions and software investments, as well as his experience working with other technology and software companies, make him a valuable member of our Board.
Chairman of the Board