Brian joined GTCR in 2017 as a Vice President. Prior to joining GTCR, he worked at Golden Gate Capital, a San Francisco-based private equity firm, and Accel-KKR, a private equity firm located in Menlo Park. Previously, Brian worked as Vice President of Business Development at KANA Software (sold to Verint Systems) and as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley. He began his career as a professional ice hockey player and an officer in the U.S. Air Force. Brian holds an MBA with honors from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. in operations research with a minor in mathematics from the U.S. Air Force Academy, where he graduated first in his class.