Girish Pashilkar Managing Partner
Girish is an executive with over 20 years of experience in setting up and growing software and recurring service businesses. He is currently the CEO of BP Logix, Inc a leading Low Code automation platform and Managing Partner of Finrock Growth Partners, a private equity firm. Previously, Girish was the CEO of Workplace Answers, LLC (“WPA”), a global leader in online compliance training (acquired by EverFi, Inc). During his time at the helm of WPA, it was listed in the Inc 500/5000 list of fastest growing companies 6 times and grew 5X over a 7 year period. Prior to WPA, Girish was an Entrepreneur in Residence at Alpine Investors, a private equity firm. He has been a senior executive with Infosys Technologies (NASDAQ: INFY) , a technology and consulting services firm, where he led a portfolio of businesses exceeding $70 million in revenues and grew the business at an annual rate exceeding 30% over a four-year period. Girish started his career at Arthur Andersen, where he led multiple process and technology transformation programs for Fortune 500 corporations such as Johnson & Johnson, Bayer, FedEx, etc.
Girish is a graduate of the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. He is a founding member of the Austin chapter of Pratham, a non-profit focused on providing education to underprivileged children. He also serves on the board of Efficient Forms, an HR Software company based in Littleton, Colorado and Netreo, a network monitoring company based in Irvine, California.
Select Limited Partners
The Finrock II investor base includes over 20 current and former CEO/Presidents, Private Equity leaders, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award winners and faculty from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
ANDREW SALTOUN LIMITED PARTNER
Andrew Saltoun joined Integra Partners in 2011 as President, CEO and board member. Prior to joining Integra, Saltoun was the managing partner of Duane Street Capital, a private investment firm. He has also held roles at Vestar Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs, & Co. Saltoun has been successfully involved with numerous entrepreneurial growth companies, including Bonobos, New Media Learning, Second Time Around and Axial Markets. Andrew holds a Bachelor’s degree from Emory University and an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.
JOE NIEHAUS LIMITED PARTNER
Joe Niehaus was a Managing Director at Hellman & Friedman before joining Housatonic. During his twelve-year career at Hellman & Friedman, he was involved in several of the firm’s recurring services, media and communications investments. Earlier in his career, Niehaus was employed in the Merchant Banking and Mergers and Acquisitions departments at Morgan Stanley & Co.
Niehaus is a Director of Accurate Monitoring, Calo Programs, Circle Graphics, Efficient Forms, FIMC, ResponseLink, and ZircoDATA.
JOSÉ R. STELLA LIMITED PARTNER
José Stella is currently Co-CEO and Co-Founder of QMC Telecom International Holdings LLC, a multinational provider of wireless infrastructure. Prior to that, he was the CEO and Co-founder of VIU Media until the sale of the company to Lamar Advertising (NASDAQ:LAMR) in 2006. At the time of the sale, VIU Media was Puerto Rico's largest locally owned outdoor advertising company.
Prior to becoming President of VIU Media, Stella was the Co-Founder and President of Quest Management Corporation, a private equity group formed to identify, acquire, and operate a company in Puerto Rico.
Previously, Stella worked at KPMG Peat Marwick in the middle-market M&A Advisory Group. He also worked for UBS in Zurich and Chase Manhattan Bank where he worked in Corporate Finance. Stella received, along with his business partner, the 2004 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Puerto Rico. Throughout the years he has served on several boards of directors. Stella graduated high honors with a B.A. in Economics, Finance and Investments, from Babson College and graduated cum laude with an MBA from University of Michigan.
KAREN E. MORIARTY LIMITED PARTNER
Karen Moriarty founded Carillon Assisted Living as President and Chief Executive Officer in 1996. Her leadership has taken Carillon from a fledgling start-up to the most highly regarded assisted living provider in North Carolina. In addition to overseeing Carillon’s growing portfolio and operations, Moriarty has taken a lead role in advocating for North Carolina seniors’ health and living needs at the state and federal level. Moriarty holds a master’s degree from Stanford University.
KENT WEAVER LIMITED PARTNER
Kent Weaver is currently executive Chairman and former CEO of Progressive Home Care, a Northern California-based health care company. Previously, Weaver held executive positions in marketing and product management for a VC-backed marketing automation startup, as a regional CFO and business analyst in PepsiCo’s Pizza Hut Division, and as a management consultant at Ernst & Young.
Weaver received his MBA from the Fully Employed Program at the University of California, Los Angeles and BS in finance from the University of Southern California. He is a member of the Board of Directors at Integra Partners, Change Academy Lake of the Ozarks, T-Base Communications, and Neuro International.
RAFAEL SOMOZA LIMITED PARTNER
Rafael Somoza is currently Co-CEO and Co-Founder of QMC Telecom, LLC, a wireless infrastructure provider. Prior to that he was the CEO and Co-founder of VIU Media until the sale of the company to Lamar Advertising (NASDAQ:LAMR) in 2006. At the time of the sale, VIU Media was Puerto Rico's largest locally owned outdoor advertising company.
Prior to becoming CEO of VIU Media, Somoza was the CEO and Co-founder of Quest Management Corporation, a private equity investment company formed to identify, acquire, and later operate a desirable going concern in Puerto Rico. Previously, Somoza worked at the Chase Manhattan Bank and at CS First Boston where he was actively involved in structuring over $1.2 billion in lead managed bond and asset backed financings for both government and private issuers in varied industries. Throughout the years he has also been directly involved in the development of several successful residential and tourism real estate projects, including the Rincon Beach Resort, a 120-room beach front hotel on the west coast of Puerto Rico. From August 2006 to February 2007, Somoza was Senior Executive Vice President at Westernbank PR. Along with his business partner, Somoza is the recipient of the 2004 E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Puerto Rico. He currently sits on the Board of Directors of EM Assist, LLC. Somoza holds a B.A., magna cum laude, in Economics and Political Science from Yale University and an MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business.
WILLIAM N. THORNDIKE, JR. LIMITED PARTNER
William Thorndike founded Housatonic Partners in Boston in 1994 and has been Managing Director since that time. Prior to founding Housatonic, Thorndike worked with T. Rowe Price Associates and Walker & Company where he was named to the Board of Directors. Will has over two decades of experience investing in recurring service companies across a wide variety of industries.
Thorndike is a Director of Carillon Assisted Living, Lincoln Peak Holdings, OASIS Group, QMC International, and ZircoDATA. Outside of Housatonic, he is a Director of WGBH, the College of the Atlantic (Chair), as well as a founding partner at FARM, a social impact investing collaborative. He is the author of The Outsiders.