Responsibility

Mr. Jeffrey Hendren is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Siris. Together with Frank Baker and Peter Berger, he launched Siris in 2011 and helped establish the Firm’s investment strategy, which focuses on driving value creation in mature technology companies with mission-critical products and services, facing industry changes or other significant transitions. Since its founding, Siris has raised more than $5.9 billion of cumulative capital commitments over three institutional funds, and Mr. Hendren has helped oversee the Firm’s platform equity investments, in addition to non-control investments. Prior to founding Siris, Mr. Hendren served as a Managing Director at Ripplewood Holdings LLC, a global private equity firm. Mr. Hendren started his career at Georgia Pacific and was a member of the mergers and acquisitions group of Goldman Sachs. Mr. Hendren earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.Sc. from Indiana University.

Ms. Tracy Harris (Partner & COO) joined Siris in 2019. In her role, Ms. Harris oversees firm operations, investor relations and ESG. Prior to joining Siris, she was most recently a Partner at StepStone Group, where she served as a senior member of the small buyout, growth equity and venture capital sector teams and led the firms ESG strategy. Prior to joining StepStone, Ms. Harris was Vice President, Customized Fund Investment Group, at Grosvenor Capital Management (and the predecessor business at Credit Suisse). During her tenure at Grosvenor and Credit Suisse, Ms. Harris helped manage the in-state and emerging private equity investment programs. Prior to her time at Grosvenor, Ms. Harris spent eight years with Parish Capital Advisors, ultimately serving as Partner, co-leading the investment process and investor relations. Ms. Harris received her B.A. from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, with Phi Beta Kappa honors. Ms. Harris also serves on the board of the John Rex Endowment.

Mr. Elias Mendoza (Executive Partner) joined Siris in 2013. Mr. Mendozas responsibilities at Siris include identifying and evaluating trends within existing and potential industry verticals for investment opportunities, and assisting the Operating Professionals in evaluating underlying business strategies of potential target companies and existing portfolio companies. Prior to joining Siris, Mr. Mendoza was a Partner at Union Square Advisors, where he served as its Chief Operating Officer and a senior banker across the firms verticals. Through July 2011, Mr. Mendoza held various senior positions at IBM, including Vice President and Global Head of Corporate Development. In such capacity, he was responsible for identifying, executing and integrating all acquisitions, investments and divestitures for the company on a worldwide basis. Mr. Mendozas previous experience includes over 12 years spent at Morgan Stanley & Co., most recently as an Executive Director in the Investment Banking Division. Mr. Mendoza received a Landegger Program Certificate in International Business Diplomacy and an M.B.A. from Georgetown University. He received his A.B. from Princeton University.

Mr. Sandeep Guleria (Partner) joined Siris in 2012. Sandeep serves on the Investment Team with responsibility for sourcing, executing, and managing investments across the technology sector. Sandeep serves on the firm's Investment and Operating Committees and currently oversees the firm's investments in Gigamon and Newfold Digital. Prior to Siris, Mr. Guleria worked in the Mergers and Acquisitions and Global Communications groups at Citigroup in New York. He graduated from New York University where he received a B.Sc. with a concentration in Finance and Accounting.

Ms. Ciara Roche (Senior Advisor - Compliance) has worked with the Siris team since its founding in a number of senior operating and compliance roles, including as COO, CCO, and Managing Director of Compliance and Operations. Prior to joining Siris, she was with CBay Systems, a former SAC PCG portfolio company, from 2009 to 2011 as Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development. Prior to that, Ms. Roche was a Managing Director at Ripplewood/RHJI having joined in 2000. Ms. Roche started her career as a consultant for McKinsey & Company in London and later in Los Angeles. Ms. Roche has an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. in Economics from Trinity College Dublin.