Financial Services >> Analyst Interviews >> September 23, 2003
DEVIN R. MATHEWS joined Great Hill Partners in 2000. He is a Principal
and is responsible for originating and evaluating investment
opportunities in the business services sector. His primary areas of
focus are outsourcing, transaction processing and education. Prior to
joining Great Hill Partners, he spent several years working in the
venture capital and equity research industries. Most recently, he was an
Associate with Gilde Investment Management, a private equity firm
located in The Netherlands, where he focused on middle market
transactions throughout Europe. He also worked at William Blair Capital
Partners, a private equity firm in Chicago. At WBCP, he evaluated
investments in the transaction processing and outsourcing industries.
His investment experience included CARA Corporation (sold to Affiliated
Computer Systems, NYSE: ACS); FlexiInternational Software (NASDAQ:
FLXI); Harmonic Systems (sold to Alliance Data Systems, NYSE: ADS);
MatrixOne, Inc. (NASDAQ: MONE); and MedE America (sold to WebMD, NASDAQ:
HLTH). Prior to joining WBCP, Mr. Mathews was an Analyst in William
Blair & Company's Equity Research department, where he followed the
outsourcing and consumer software industries. He received his MBA from
the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and he holds a BA in Art
History from the State University of New York at Binghamton. He is a
Director of GMT Group, Inc. and Paradigm Technology Partners. Profile
then focus in on what you do within that broader landscape?
Mr. Mathews: Great Hill Partners is a private equity fund
