Who We Are

Bob co-founded Strattam Capital in 2014 and is Managing Partner. He has served on numerous private and public technology company boards, and currently is a director of CloudHesive, Contegix, Daxtra, Green Security, Resource Navigation, and Trax Group. Previously, Bob was a Partner and member of the Investment Committee at Oak Hill Capital Partners. He also worked at GCC Investments, a growth private equity firm based in Boston, and at Morgan Stanley.

He serves on the board of directors of AustinPBS and as member of the Advisory Board for the HMTF Center for Private Equity Finance at the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business. Bob attended Princeton University, graduating summa cum laude with a B.S.E., and Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he earned his M.B.A. and was an Arjay Miller Scholar. Bob lives in Austin, and mornings you just may see him rowing on the Lady Bird Lake with Texas Rowing Center.

Adrian Polak is a Partner and Co-Founder at Strattam Capital.

Previously, Mr. Polak was a Senior Advisor in the Technology Group for Oak Hill Capital Partners. Prior to his engagement at Oak Hill, Mr. Polak was Vice President at Rockwood Capital. Other previous experience includes serving as the Manager of Corporate and Business Development at Kontiki, and as an Associate in the M&A group at Hambrecht and Quist (now JP Morgan Chase).

Representative prior board affiliations include:  Blacksmith Applications, Contegix, Doxim, HireRoad (fka Acendre), Rock Solid, ERP, and Trax Technologies.

William Pade is Chairman of Strattam Capital.

He was a Partner at Oak Hill Capital Partners, where he was responsible for originating, structuring, and managing investments for the firm’s Services group. Prior to joining Oak Hill, he was a Director and Managing Partner of the Silicon Valley office of McKinsey & Company, and a leader of the Firm’s technology practice.

Bill has served on numerous private and public boards over time. He is currently a director of three Strattam companies, Intellect, MHC Software, and Netstock, and is a member of Strattam’s Investment committee.

Bill earned his A.B. degree, cum laude, from Harvard University and an M.B.A. degree, with distinction, from Harvard Business School.

Ray Villareal joined Strattam Capital as a Partner in 2016 and became a Senior Advisor in 2024.

Previously, Mr. Villareal held senior executive positions with LifeSize, SumTotal Systems, WebEx, Compaq and Tandem Computers across a variety of functions including global sales, marketing, professional services, customer success and business development. Additionally, Mr. Villareal has served as CEO, Board Member, and Advisor for several venture-backed companies.

Ray currently serves on the board of HireRoad and the Strattam Advisory Council. Previously, he served on the board of Rock Solid Technologies.

Ray earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and his M.B.A., both from Stanford University.

Hilary Fleischer joined Strattam Capital in 2014 and currently is a Partner focused on deal sourcing, new investment activity, and portfolio company oversight.

Previously, Ms. Fleischer worked as an Associate at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., where she was responsible for private equity due diligence, deal execution, and portfolio company oversight. Before working with KKR, she was an Analyst at Lazard, focused on mergers & acquisitions.

Current board seats include Affinaquest, Intellect, and Netstock. She previously served on the boards of Blacksmith Applications and Contegix. Additionally, Hilary sits on the Leadership Council of the Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology at the University of Pennsylvania.

Hilary earned her B.S. and B.A.S. from the University of Pennsylvania and her M.B.A. from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Neil Willis joined Strattam Capital in 2019 and currently is a Partner and is focused on deal sourcing, new investment activity, and portfolio company oversight.

Previously, Mr. Willis worked as a Vice President at GTCR, a Chicago-based private equity firm, where he focused on cybersecurity, information services and government services and defense investments. Prior to joining GTCR, he was an Associate at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in New York and before that, worked at Morgan Stanley.

Neil currently serves on the boards of HireRoad, SciShield, MHC, and Intellect. Previously he served on the board of EaglePicher Technologies during his time at GTCR.

Neil earned his B.A. in Economics from Dartmouth College where he graduated phi beta kappa with high-honors and his M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated as a Palmer Scholar.

Craig Vosburgh joined Strattam as Chief Technical Officer in 2019. In this role, Mr. Vosburgh provides technical excellence across the Strattam portfolio.

Previously, Craig served as Distinguished Engineer in the Office of the CTO at CA Technologies where he helped create the CA Technologies’ Product Accelerator and prior to that as Senior VP Software Development while leading the turnaround of their global APM product development organization. Passionate about developing compelling, customer-facing applications, Craig previously developed software for NASA, and held senior roles at Sun Microsystems, MCI Telecommunications, Martin Marietta Information Systems, and Rockwell Space Operations.

Craig earned his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder.

Kippy Ball joined Strattam in 2024 and is currently a Vice President focused on due diligence, deal execution, and portfolio company oversight.

Previously, Ms. Ball was a Senior Associate at Thoma Bravo, where she focused on software investments. Before Thoma Bravo, she was an Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman Sachs.

Kippy earned her B.A. in Mathematics, with minors in Economics and Scientific Computing, from Vanderbilt University.

Andrew joined Strattam Capital in 2024 and is currently a Vice President focused on due diligence, deal execution, and portfolio company oversight.

Previously, Mr. Holden was an Associate at Paine Schwartz Partners, a private equity firm specializing in food supply chain investing. Andrew began his career as an Analyst in the investment banking division at Piper Sandler.

Andrew earned his B.A. in Economics with honors from Northwestern University and his M.B.A from MIT’s Sloan School of Management.

Joe Duffy joined Strattam in 2022 and is currently a Senior Associate focused on due diligence, deal execution, and portfolio company oversight.

Previously, Mr. Duffey was an Investment Banking Analyst at Citizens Bank in the Technology M&A group. Prior to Citizens Bank, he was a Mergers and Acquisitions Intern at KPMG.

Joe currently serves on the board of Trax Technologies.

Joe earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and a Bachelor degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Georgia. Additionally, Joe earned a Master’s of Accountancy from the University of Georgia J.M. Tull School of Accounting.

Matthew Hesse joined Strattam in 2024 and is currently an associate focused on due diligence, deal execution, and portfolio company oversight.

Previously, Mr. Hesse was an Investment Banking Analyst at the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) in the Technology Coverage group. Prior to joining RBC full-time, he completed an internship with the firm.

Matthew earned his Bachelor of Science in Commerce, Finance from Santa Clara University.

Kenneth Keller joined Strattam in 2024 and is currently an associate focused on due diligence, deal execution, and portfolio company oversight.

Previously, Mr. Keller was a Corporate Development Associate at Benchmark Email. Prior to Benchmark, he was an Investment Banking Associate at BTIG.

Kenneth earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from Pepperdine University. Additionally, Kenneth earned his M.B.A. from the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School at Pepperdine University.

Hammad Masood joined Strattam in 2024 and is currently an associate focused on due diligence, deal execution, and portfolio company oversight.

Previously, Mr. Masood co-founded and sold Charm, a local e-commerce platform. Prior to Charm, he was an Investment Banking Analyst, Mergers & Acquisitions, at Evercore.

Hammad earned his Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance from The University of Texas at Austin.

Deep Gopani joined Strattam in 2024 and is currently an analyst focused on due diligence, deal execution, and portfolio company oversight.

Previously, Mr. Gopani was a summer analyst at Accel-KKR. Before Accel-KKR, he was a growth equity analyst at Volition Capital.

Deep earned his B.S. in Business, with a concentration in finance, from New York University Stern School of Business, where he graduated summa cum laude and earned the Award for Academic Excellence in Finance.

Sean Williams joined Strattam in 2018 and serves as the Chief Financial Officer where he is responsible for overseeing the firm’s comprehensive accounting and finance practices.

Previously, Mr. Williams was the Controller for a large real estate investment company, where he managed the accounting for funds in excess of $7B in capitalization. Prior to that position, he spent 13 years working as the Controller for a global marketing firm, Harte- Hanks.

Sean is a certified public accountant and earned his B.B.A. focused on Accounting from The University of Texas at Austin.

Sarah joined Strattam in 2024 and serves as an Executive Assistant to Bob Morse.

Before joining Strattam, Sarah worked at Vista Equity Partners, supporting the Co-head of the Flagship Fund and then the Investor Relations team. Previously, Sarah worked at Guggenheim Partners and Colony Capital.

Sarah graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University with a Bachelor of Arts.

Jason Westigard joined Strattam as Head of Product in 2022 and is currently a Operating Advisor. Jason joined Strattam portfolio company Trax Technologies in 2023 and serves as Head of Product.

Previously, Jason served as the Vice President of Product Management at Interactions, LLC., where he was focused on the development of Conversational AI systems. Passionate about user-centered product development and helping companies build high-performing product teams and practices, Jason previously held senior roles at SocialChorus, Spredfast, and Dachis Group.

Jason earned his M.A., in Learning, Design, and Technology from Stanford University, and his M.S.&E., in Management from Stanford University.