Our Team

Founding Partner, cEO

Stephen Quaderer

Stephen brings over 18 years of strategic, financial and operational experience in the technology and financial services industries to bear that will enable you to set and execute on your strategic priorities.  His background as an operator and in corporate functions at AppNexus and Goldman Sachs will provide you with a rich set of experiences to draw from as you set and execute on your strategy.

AppNexus, Inc.— highlights:

• Member of select executive team that prepared AppNexus for an M&A outcome as part of “dual-track” IPO process, culminating in a successful exit to AT&T for a reported $1.6bn

• Member of internal team entrusted with preparing AppNexus for IPO (“Project Catapult”), playing key role in drafting S-1, clearing comments with SEC and enabling full IPO optionality

• Led the Corporate Development function for AppNexus; a highly visible position given importance of inorganic growth in AppNexus’ standalone IPO strategy

• CFO for AppNexus’ largest business unit, with responsibility for >$100m in GAAP revenue, for 2.5 years (prior to business unit consolidation)

• Founded and managed the Financial Insights Group; responsible for forecasting AppNexus’ revenue, modelling its multi-sided marketplace, supporting strategic planning processes, dashboarding and reporting, and delivering FP&A insights to Product, Commercial and Services organizations  

• Oversaw valuation and financial diligence relating to Alenty, OAS, RMLA and YieldEx acquisitions

Goldman Sachs’ Firmwide Strategy Group — highlights:

• Executed $3bn co-investment in the firm’s flagship quantitative fund Global Equity Opportunities, including $2.3bn of the firm’s own capital, during financial crisis

• Executed spinoff of the firm’s proprietary long / short investment arm, Goldman Sachs Principal Strategies into the Goldman Sachs Investment Partners fund complex

• Executed acquisition of Macquarie-IMM, a South Korean asset manager with >$10bn in assets under management

• Evaluated commercialization of one of the firm’s core proprietary technologies, SecDB

• Executed acquisition of RBSAM Global Treasury Funds, a European asset manager

• Evaluated acquisition of a UK-based wrap technology platform with over £10B in assets under administration

• Developed detailed operational integration plan relating to acquisition of Litton Loan Servicing LP, a mortgage servicing firm

• Analyzed financial, operational and oversight implications of converting to a Bank Holding Company regulatory framework for Goldman Sachs’ Board of Directors; ultimately executed upon during financial crisis