Patrick Severson joined Vista Equity Partners in 2013 and is Co-Head of the Vista Foundation Funds and sits on their Investment Committee.

Additionally, he serves as a member of Vista’s Executive Committee, the firm’s governing and decision-making body for matters affecting its overall management and strategic direction, and Vista’s Private Equity Management Committee, the firm’s decision-making body for matters affecting Vista’s overall private equity platform. Patrick also serves on the Investment Committee for VistaOne, Vista’s evergreen private equity vehicle.

Patrick currently sits on the boards of Assent Compliance, BetterCloud, Energy Exemplar, ESO, Granicus, Khoros, Kibo, LogicMonitor, Monetate, Naviga, Poppulo, Power Factors, Sonatype and Trintech. He was also actively involved with the firm’s investments in AGDATA, AlertMedia, ARCOS, Autotask, Bonterra, Naviga, PeopleAdmin, Regulatory DataCorp (RDC), Return Path, StarRez, TigerConnect and Wrike.

Prior to Vista, Patrick worked as a Partner at Warburg Pincus, where he spent 12 years investing in and working with software companies at all stages, from startup to buyout. Before Warburg Pincus, Patrick was a Consultant at Booz-Allen & Hamilton. Prior to Booz-Allen, Patrick worked at Price Waterhouse, where he focused on media and technology.