{"599930":{"#nid":"599930","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Center for Startup Engineering Lecture: Steve Ellis","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker Bio\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESteve Ellis is the Managing Partner of the Global Operations Group and Portfolio Business Building for TPG, a leading global alternative asset firm. Steve has over three decades of leadership and global experience. He was the former CEO of Asurion, the world\u0026rsquo;s leading provider of mobile device protection services and advanced technical support solutions that employs well over 16,000 employees. At Asurion, Steve developed and launched a suite of innovative new products and services that have propelled the company to record levels of revenue of profit. In 1993, Steve joined Bain \u0026amp; Company (from a Silicon Valley strategy consulting firm Steve co-founded in 1989) where he then held a near 20-year tenure serving in a number of distinguished senior leadership positions, including the title Worldwide Managing Director (CEO) from 2005 to 2012. At Bain, Steve doubled the company\u0026#39;s revenue and expanded its global footprint. His roles have included Managing Partner for Bain\u0026rsquo;s West Coast offices and Chair of Bain\u0026rsquo;s North American Operating Committee. Further, he had a seminal role in building Bain\u0026#39;s Technology, Media \u0026amp; Telecommunications Practice and drove the growth of the firm\u0026rsquo;s industry-leading Private Equity Group. Steve led a number of their direct investment funds including venture, late-stage growth and private equity co-investment.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESteve currently serves on the Board of Directors for Charles Schwab and The Bridgespan Group ( the world\u0026rsquo;s leading non-profit advisory firm serving foundations, philanthropists and other non-profits). In addition to several non-profit Boards, Steve serves as an advisor to the Chancellor office of UC Berkeley and has also served on the Advisory Committee for the Stanford Graduate School of Business.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESteve received a B.A. in Economics and History with honors from the University of California at Berkeley. He also earned an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he\u0026rsquo;s a regular guest lecturer.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/flashpointgt-tuesday-night-speaker-series-steve-ellis-tickets-41287626402\u0022\u003EClick here to RSVP for this event.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESteve Ellis is the Managing Partner of the Global Operations Group and Portfolio Business Building for TPG, a leading global alternative asset firm, with more than three decades of leadership and global experience.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Steve Ellis is the Managing Partner of the Global Operations Group and Portfolio Business Building for TPG, a leading global alternative asset firm, with more than three decades of leadership and global experience. "}],"uid":"27174","created_gmt":"2017-12-14 19:15:46","changed_gmt":"2017-12-14 19:15:46","author":"Mike Terrazas","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2017-12-19T18:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2017-12-19T20:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2017-12-19T20:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2017-12-19 23:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2017-12-20 01:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2017-12-20 01:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":["free_food"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50875","name":"School of Computer Science"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"176536","name":"center for startup engineering"},{"id":"17161","name":"flashpoint"},{"id":"3472","name":"entrepreneurship"},{"id":"166994","name":"startups"},{"id":"3554","name":"Venture capital"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:namratha.vedire@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ENamratha Vedire\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDeputy Director, Center for Startup Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}