Bespoke Partners Expands Technology Practice with Addition of Enterprise IT Search Leader Gerard Dash

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bespoke Partners, the leading executive search firm for private equity portfolio companies, today announced that Gerard Dash has joined the firm as a Partner in its Product & Technology Practice.

Gerard brings more than 12 years of executive search experience specializing in Technology leadership. He partners with private equity investors, boards, and executive teams to recruit Chief Technology Officers, Chief Product Officers, Chief Information Officers and security leaders, who strengthen enterprise technology organizations, modernize engineering organizations, improve cybersecurity, and support long-term business growth.

Over the course of his career, Gerard has completed more than 160 executive placements across software, fintech, healthcare IT, and technology-enabled services companies, serving high-growth private equity- and venture-backed businesses as well as public enterprises.

“Technology and engineering leadership has never been more important to software companies navigating growth and transformation," said Ryan Bonner, Partner and Practice Lead of Bespoke Partners' Product & Technology Practice. "Gerard brings deep expertise recruiting CTOs, CIOs, and IT systems leaders, expanding our ability to help investors and management teams build stronger technology organizations."

Prior to joining Bespoke Partners, Gerard was a Principal at True Search, where he was a member of the firm's Product, Data & Technology and FinTech & Financial Services Practices and led the Atlanta office. Earlier in his career, he held executive search roles with Korn Ferry and Russell Reynolds Associates.

Throughout his career, Gerard has partnered with organizations ranging from emerging growth companies to Fortune 500 enterprises, recruiting technology executives for clients including Acorns, Capital One, Privia Health, Credit Sesame, Inovalon, Vestwell, Masttro, and FIS.

"I'm excited to join Bespoke Partners at a time when technology leadership has never been more important to creating enterprise value," said Gerard. "Bespoke's deep specialization, trusted investor relationships, and data-driven approach provide an exceptional platform to help clients identify transformative technology leaders who can modernize enterprise technology, harness AI to accelerate innovation and productivity, and build cyber-resilient, scalable IT organizations that drive long-term business growth."

Gerard earned a B.A. in Political Science from Davidson College and currently serves on the boards of the Empty Stocking Fund and the DD&J Junior Tennis Foundation.

About Bespoke Partners

Bespoke Partners is the leading executive recruiter for private equity and the largest firm specializing in recruiting for software and SaaS companies in the United States.

Bespoke-recruited executives have orchestrated more than 200 portfolio company exits totaling nearly $600 billion.

Bespoke Partners is Built Different, with a unique firm structure, functional role focus and deep expertise in 28 software subsectors. Bespoke’s data-driven services utilize the Executive Index, a comprehensive AI-powered talent market mapping platform. The Executive Index enables Bespoke to complete searches in less than half the industry average time with a 95% placement success rate.

The firm has placed more than 1,500 top-performing executives into private equity portfolio companies.

Successful searches include CEOs, CFOs, CROs, CMOs, CCOs, CPOs, CTOs, CIOs, CHROs, Board Members, Operating Partners, Vice Presidents and many more.

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