Prior to co-founding NBVP in 1996, Jack was President and CEO of InterCAP, a VC-backed computer graphics software company. InterCAP was acquired by Intergraph in 1995. From 1987 to 1990, Jack rose from Senior Associate to Partner at Vanguard Atlantic, a merchant banking group focused on M&A advisory work and control investments in software companies. At VAL, he served as turnaround CEO of a software company and then as COO of an application software company. Earlier, he was an IT Industry Generalist, focused on Telecommunications Technology at the Gartner Group, and also Executive Assistant to CEO Gideon Gartner. He began his career in 1983 in Austin, Texas, at Business Development Partners, an early stage venture capital partnership. Jack holds a BA in Economics from the University of Virginia.
Jack serves on the Boards of WealthEngine, Adwerx, Orchestro (Chairman), Triumfant, ReverbNation, Shoeboxed, Princeton Optronics and Appian Corporation. Past Board or Observer seats include SafeView (acquired by L3 Communications), Matrics (acquired by Symbol Technologies), Giga Information Group (NASDAQ: GIGX), Telogy (acquired by Texas Instruments), Tantivy (acquired by Interdigital), Paratek (acquired by Blackberry), CorasWorks (acquired by Human Touch), Starfish Retention Solutions, (acquired by Hobsons), Appfluent (acquired by Attunity) and Blackboard.
Jack is a member of Business Executives for National Security (BENS), and advises the U.S. Department of Defense on technology and innovation. He has served on the Investment Committee of New Markets Growth Fund. Jack is a Director and former Vice Chairman of the Board of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair of the Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation. He has also served on the Board of Directors of TiE DC.
Jack has been named multiple times as one of Washingtonian Magazine’s ‘Tech Titans’, as well as to the Washington Business Journal’s Power 100 list of the region’s most influential business leaders.