Peter Shannon has agreed to join
He also will switch coasts, relocating to the Bay Area early next year.
“The opportunity to join Firelake and keep focusing on cleantech was something I just couldn’t turn down,” he says.
Prior to joining Atlas, Shannon was vice president of technology at Browz Group, a software-as-a-service developer focused on supply chain compliance, and co-founder of Eye Response Inc., a developer of computer-based eye-tracking products. —Dan Primack
Ex-Metavante exec joins Warburg Pincus
Donald Layden
, former general counsel of Metavante Corp. and president of Metavante International Group, has joined
Layden recently helped lead negotiations for Metavante’s $2.94 billion sale to Fidelity National Information Services Inc., but opted against remaining with the merged company.
“I had a great run at Metavante, but I didn’t want to relocate to Jacksonville from Milwaukee,” Layden says. “I’ve known the guys at Warburg Pincus for a long time and think we could do some interesting things together in the transaction data processing space.”
Warburg Pincus had been a 25% shareholder in Metavante prior to the sale, and now holds about an 11% stake in FNIS, which also counts THL Partners as a backer. —Dan Primack
Steinberg heads to Polaris Venture Partners
Jon Steinberg
has joined
“I’ll be working to identify new investment opportunities of behalf of the partnership, as well as, working with existing portfolio companies,” he wrote in a message on his blog (www.jonsteinberg.com).
Waltham, Mass.-based Polaris raised $1 billion for its fifth early stage fund, which closed in 2006.
McKay promoted at Granite
Kohlberg hires Bonnano
Andrew Bonnano
has joined
Mamrak joins Linden
Charlie Mamrak
has joined Chicago-based private equity firm
Wolfe heads to Benchmark as EIR
Michael Wolfe
has rejoined