Steve Leightell

Principal, Investment Team, Georgian Partners

Steve Leightell is a Principal on the Investment Team at Georgian Partners and is responsible for the firm's investment pipeline. Steve has been in software his entire career and has built an operational specialty in channels, partnerships and strategy planning for acquisition through partners. Steve brings 20 years of software experience and has been involved with Georgian since its inception.

Prior to Georgian Partners, Steve led a global team at IBM responsible for major systems integrator partnerships. Previous to that he led the channels and alliances team at DWL. There he played an instrumental role in developing DWL's strategic relationship with IBM, which acquired the company in 2005.

Steve's extensive sales and channels experience includes progressive roles at AT&T/Allstream, Netcom and PSINet, where he developed strong relationships on the channels and M&A side of the major technology firms, internet companies and information aggregators.