Geoffrey Baird is the Senior Managing Director of Value Creation at LLR Partners, a $3.5 billion private equity company based in Philadelphia. He leverages his extensive experience leading and driving growth for technology and services businesses to support LLR’s portfolio companies and manage the LLR Value Creation team. Prior to joining LLR, Geoff was an operating executive at Tailwind Capital where he assisted in sourcing, evaluating, and performing due diligence on investment opportunities. He previously served as President of the Product & Technology Group at AGT International, CEO of 3i-MIND, and Vice President and General Manager at Avaya. Earlier in this career, Geoff was also the CEO of mobile technology firms Commtag and Xtempus, and COO of Psion Computing.
In our conversation, Geoff discusses his digital industry journey and early engineering experience which he evolved into building and growing companies. He discusses early learnings from emerging leaders in mobile computing and voice over IP (VOIP) including Commtag, Xtempus, Psion and Avaya. Geoff covers his efforts in smart cities as well as key lessons working at the frontline of the space. He then dives into his recent efforts at LLR Partners and in private equity including perspectives on COVID-19s impact on the industry.
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