Great Hill Partners, a private equity firm that invests in high-growth, disruptive companies, has appointed Joe Farhat as Director of Technology. Farhat will join the firm’s Growth Team, which focuses on providing the strategic resources and guidance needed to enhance the growth trajectories of our portfolio companies.
In his new role, Farhat will be responsible for partnering with Great Hill’s investment team and portfolio company leaders to innovate and scale through cloud, data, analytics, AI, and Security transformation initiatives that create value, reduce risk, and drive success in R&D, product management, and corporate IT.
Farhat is a technology industry veteran with over 25 years of experience advising, leading and transforming technology organisations with a focus on solution development, cloud delivery, cybersecurity, acquisition diligence and integration. Farhat has previously advised the leadership teams of several current and prior Great Hill portfolio companies including Clearwave, Labor First, MineralTree, Vatica Health and ParetoHealth.
Farhat previously served as a Senior Vice President at PTC Cloud and as a Vice President of Mobile Cloud Services and Operations at Nuance Communications. He began his career at Lockheed Martin as a software engineer. He holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Engineering in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Great Hill is an active cloud-based technology and SaaS private equity investor having completed more than 40 investments in these areas.
