Deal Hunters (Young Professionals): A Conversation & Company Case Study w/ Battery Ventures

Since joining Battery Ventures in 1998, Michael has made, or managed, multiple investments spanning the financial-services, enterprise-software and technology-enabled business-services markets. Currently, Michael serves on the boards of AuditBoard, IDI Direct Insurance (TASE: IDIN), J. Hilburn, Joor, KeyMe, Newforma, Nitro Software, Panjiva, Q2ebanking (NYSE: QTWO), RiskIQ, Vidyard, Vndly, and Xenex. In addition, he has been actively involved with Battery’s investments in Bluestem Brands (acquired Capmark Financial Group), Bonfire (merged into GTY Technology Holdings Inc.), ChemConnect (acquired by InterContinental Exchange), ExactTarget (NYSE: ET, acquired by Salesforce.com), The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) (acquired by Euronext), Mendix (acquired by Siemens), MRU Holdings, Neolane (acquired by Adobe), OutlookSoft Corporation (acquired by SAP), ServiceTitan and TradeKing (acquired by Ally Financial).

From 1996 to 1998, Michael was a member of the high-technology group at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he worked on debt and equity financings as well as mergers and acquisitions. Previously, he was a financial analyst within Goldman’s financial-institutions group. There he focused on mergers and acquisitions within asset management, insurance, specialty finance and retail/mortgage banking. Michael graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University with a dual BS in finance and international business. He is currently on the board of the National Venture Capital Association.

Denise Rosenblum is the President and Founder of Dynamic Development, a training company that specializes in developing employees to become stronger communicators, managers and leaders. Denise works with companies to create an environment where employees feel valued as a result of career development, training, feedback and coaching.

Denise has over 30 years of professional development and marketing experience having worked at global companies including McCann Erickson, Young and Rubicam, Hill Holliday and Arnold Worldwide.

Denise is a seasoned trainer, speaker, executive coach and an expert in communication skills, customer service and management and leadership development. She has excellent insight into people’s strengths and opportunities for growth.

In her current role, as President of Dynamic Development, Denise has an extensive track record of building successful managers and leaders. Her areas of expertise include:

• Executive leadership and management coaching
• Identifying communication styles and how/where to flex your style
• Providing talent assessment evaluations to company leadership
• Building business through relationships and excellent client service
• Performance management and giving constructive feedback
• Developing and delivering successful and engaging presentations
• Conducting efficient and productive meetings
• Time management and prioritization