Michael Bruns

Michael Bruns

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Chief Executive Officer
United States

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  • Novara
    Chief Executive Officer
    Novara
    Jan 2026 - Current (6 months)
  • KPA
    Board Member
    KPA
    Sep 2025 - Current (10 months)
  • KPA
    Chief Executive Officer
    KPA
    Sep 2025 - Jan 2026 (5 months)
  • KPA
    Chief Financial Officer
    KPA
    May 2019 - Sep 2025 (6 years 5 months)
    KPA, a Providence Equity portfolio company, is a leading EHS SaaS provider.
  • Project
    CFO
    Project
    Aug 2018 - Apr 2019 (9 months)
    project44 is the world’s leading advanced visibility platform for shippers and third-party logistics firms. project44 connects, automates and provides visibility into key transportation processes to accelerate insights and shorten the time it takes to turn those insights into actions
  • Uptake
    CFO
    Uptake
    Jan 2017 - Jul 2018 (1 year 7 months)
    Uptake is a predictive analytics SaaS platform that delivers solutions in major industries that increase productivity, reliability, and safety. Leveraging partnerships with industry icons, Uptake’s platform aggregates enterprise and external data and applies cross-industry data science to produce high-value, actionable insights.
  • HPA
    Investor
    HPA
    Jan 2016 - Current (10 years 6 months)
    Hyde Park Angels is an organization that provides a forum for entrepreneurial-minded members to invest in seed and early stage businesses. HPA is a group of current and former executives, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists who are interested in investing their time and money into outstanding startups. HPA also provides domain expertise, strategic advice and coaching to its companies.
  • S
    Board Member
    Synap Software Labs
    Jan 2016 - Dec 2018 (3 years)
    Synap is a cloud-based relationship management SaaS platform designed for post-sales engagement, helping teams to build, collaborate, and execute their plans to grow customer relationships.
  • T
    Board Member
    TeamQuest Corporation acquired by HelpSystems
    Jan 2016 - Dec 2016 (1 year)
    TeamQuest is a global leader in IT Performance Management, Capacity Management, and Business Value Dashboards, delivering automated, comprehensive and real-time performance analysis for applications, servers and storage.
  • Basis
    Chief Financial Officer
    Basis
    Jul 2014 - Jan 2017 (2 years 7 months)
    Basis Technologies is solving the advertising industry’s biggest problems with the most comprehensive advertising automation platform.
  • Independent Consultant
    Executive Advisor
    Independent Consultant
    Jan 2013 - Jun 2014 (1 year 6 months)
    Retained by startups and growth-stage technology companies, as well as venture capital and private equity firms, as a broadly experienced financial and operating executive with expertise in the following areas: Interim CFO Building the company infrastructure and processes necessary to scale. • Budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management • Corporate development & strategic planning • CEO & Board-level reporting (business performance analytics, financial metrics & dashboards, board reporting packages) • Financial reporting and accounting controls M&A and Capital Raising Advisory Advising and preparing companies for M&A or private/public capital raising process. • Preparation of business plans and corporate overview presentations • Deve
  • C
    Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer
    ClearTrial acquired by Oracle
    Jan 2009 - Dec 2012 (4 years)
    ClearTrial is a leading global provider of Cloud/SaaS eClinical applications for the life sciences industry. • Led all operations, finance and post-sales functions, including professional services, sales operations, accounting, legal, human resources, and SaaS delivery in a high-growth environment • Successfully executed process to develop a market for the sale of the business, ultimately leading to acquisition by Oracle Corporation; led due diligence, transaction negotiation, and integration
  • Baird
    Director, Technology Investment Banking
    Baird
    Jan 2004 - Dec 2009 (6 years)
    • Founded Baird’s Technology Investment Banking group; developed and closed the firm's technology M&A advisory and IPO/secondary underwriting engagements • Advised CEOs and boards of directors of public and private company clients on corporate strategy, acquisition strategy, and corporate finance alternatives • Fluent in complex transaction structures, valuation methodologies, financial modeling, negotiation and comprehensive due diligence processes
  • B
    Vice President, Technology Mergers & Acquisitions
    Broadview International acquired by Jefferies Group
    Jan 2000 - Dec 2004 (5 years)
  • W
    Principal
    Waterstone Consulting acquired by Ciber
    Jan 1995 - Dec 1998 (4 years)
  • accenture
    Senior Consultant
    accenture
    Jan 1992 - Dec 1995 (4 years)
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  • Harvard Business School
    MBA
    Harvard Business School
    Jan 1998 - Dec 2000 (3 years)
  • University of Michigan
    BBA, Finance
    University of Michigan
    Jan 1988 - Dec 1992 (5 years)
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