Paroon Chadha

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Fred Coulson

Founder and Managing Partner of Five Elms Capital

Bob Nye

General Partner, JMI Equity

Krishna Potarazu

Partner, JMI Equity

Mac Williams

Principal, JMI Equity

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Paroon Chadha

Paroon Chadha is Co-Founder & CEO of OnBoard and eScribe, online platforms for board and city council meetings for public, private, nonprofit and government sectors. He founded the parent company in 2003 at Purdue University and has headquarters in Indianapolis, with over 5,000 customers across North America, EMEA and APAC. OnBoard ranks as the No. 1 governance platform in online reviews and the No. 2 platform in North America by units sold. The company has been on Inc.500 and Inc. 5000 lists in the past.

Chadha serves on boards at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Lafayette, Indiana University Simon Cancer Center, and PeaceTech Lab. Chadha frequently speaks and writes about board governance and entrepreneurship. A YPO member, and a proud Purdue University alumni, Chadha was designated a Purdue Innovator in the university’s Hall of Fame in 2013.

Fred Coulson

Fred is the Founder and Managing Partner of Five Elms. Fred is also the Founder and Chairman of Spring Venture Group, the largest digital insurance platform in the senior healthcare market.  

Before founding both Five Elms and Spring in 2006, Fred was a senior investment professional with TH Lee Putnam Ventures, a $1.1 billion private equity firm focused on software-enabled businesses.  

He holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Kansas. Fred currently serves on the Board of Advisors for the University of Kansas School of Business as well as the Advancement Board for the University of Kansas Hospital and its Medical School.

Bob Nye

Bob has deep experience helping growth companies build value. He is currently a director of Adknowledge, AlertMedia, Benevity, Higher Logic, Level Access, and Raptor Technologies, as well as a member of the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association (MAVA) board of directors. Prior to joining JMI in 2005, Bob was a consultant with Bates White, an economic consulting firm focused on econometric and statistical modeling.

Krishna Potarazu

As a member of JMI’s operating team, Krishna works closely with portfolio companies to help accelerate growth and navigate operational challenges. He currently serves on the boards of CampusLogic, TimelyMD, and Unanet and is a board observer at CipherHealth, Jvion, SpaceIQ, and Yello. Prior to joining JMI in 2008, Krishna was a financial analyst in the general industrial group at Morgan Stanley.

Mac Williams

Mac joined JMI in 2016. He is responsible for sourcing and evaluating investment opportunities. Mac is a board observer at Alert Media, Businessolver, Higher Logic, and UKG. Prior to joining JMI, Mac was an analyst at Tiger Veda Management. Previously, he was an associate at New Mountain Capital and a mergers and acquisitions analyst at Lazard.