AGC Partners’ Biographies
Hugh is a partner in the Investment Banking Group at AGC Partners, fo- cusing on Life Sciences Technology and HCIT out of the firm's Minneap- olis office Hugh is a 25-year technology M&A veteran who ran Piper Jaffray's M&A practice in Software and Services for more than 8 years before joining Craig-Hallum Capital Group in 2006, where he led their M&A practice He has completed more than 150 transactions during his career and has worked at Dain Rauscher Corporation, where he started the firm's soft- ware practice, and Dillon, Read and Co. Inc. in New York and London He received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Denver Linda has an A.B. Degree from Dartmouth College where she is on the President’s Leadership Council and an M.B.A. from The Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth Doug is a Partner at AGC Partners and is based out of New York City, where he leads the firms efforts in both IT and Tech-Enabled Services Doug is a 30-year veteran banker, with extensive bulge bracket experi- ence at firms such as Merrill Lynch, Salomon Smith Barney and JP Mor- gan He holds an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Business (Dartmouth) and a B.A. in Economics from Duke University Linda is a partner in the NY office where she focuses on Internet/Digital Media Before joining AGC, Linda was the founder and CEO of her own Digital Media boutique firm—Gridley and Company LLC—from 2001 to 2014 Linda started her career at Lehman Brothers and held leadership posi- tions at Furman Selz and ING Barings. Her 30 years of transaction experi- ence spans the Adtech; Data Analytics; Digital Media; eCommerce; Finan- cial Technology; SaaS and Outsourcing Services sectors She is the author of many Digital Media industry overviews including “AGC’s Guide to Digital NY” and was named an Always On Digital Media Power Player in 2012 and 2013 Prior to AGC, Fred spent 7 years at Cowen & Co., and held positions at J.P. Morgan and Smith Barney Fred was a founding member of Beechtree Capital, a middle market lever- age buyout firm With more than 120 completed transactions in his 25 plus years in the industry, Fred has raised public and private capital for both early stage and late stage corporations in the technology and healthcare sectors The majority of Fred’s work has been in Mergers & Acquisitions, where, cumulatively, he has executed in excess of $7 billion in transactions Fred holds a B.A. from Swarthmore College and an M.B.A. from Columbia University
Linda Gridley Partner
Hugh Hoffman Partner
Doug Hurst Partner
Fred Joseph Partner
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