Javier Saade

Javier is Managing Partner of Impact Master Holdings, Venture Partner at Fenway Summer (VC), and Operating Partner of Presidio Investors (PE). Impact Master works with companies and people creating values-driven value, Fenway Summer is a venture capital firm that has backed 100+ companies, and Presidio is a growth PE firm that acquires tech, entertainment and financial services companies. He is also Chairman of the Board of GP Funding, Inc., Member of the Board of VCheck, Member of the Board of Global Tech Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: GTAC), Contributor at CNBC and Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School. Until recently he served as Audit Committee Chair of SoftBank Vision Fund Investment Corp. (NASDAQ: SVFA), Lead Independent Director and NomGov Committee Chair of the Board of Porch Group, Inc.(NASDAQ: PRCH), and Member of the Board of two (NYSE: TWOA), now Logistics Properties of the Americas (NYSE:LPA). Javier also served on the Boards of Trustees of Pan American Development Foundation and The Nature Conservancy, and Boards of Advisors of Docusign, Inc. (NASDAQ: DOCU) and Univision Communications, Inc. He is a Candidate Member of NYSE’s Board Advisory Council. In 2013, he was appointed by President Obama to serve as Associate Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and was the agency’s Chief of Investment and Innovation. He led programs that have invested over $120 billion in 300,000+ companies and technologies. Javier concurrently held a seat on the Committee for Small & Emerging Companies at the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), subsequently served on the Presidential Transition Team focused on the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy & Negotiation at the White House. Prior to public service, Javier spent 20 years in investing, operating and leadership roles at McKinsey & Company, Bridgewater Associates, Booz Allen & Hamilton (NYSE:BAH), GEM Group, Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) and Air America, a company he co-founded. He is a Founding Member of Fast Company’s Impact Council, Member of Aspen Institute’s Latinos & Society, and Member of Latino Corporate Directors Association. Javier also served as Mentor at Techstars, Kauffman Fellows and Stanford’s LBAN, Senior Fellow at Georgetown’s Beeck Center, and as Executive in Residence at Columbia Technology Ventures. He frequently writes & speaks about the economy, technology, digital finance, venture capital, sustainability, entrepreneurship, innovation, governance, stewardship, leadership, economic policy and capital markets. Javier holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, MS in Operations & Technology from Illinois Institute of Technology and BS in Industrial Management from Purdue University and is the host of “Top Of The Game”, a weekly podcast where he hosts leaders shaping the world.