RONALD C. HESS, JR.

Ron joined Primus in 2007. He focuses on the firm’s investment activities in financial technology and adjacent industries. He is currently a Director of HiBid, LiquidityBook, Ordergroove, and Rev.io. Ron has lead or co-lead investments in CardinalCommerce Corporation (acquired by Visa, NYSE:V), Certona (sold to Vista Equity), fusionZONE Automotive (acquired by DealerOn), G2 Web Services (acquired by Verisk Analytics, NASDAQ: VRSK), Hyperwallet (acquired by PayPal, NASDAQ:PYPL), Proxibid (acquired by TA Associates), and Top of Mind Networks (acquired by Black Knight, Inc., NYSE:BKI).  Ron was also part of the teams that made investments in PartsSource (acquired by Great Hill Partners), PathGroup (acquired by The Pritzker Group), SterilMed (acquired by Ethicon Endo-Surgery), and Vendormate (acquired by Global Healthcare Exchange).

Prior to joining Primus, Ron served as an investment banker in the Global Mergers and Acquisitions Group of Lehman Brothers in New York. He earned a BA cum laude in Economics and History from Middlebury College, and has completed coursework at the University of Oxford.