Daniel Doyle

Bio

Dan has over twenty years of experience in private equity and investment banking. He co-founded Symmetric Capital in 2007 and co-manages the day-to-day operations and investment activities of the firm. Prior to co-founding Symmetric, Dan was a Managing Partner at Shawmut Capital, a Boston-based private equity fund focused on profitable growth companies in the financial and business services sectors. He co-founded Shawmut Capital in 1997 with Joel Alvord, the former Chairman of Shawmut Bank and of its acquirer, Fleet Financial. Dan was responsible for all aspects of the formation and building of the firm and led the partnership’s investment activities. Dan began his private equity career in 1990 at Summit Partners in Boston, where he helped establish the firm’s growth buyout and recapitalization group. His investments at Summit included expansion equity financings, shareholder liquidity recapitalizations, and leveraged acquisitions of divisions of larger entities. Prior to joining Summit, Dan was an Analyst in the Technology M&A Group at Alex. Brown & Sons, a Baltimore firm specializing in investment banking services for growth companies. He has served on the boards of more than twenty growth companies in a broad range of industries, including business and financial services, industrial and consumer products, distribution, and software-as-a-service. Dan currently serves on the boards of Air Serv, Complete Innovations, Gryphon Networks and the New England Venture Capital Association. His prior investments and directorships include Academic Management Services (acquired by UICI), Acurex (acquired by BE Aerospace), APPRO Systems (acquired by Equifax), Astech (acquired by GKN Aerospace), CBS Payroll (acquired by Intuit), CIDCO (Nasdaq: CDCO; acquired by EarthLink), First Marketing (acquired by Taylor Corporation), P&H Solutions – where he was Chairman and interim CEO (acquired by Transaction Systems Architects, now ACI Worldwide), Pacer Electronics (acquired by Anixter), Poorman-Douglas (acquired by Epiq Systems), and Quote.com (acquired by Lycos). A graduate of Harvard College, where he received an A.B. in Economics.

Career

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	Symmetric Capital Private equity firm focused on profitable growth companies in the US and Canada Managing Partner Email: [email protected]
	Shawmut Capital Partners Inc Managing Director (past) Email: [email protected]