Speakers

Ami joined Periscope in 2019 and is a Principal and oversees Value Creation across the fund portfolio. In her role, Ami partners with portfolio company executives to create meaningful recurring revenue growth opportunities and overall gross margin and EBITDA margin improvement.

Prior to joining Periscope, Ami was Chief Financial Officer of SMITH, a digital commerce agency, where she oversaw all aspects of finance for the company. Prior to SMITH, Ami worked with several private equity backed platforms within the TPG and Waud Capital Partners portfolio to build up operational and financial processes, pursue strategic growth initiatives and develop organizational scale. Previously, Ami was Americas Regional CFO and led corporate M&A for Heidrick & Struggles. Before Heidrick, Ami started her career in private equity as Vice President of Investments at Green Courte Partners. Ami developed her foundational experience early in her career through public accounting with Ernst & Young.

Periscope Equity:

Periscope Equity is a Chicago-based private equity firm that partners with founder-owned, business services companies. Since its founding in 2012, Periscope has a track record of investing in businesses with mission-critical service offerings, a history of sustainable profitability, and known avenues to accelerate growth. In alignment with management teams, Periscope seeks to provide operational and commercial support to drive investment returns.