Todd Markson is an Operating Partner at Bain Capital within the Tech Opportunities Fund, where he leads value creation efforts across the portfolio and partners with management teams to support their key initiatives. In addition to working across the portfolio, Todd also serves on the board of HST Pathways. 

Prior to joining Bain Capital, Todd was Chief Strategy and Operating Officer at Cengage, a multi-billion dollar, Private Equity backed (KKR, Apax, Searchlight), global education and technology company, where he led strategy, corporate development, channel, pricing, procurement and supply chain. Before Cengage, he was a management strategy consultant in London, Dubai and Boston, most recently as a Senior Principal in the Technology and Private Equity practices of BCG, with a focus on Go-To-Market. Earlier in his career, Todd was a technology entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, co-founding and successfully exiting education technology and information services companies. 

Todd received an MBA from the University of Michigan, where he graduated with Honors. He graduated with a BA in Political Science from Brown University. 

Bain Capital Private Equity (https://www.baincapital.com/) has partnered closely with management teams to provide the strategic resources that build great companies and help them thrive since its founding in 1984. Bain Capital Private Equity's global team of more than 250 investment professionals creates value for its portfolio companies through its global platform and depth of expertise in key vertical industries including healthcare, consumer/retail, financial and business services, industrials, and technology, media and telecommunications. Bain Capital has 22 offices on four continents. The firm has made primary or add-on investments in more than 1,000 companies since its inception. In addition to private equity, Bain Capital invests across asset classes including credit, public equity, venture capital and real estate, managing approximately $130 billion in total and leveraging the firm's shared platform to capture opportunities in strategic areas of focus.