Tom Manley

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Tom Manley

Partner

Select Former Experiences

Chief Financial Officer, Avaya
Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Administration, Congos

BGP Boards

Chairman: Solace
Former Lead Director: Accedian
Former Director: Finalsite

Select Prior Boards

Director: Deltek, JDA Software, RedPrairie, DragonWave, Elastic Networks

Education

Carleton University, B.E.
Queen’s University, M.B.A.

Tom Manley is a Partner of Bridge Growth Partners. He currently serves as the Chairman of Solace. He is the former Lead Director of Accedian and a former Director of Finalsite.

Prior to joining BGP, Mr. Manley served as Chief Financial Officer of Avaya, a provider of business communications systems, and as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Administration at Cognos, a business intelligence and performance management software company that was ultimately acquired by IBM in 2008. During his time with Cognos, Mr. Manley twice was nominated for Canada’s “CFO of the Year” award. Prior to Cognos, he served in senior management positions at Nortel Networks (the latest being SVP of Finance), and General Motors of Canada.

Mr. Manley also previously served on the Boards of Directors of Deltek, JDA Software, RedPrairie, DragonWave, Elastic Networks, and the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. He graduated from Carleton University with a B.E. with distinction, and holds an M.B.A. degree from Queen’s University.