Ruder spent eight years with Francisco Partners, focusing on
investments in the software and services sectors. According to The
Deal's Pipeline, he was involved in Francisco investments in Aconex, an
Australian IT company, video game developer Foundation 9 and enterprise
software startup Primavera Systems.
Meanwhile, Chizen, who served as CEO of Adobe Systems between
2000 and 2007, is no stranger to dealmaking as he was responsible for
the software company's $3.4 billion purchase of Macromedia in 2005, noted Corporate Dealmaker.
Joining the two in Silicon Valley is partner Richard Sanders, who is
relocating to Menlo Park, Calif., to lead the team after nine years
working on technology and technology-related investments from the
London office. - Baz Hiralal
London-based private equity firm Permira expanded its global technology team by poaching a dealmaker from a rival firm and tapping a former Silicon Valley executive. Permira hired Brian Ruder from Francisco Partners as a partner and former Adobe Systems Inc. CEO Bruce Chizen as a senior adviser.
