Jeff Lortz

Jeff is a former naval officer and seasoned CXO within both private equity-backed and public companies. He is a strategic advisor, executive coach, and leadership development expert with a 25-year legacy driving transformational growth and operational excellence including two tenures as CEO.

Jeff specializes in aligning product capabilities with market opportunities, defining go-to-market (GTM) strategies, and building high-performance teams that deliver exceptional results. He has served as an executive at hyper-growth public companies (PTC and Pegasystems). His experience includes successful IPOs (Bladelogic and Everbridge) and a strategic acquisition (Bladelogic to BMC). As CEO, he led PE founder transitions (Fastr and ProcessMaker), a complex carve-out (Acoustic from IBM), and a multi-company roll-up with Vista (Tomia).

Jeff has an MBA from the University of Rhode Island and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire.