worldwide responsibility for the Communications and Technology sector. He was a member of the Executive Management Group, comprised of the heads of all of the Firm’s major industry groups and geographic regions. He had management responsibility over the CommTech portfolio, and oversaw the investment of approximately $750 million. Mr. Bettino managed the group’s personnel, leading a major reorganization of the group, and was responsible for the formation of Warburg’s CIO Advisory Council. He also led investments and was on the Board of Directors for several companies in the portfolio, including most recently LSSi Data Corp., the leading provider of international directory database services; MACH, SA (based in Luxemburg), the global leader of mobile telephony data services; and Telcordia Technologies, the world’s largest provider of operational support software to communications carriers and one of the largest technology leveraged buyouts of the past several years.

Before joining Warburg Pincus, Mr. Bettino was a Founding Partner at Baker Capital (1996–2001). The Baker Communications Fund, LP is a $406 million private equity fund formed in 1996 to invest primarily in communications-related businesses. The fund has been fully invested and is in the process of being distributed. Mr. Bettino was involved in all aspects of the firm’s formation, including strategic development, fundraising, and operations. He was also responsible for hiring several of the junior investment staff for the firm. Mr. Bettino left shortly after the formation of Baker Communications Fund II to join Warburg.

Mr. Bettino started his investment career at Dillon Read Private Equity (1989–1996), where he became a partner in 1992 and focused on early and expansion-stage investments in communications and technology.

From 1982 to 1987, Mr. Bettino worked for IBM, initially as a computer chip logic design engineer, and then moved into business line and account management. He received his BS (1982) in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from Harvard Business School (1989). Mr. Bettino is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Citizen’s Budget Commission, a nonprofit civic organization committed to influencing constructive change in the finances and services of the New York State and New York City governments. He is a member of the Board of Advisors of CSMG Adventi, the global management consulting firm. He lives in Bronxville, New York, with his wife and three children.