Jeff Hawn joined the Epicor Board of Directors in October 2020 as Chairman of the Epicor Board. Prior to Clayton Dubilier & Rice in 2020, he spent twenty years as a senior executive in the software industry, serving as CEO for a series of successful enterprises. In addition to his Epicor role, he serves as chairman of CD&R portfolio company Cloudera.
Hawn brings extensive operational expertise in enterprise software markets. Most recently, he served as chairman and CEO of Quest Software from the time it was carved out from Dell in 2016 until 2019. Prior to Quest, he served as the chairman and CEO of Vertafore, a provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, and Attachmate, a developer of software used to manage access to enterprise applications and databases. Previously, he was senior vice president of operations at BMC Software.
He spent ten years as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, where he was a partner. Mr. Hawn has served as a director on more than a dozen boards for publicly traded and privately held software companies.
Education
Hawn holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Southern Methodist University and an M.B.A. from The University of Texas.
Career History
- Chairman, Cloudera (CD&R portfolio company)
- Chairman of the Board, Epicor Software Corporation (2020-present)
- Partner, Clayton Dubilier & Rice (2020-present)
- Chairman and CEO, Quest Software (2016-2019)
- Chairman and CEO, Vertafore (software solutions for insurance)
- Chairman and CEO, Attachmate (enterprise access management software)
- Senior Vice President of Operations, BMC Software
- Partner, McKinsey & Company (10 years)
What Hawn could bring to Board Chair at Epicor: Drawing from his track record steering multiple public and private software companies through strategic transitions and value creation at Quest, Vertafore, and Attachmate, Hawn brings proven operating expertise in managing enterprise software portfolios and driving margin expansion. His deep industry relationships, combined with CD&R's operational capabilities and Hawn's board experience across 12+ software companies, position him to guide Epicor's growth strategy in industrial-focused ERP markets while navigating the competitive cloud and AI-driven software landscape.
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