Vice President, Technology & Operations
Taylor McKinley is Vice President, Technology & Operations at Mainsail Partners. Taylor works with Mainsail’s portfolio companies to drive improvements in product development, pricing, technology implementation and sales force optimization. Taylor also works with the investment teams to investigate new areas of investment for Mainsail.
Prior to joining Mainsail, Taylor managed software products at Fortify Software, which was later acquired by Hewlett Packard (HP). During his six years at Fortify and HP, Taylor ran the Software as a Service (SaaS) product line, the mobile technology product line and the pricing strategy and implementation for all products. Prior to Fortify, Taylor was an Associate in Morgan Stanley’s Investment Banking Division. Before joining Morgan Stanley he was an Associate at New England Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on acquiring middle-market operating companies, and a Principal at The Parthenon Group, a strategic advisory firm. At Parthenon Taylor helped lead projects for sales force optimizations, M&A integrations, acquisitions and pricing analyses for companies in the technology, retail, healthcare, private equity and publishing industries.
Taylor has a B.A. in Economics and English from Williams College and an M.B.A from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where he was President of his class. Taylor enjoys running, biking, playing golf and spending time with his wife and family.
Email Taylor at taylor@mainsailpartners.com