
Chairman & CEO at Hansen Investment Holdings LLC
Sacramento, California Area

Chairman & CEO at Hansen Investment Holdings LLC
Sacramento, California Area
Currently managing diversified investment portfolio of stocks, bonds, hedge funds, real estate, venture capital, and private equity. Former Chairman & CEO, Hansen Information Technologies, sold to Infor Global, a portfolio company of Golden Gate Capital, in June 2007.
Distressed Real Estate, Private Equity, Venture Capital, Digital Music.
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
June 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)
Manages portfolio of stocks, bonds, real estate, private equity, hedge funds, and venture capital investments.
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
September 1986 — June 2007 (20 years 10 months)
Founded in August 1983 by Robert, Scott, and Charles Hansen.
Designed, developed, and marketed software products for state & local government markets. Offices in Auckland (New Zealand), Melbourne (Australia), London, Mississauga (Canada), with joint ventures in Japan and South Africa. Products including Asset Management, Building Permit, Property Tax, and Utility Billing, with major customers including the cities of New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, San Antonio, Seattle, Austin, Montgomery County, Fairfax County, Riverside County, and Caltrans.
Acquired transportation sofware developer, Spear Technologies, in May 2006, to add LA Metro, NJ Turnpike Authority, NY Transit Authority immediately following private equity investment in April 2006 by Golden Gate Capital (San Francisco, CA).
Acquired by Atlanta-based Infor Global in June 2007.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; PLCM; Telecommunications industry)
July 1984 — August 1986 (2 years 2 months)
Computer animation and graphic processing. Sold to E.I. DuPont in 1986. Investors included Brentwood Associates, InterWest, John Hancock Venture Capital, Menlo Ventures, and Saugatuck Capital.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 1982 — May 1984 (1 year 9 months)
Formerly publicly-traded Southwest Bancshares, Inc. (Houston, TX), a bank holding company with assets of +$4 billion.
(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)
June 1978 — March 1980 (1 year 10 months)
Senior accountant working on a variety of financial audits and SEC regulation prospectus, including audits at the Association of Bay Area Governments, Hexcel Corp., Hersheys, and Marshall Fields acquistion of Breuners Home Furnishings.
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)
April 1978 — September 1978 (6 months)
Reporting to School President, Neely McCarter, and to Finance Committee, including Chairmen, Presidents & CEOs from Safeway, Standard Oil of California, U.C. Regents, U.S. Steel, and Scudder Stevens & Clark.
MBA , Finance and Venture Management , 1980 — 1982
B.S. , Accounting , 1975 — 1978
Robert Gordon & Ida Sproul Award 1977
1974 — 1975
1970 — 1974
Equity & Real Estate Investment, Music, Digital Entertainment, Winter Skiing, Cycling, Golf, Travel
American Water Works Association, American Public Works Association, American Federation of Musicians (Local 12), Anderson School Alumni Association, Cal Amuni Association, Haas Business School Alumni, Grammy Foundation, National Association of Recorded Music (NARM)