Jeff Gordon is the CEO of Sign In Solutions, a global provider of SaaS Visitor Management Systems to approximately 8,000 companies in over 60 countries.  Sign Ins Solutions enables ease of employee and visitor engagement while minimizing risks to the companies that host them.  

 

He also serves as a Strategic Advisor to Providence Strategic Growth Equity Partners, a large, high-growth investor, focused on early stage software businesses.

 

Jeff previously served as an Operating Partner of Providence Equity Partners engaging in acquisitions of advanced technology and telecommunications software providers. 

 

Prior to Jeff’s role at Providence, he was Chairman of Vector Solutions’ Board of Directors.  Before being appointed Chairman, Jeff was CEO of Vector, a leading provider of software and training solutions for the education, first responder and industrial manufacturing sectors. In under three years, Jeff lead the growth and scale of the business resulting in the successful exit for Vector’s investors via a sale to Golden Gate Capital.

 

Jeff formerly served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Syniverse Technologies and was a member of the Syniverse Board of Directors. During his tenure, he oversaw significant growth, ultimately serving advanced mobile communications solutions to more than 1500 mobile operators and enterprises in over 160 countries.

 

Jeff has also previously served in executive positions at Convergys Corporation, Bell Atlantic (now Verizon), and IBM, where he attended IBM’s Systems Research Institute and IBM’s President’s class. He was also awarded IBM’s Outstanding Innovation Award during his tenure.

 

Jeff founded an entity called TekAffect that successfully created technology solutions for non-profit organizations that lacked the means to do so themselves. Additionally, he was a co-founder and board member of Intellisolve LLC, which was successfully sold within two years of inception.

 

Jeff also serves on the Advisory Board of Purdue University’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and previously served several years on the Advisory Board of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Management Center on Leadership and Ethics.

 

Named as a key influential leader in the global mobile communications industry, Jeff served on the Executive Committee of the Cellular Telephone Industry Association Board of Directors, as well as the Executive Committee and Governance Committee, and chaired the Finance Committee of the Children’s Home Society of Florida, the largest non-profit for children in Florida.

 

Jeff is the co-author of seven U.S. patents covering a wide range of topics concerning real-time communications systems architecture.  He graduated cum laude from Purdue University’s School of Electrical Engineering and Computer honors program and worked with General Electric while participating in Purdue’s Cooperative Engineering Program.

 

Jeff resides in St. Petersburg, FL with his Wife Ferrell and children, David and Eve.