Bio

David Bonnette joined Vista Equity Partners in 2017. Mr. Bonnette is a Managing Director focused on Vista’s Foundation Fund portfolio companies. Mr. Bonnette currently sits on the boards of AlertMedia, Aptean, Khoros, Kibo, Sonatype and Zego. He was also actively involved with the firm’s investments in Lone Wolf and PeopleAdmin. Mr. Bonnette is also active in portfolio executive development. Prior to Vista, Mr. Bonnette was the Chief Executive Officer of Lanyon, which was merged with Cvent, another Vista portfolio company, upon Vista’s acquisition of Cvent in November 2016. Prior to joining Lanyon, Mr. Bonnette served as Chief Executive Officer at BigMachines for three years, until the time of its acquisition by Oracle. Mr. Bonnette has worked in the software industry for nearly 20 years, and prior to BigMachines, held a variety of executive roles at Oracle where he led North American organizations in ERP, CRM and consulting. Mr. Bonnette is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization as well as serves on the advisory board and is a mentor for the Posse Foundation.