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51 Deals
21 operating companies
17 exits
About Ed
Ed’s career started in 1986 as a systems software developer building a series of large-scale disruptive systems for companies big and small. As technology spread from specialist technology companies to every company, Ed focused on architecting and selling solutions to real problems, not just highly capable technology. He founded Summa Technologies in 1996 to deliver these solutions. Summa exploded onto the IT services scene, winning Pittsburgh's Fastest Growing Company in 2002, many Best Places To Work Awards and placed on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies in Amercia for several years. Summa also won awards from IBM, SalesForce, Sheetz and others for innovation solutions that had extraordinary impact for customers. Summa was sold to CGI in 2017 in an all cash exit. In 2000, Ed founded his first venture fund, Summa VentureWorks to invest in pre-seed B2B software companies building technology in strategic enterprise markets. In 2009, Ed founded and was Managing Partner for Pittsburgh Equity Partners to invest in early stage technology companies in the Pittsburgh region and beyond. Pittsburgh Equity Partners invested in and exited ShowClix, Industry Weapon, Voci, Wombat and others providing double digit returns for over 30 individual and institutional investors. Ed has a B.S. in Computer Science and a certificate in Entrepreneurial Management, both from Carnegie Mellon University.
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​Ed’s experience in the operation and capitalization of companies makes him ideally suited to groom, select and back high potential companies to accelerate their growth. Ed now brings the richness of his experience to his family office 3 Points Rising to build the next generation of B2B software companies bringing disruptive value to the world.
Ed received his BS in Applied Mathematics/Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon in 1986 and completed the Entrepreneurial Management Program at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon in 2003. Ed was an Associate Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon where he taught Entrepreneurship to students from the CIT, INI and HCI schools from 2013-2017.
Count On Ed
Deep experience translated into education and tools with a focus on your future
What you can count on me to:
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Seek the magical “Third Way”
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Challenge your assumptions
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Develop strong board operations
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Focus on high value transformation
What you can not count on me for:
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Going along without asking questions
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Avoiding uncomfortable conversations​​
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Writing checks before collaborating
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