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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