Mark Hanson

Mark Hanson is a software industry veteran and private equity investor based in San Francisco. He joined Genstar Capital in 2006 and is a member of the firm's Strategic Advisory Board, where he advises on software investments and has helped build out the firm's software practice. He served as a Managing Director at Genstar from 2007 to 2014.

Over nearly two decades at Genstar, Hanson has sat on the boards of a long list of software and technology companies. He currently serves as a director of Enverus, Prometheus Group and Telestream. His past board roles include Accruent, Bullhorn, ConstructConnect, ConvergeOne, Insurity, Netsmart Technologies, PDI Software, Strategic Insight and TravelClick. He was lead director at Netsmart through its 2016 sale and a director at TravelClick through its $930 million sale to Thoma Bravo in 2014.

Before Genstar, Hanson spent more than 20 years as an operator in enterprise software. He was Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Chief of Staff at Siebel Systems, where he worked with the executive team on the company's return to growth in 2005. Earlier he was President and Chief Operating Officer of Visigenic Software, which he helped take from a pre-revenue startup through its IPO and sale to Borland. He also held senior roles at Sybase, Macromedia and Informix.

Outside of private equity, Hanson is co-founder and chief executive of Bricoleur Vineyards, a family-owned winery in Sonoma County.

Hanson holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Santa Clara University and an MBA from Golden Gate University.