David Phillips

Senior Managing Director, Co-Head of North America

David joined Providence in 2005 and co-leads the firm's private equity investment activities in North America. He currently sits on the boards of Accelerate Learning, Asurion, Modern Campus, Seesaw, TCP and Tenstreet.

David Phillips is a senior managing director based in our Boston office. He co-leads the firm's private equity investment activities in North America and is a member of the firm’s investment, portfolio review and executive committees. Mr. Phillips is currently a director of Accelerate Learning, Asurion, Modern Campus, Seesaw, TCP and Tenstreet. Previous board memberships include Anthology, Archipelago Learning, Ascend Learning, CSDVRS, PADI, Vector Solutions, Vistage and Worldwide Express. Prior to joining Providence in 2005, Mr. Phillips was a Luce Scholar and assistant director of business development at Hutchison Whampoa China. Previously, he worked at Goldman Sachs in the principal investment area. Mr. Phillips holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University.

Portfolio Highlights

Professional Association of Diving Instructors is a scuba diver training organization.

PADI

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Seesaw is a leading SaaS-based classroom technology platform targeted towards elementary grade levels.

Seesaw

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TCP is a leading provider of workforce management software and technology solutions serving thousands of public and private sector businesses.

TCP

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Tenstreet is a leading provider of SaaS HR solutions to trucking carriers for recruiting, onboarding and managing compliance for truck fleet drivers.

Tenstreet

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Vistage is a leading subscription-based membership organization that provides peer advisory and executive coaching to CEOs.

Vistage

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ShipStation Global is a leading intelligent logistics platform providing shipping, freight and fulfilment solutions for small and mid-sized businesses.