Duane P. Donner II
Andrew L. Sink
Zane P. Tarence
David A. Hobbs
Bob Bernstein
George C. Myers
John J. Thomas
Joe H. Brady III
Frank M. Dixon III
John D. Chambless
Stan Farrell
Bradley P. Johnson
J. Hardie Carlson
Mr. Tarence is the Managing Director of Founders Investment Banking’s Technology practice. Zane has over 21 years of experience as an operator, investor, and deal maker in the technology arena, most recently serving as both the Vice President of Business Development for CTS, Inc. (an IT professional services company) and Managing Partner of Alliance Consulting, LLC (a technology VC-model accelerator which he founded in 2001). He has served as an active board member and in various senior management roles for the companies in Alliances’ portfolio. Additionally, he has an extensive background in funding, advising, evaluating, and executing transactions for technology companies. Before founding Alliance Consulting, Mr. Tarence was the Vice President of Business Development for the Boston-based publisher Houghton Mifflin, having joined the company following their purchase of Virtual Learning Technologies (VLT), which was a software and educational enablement company he had founded and led prior its sale in May 2000. Prior to starting VLT in 1997, Mr. Tarence was with IBM for 12 years in various business development, IT consulting, and management roles. Mr. Tarence is a regular speaker at national conferences dealing with product commercialization and technology value optimization.
Mr. Tarence is a native of Montgomery, Alabama and holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Auburn University in Montgomery and a Masters in Organizational Management from Southern Christian University.
