Russ MacTough

Managing Director, Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures

2015 - Current

Vice President

2013 - 2015

Business development, deal sourcing, transaction leadership and execution in the financial technology sector. We specifically focus on capital markets and insurance technology, and the tech-enabled service providers that serve the financial markets.

Director, Strategic Advisory Services

2011 - 2013

Founder and Head of corporate venture capital advisory services business with Silicon Valley Bank. - Leading engagements with corporate development groups, providing due diligence and valuation advisory services on potential strategic investments. - Member of SVBA management team, participating in strategy development and execution, forecasting and planning, staffing, and developing new lines of business. - Business development, research, speaking engagements.

Director

2007 - 2011

Director, Valuations, Software and Internet Software and Services One the inital members of SVB Analytics, a start-up formed within Silicon Valley Bank to provide advisory services to the bank's clients. Execute complex valuations of venture-backed companies in the software and internet software and services sectors. Valuations primarily for financial reporting, tax, and advisory purposes (IRS Sec 409a, SFAS 123; Conduct due diligence in association with valuation assignments; executive management and venture capitalist interviews, business plan review, financial analysis, market and industry research Construct and analyze complex valuation models; public and M&A comparables, discounted cash flow, equity allocation methods Research and write detailed, comprehensive valuation reports for presentation to client senior management, board of directors, investors, and financial statement auditors Conduct and present cutting edge research in venture capital finance theory, with a focus on the software and internet software and services sector. Software focus honed through real-world experience with hosted application development Collaborate with SVB Analytics senior management on complex, early stage business challenges, valuation theory, best practices, budgeting and resource planning, hiring/interviewing Manage and train US-based Associates and a team of India-based Analysts Support business development efforts through networking within the venture lending, accounting, and venture communities

Government Employee

2004 - 2007

Senior Consultant

2001 - 2004

First Factset employee embedded in acquired start-up. Develop complex financial and quantitative applications to client specifications using FactSet's proprietary, object-oriented database technology Build and maintain hosted databases in a UNIX environment, consisting of multiple commercial and client data feeds Manage the nightly data update and monitoring processes, including responsibility for data quality assurance Create and present product demonstrations as part of team sales initiatives Train clients and new consultants in proprietary programming language and FAST system technology.