George Kadifa is a Managing Director of Sumeru Equity Partners with three decades of operating experience in the technology sector. He previously served as Executive Vice President, Strategic Relationships for HP, and was responsible for leading growth initiatives and alliance programs. He also served as Executive Vice President of HP Software, leading HP’s $4 billion software business. George has significant expertise building and managing technology businesses and has held leadership positions at Silver Lake, IBM, Corio Corporation (founder), Oracle, Booz-Allen & Hamilton, and Xerox. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the American University in Beirut, an MS in Electrical Engineering from Caltech, and an MBA from the University of Chicago.