Location Los Angeles, California, United States Regions Greater Los Angeles Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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Mr. Abdo is a member of the Gores Small Capitalization Partners Investment Committee and responsible for originating and structuring transactions, and overseeing portfolio company exits. While at Gores, Mr. Abdo has held multiple senior M&A and senior Operating roles in both the US and Europe. Mr. Abdo led, as CEO, several restructurings of
Gores portfolio companies including Select Business Solutions, Jamis Software and Real Software. As a part of these restructurings Mr. Abdo orchestrated both acquisitions and divestures as a means of transforming the businesses.
After completing the turnaround and exit from Real Software in 2008, Mr. Abdo joined the M&A team in Europe followed by a transfer to Los Angeles in 2010. Prior to joining Gores, Mr. Abdo worked for Per-Se Technologies (formerly known as Medaphis). Mr. Abdo began his career in 1986 with VERSYSS, Inc., where he held various sales and management positions. Mr. Abdo has a B.S. in Finance from the University of Colorado.
