Kevin Paulsen, Founding Partner

Kevin Paulsen is a Founding Partner at Vendere Advisors. During his career, Kevin has raised more than $40M in debt and equity capital in his various positions. Kevin co-founded and served as President and CEO of TechSkills LLC – a privately held, national, post-secondary institution that grew from startup to $47M in annual revenue and a corporate training provider for Fortune 500 companies.

He also served as Executive Vice President of Global Services for Norstan, Inc., a publicly traded technology integration and consulting company which grew to over $115M in revenue with 750 consultants. Prior to this, Kevin spent 21 years at IBM, which culminated as Vice President of Integration Services within IBM Global Services, a $100M organization with 500 consultants.