Prior to joining Lane42, Mr. Franks was a Vice President at Francisco Partners, where he led control and non-control investments across a range of Technology subsectors and was actively involved in portfolio company management. Prior thereto, Mr. Franks worked as an Associate at Clearlake Capital Group, where he evaluated credit and equity opportunities across Technology and Industrial subsectors. Mr. Franks started his career as an Analyst at Goldman Sachs & Co.
Mr. Franks holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and graduated cum laude from Harvard College with a B.A. in Economics.