Prior to co-founding Bulger Capital, Tom was the head of Needham & Company’s Software practice on the East Coast, focusing on multiple sectors including enterprise applications, infrastructure software and Internet. Tom joined Needham & Company in 1998 and before focusing on software worked in a variety of sectors within technology. He has a broad range of advisory experience working on both sides of M&A transactions, raising public and private equity and providing advisory services to senior management and boards. Preceding Needham & Company, Tom worked in Corporate Finance at JPMorgan and in Equity Research at First Call Corporation, a division of Thomson Financial. He holds a BA from Hobart College and an MBA from Babson College.