Craig Nickerson

About

Experience

• Chief Financial OfficerCurrent

  Xceptor · London, England

  Dec 2023 – Present

  Private equity-backed software firm (Astorg Partners & Corsair Capital), specializing in the development, design and commercialization of AI supported enterprise-grade data and business process automation solutions tailored for financial services, specifically focused in capital markets, bank asset managers, hedge funds, custodians and fund administrators (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCD1cUEI690).

• Chief Financial Officer

  RSA Security · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  May 2021 – Jul 2023

  Private-equity backed software firm (Clearlake Capital & Symphony Technology Group), specializing in the development and commercialization of cyber security and risk management solutions supporting the world's largest and most risk sensitive organizations. Integral part of team that led carve-out of RSA from Dell Computer ($2B acquisition price) and successfully transitioned RSA to a stand-alone business. Carve-out encompassed a business with over $800m in revenue, $300m of EBITDA and over 4,000 employees in over 80 global legal entities. Responsible for $2B publicly traded credit facility during period of rapidly rising interest rates. The carve-out included separating RSA into four distinct, go-to-market operating entities with completely new leadership teams and operating cadences all under the umbrella of a single Parent company...with the ultimate objective of separately exiting each of the four businesses. Integral part of team that supported the sale of one the four separated business in a transaction valued at greater than 17x multiple of EBITDA.

Education

• University of Central Florida — Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Double Degree in Finance and Accounting

Skills