Technology Advisors

Mr. Ashton is the Managing Partner of JA3Partners, LLC, an executive advisory firm that he founded in January 2011. Based in Philadelphia, his firm provides executive consulting to private equity firms and their portfolio companies in the area of business strategy, operational improvement, sales optimization, and M&A. 

 

Prior to starting his own firm, Mr. Ashton was CEO for SunGard’s Financial Systems division, a $2.5 billion business with 13,000 employees worldwide. While at SunGard, Mr. Ashton led software and service businesses in the areas of Wealth Management, Insurance, Corporate Treasury, Trading, Risk Management, Brokerage and Consulting. He also sponsored and integrated numerous key acquisitions and played an important role in SunGard's 2005 $11.3 billion leveraged buy-out with a consortium of private equity firms. 

 

Prior to SunGard, Mr. Ashton held senior management positions at Premier Solutions Inc., a Safeguard Scientifics technology company that was acquired by SunGard in 1997. He began his career at EDS where he held various technical, sales, and managerial positions during a span of 10 years.