MANAGING DIRECTORS
Justin LaFayette, Managing Director
Justin LaFayette is a managing director of Georgian Partners, which he co-founded in 2008.
Prior to Georgian Partners, Mr. LaFayette was Vice President of Strategy for Information Platform and Solutions with IBM Software Group.
Prior to IBM, Mr. LaFayette was a co-founder of DWL, an enterprise software company which grew over 10 years to become a leader in Master Data Management (MDM). Under Mr. LaFayette's leadership, DWL developed its Customer Data Integration (CDI) software, now called IBM Infosphere MDM Server, and helped pioneer the MDM space. DWL was named one of the fastest growing technology companies three consecutive years by Deloitte and Touche, and was acquired by IBM in 2005. Mr. LaFayette was the recipient of Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year award for Technology in 2001.
Current investments: Silanis, Syncsort, Kony, Shopify and Polar Mobile.