Mr. Chris Cantarella
Mr. Cantarella is a Principal at the global executive search firm of Heidrick and Struggles
in their Private Equity Practice. He focuses on placing senior executives for Private Equity
backed aerospace & defense, technology, and industrial companies. Previously, he was a key
leader in Ernst & Young's Private Equity Practice, working closely with scores of technology
and defense-related companies, as well as with the private equity and venture capital funds
who backed them. Prior to becoming the CEO of a software company, he was an internal auditor at
PricewaterhouseCoopers and he served as a U.S. Naval Officer.
Mr. Cantarella serves as a board member for the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC),
the NVTC Entrepreneurship Center, and the National Capitol Area Kidney Foundation. He is a regular
guest lecturer at the University of Maryland and George Washington University. Mr. Cantarella
received a BS in Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy, an MBA from George Washington University,
and is a graduate of Harvard's High Potentials Leadership Program.
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