Leadership Team

Mr. Frank Baker is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Siris. Together with Peter Berger and Jeffrey Hendren, he launched Siris in 2011 and helped establish the Firm’s investment strategy, which focuses on driving value creation in mature technology companies with mission-critical products and services, facing industry changes or other significant transitions. Since its founding, Siris has raised four institutional funds, and Mr. Baker has helped oversee the Firm’s platform equity investments, in addition to non-control investments. Prior to founding Siris, Mr. Baker was a Managing Director at Ripplewood Holdings LLC, a global private equity firm. He started his career in the mergers and acquisitions group of Goldman Sachs and earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Chicago. Mr. Baker currently serves as a trustee of the University of Chicago and has been a major supporter of the university’s New Leaders Odyssey Scholarships. Mr. Baker is chairman of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, and a board member of Sponsors for Educational Opportunity.

Mr. Peter Berger is the Chairman and Co-Founder of Siris, bringing more than 50 years of experience across private equity, banking, and consulting—over 30 of those years as a direct private equity investor in leadership roles.

As Chairman, Mr. Berger provides strategic oversight and stewardship, guiding the firm’s long-term vision, governance, and investment discipline. He works closely with the leadership team to ensure the continued success of Siris’s mission to create lasting value through its investment approach.

Alongside Frank Baker and Jeffrey Hendren, Mr. Berger co-founded Siris in 2011 and, as a Managing Partner, was instrumental in shaping the firm’s distinctive investment philosophy. Across Siris’s portfolio companies, he has served as Chairman or director and has led multiple Audit and Risk, as well as Human Capital Committees.

Before founding Siris, Mr. Berger was a founding member and Managing Director at Ripplewood Holdings LLC, a global private equity firm. Earlier in his career, he served as Senior Partner and Global Head of the Corporate Finance Group at Arthur Andersen and as a Managing Director at Bear Stearns’ investment bank.

Mr. Berger holds an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School and a bachelor’s degree from Boston University. He has been a guest lecturer at Columbia Business School and previously served on the Board of Directors at Jazz at Lincoln Center, where he chaired the Finance Committee.

Mr. Jeffrey Hendren is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Siris. Together with Frank Baker and Peter Berger, he launched Siris in 2011 and helped establish the Firm’s investment strategy, which focuses on driving value creation in mature technology companies with mission-critical products and services, facing industry changes or other significant transitions. Since its founding, Siris has four institutional funds, and Mr. Hendren has helped oversee the Firm’s platform equity investments, in addition to non-control investments. Prior to founding Siris, Mr. Hendren served as a Managing Director at Ripplewood Holdings LLC, a global private equity firm. Mr. Hendren started his career at Georgia Pacific and was a member of the mergers and acquisitions group of Goldman Sachs. Mr. Hendren earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.Sc. from Indiana University.

Mr. Ian Silverman (Partner & Chief Financial Officer) joined Siris in 2013. Prior to joining Siris, Mr. Silverman worked at Tenex Capital Management and was responsible for finance, tax, administration and human resources. Before joining Tenex Capital, he spent over 8 years at Ripplewood Holdings LLC, where he most recently served as Chief Financial Officer. Earlier in his career, Mr. Silverman held finance and accounting roles at Morgan Stanley and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Mr. Silverman has a B.S. in Accounting from Rutgers College. He is a CFA charterholder and is a member of the CFA Institute and New York Society of Security Analysts.

Ms. Ciara Roche (Senior Advisor - Compliance) has worked with the Siris team since its founding in a number of senior operating and compliance roles, including as COO, CCO, and Managing Director of Compliance and Operations. Prior to joining Siris, she was with CBay Systems, a former SAC PCG portfolio company, from 2009 to 2011 as Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development. Prior to that, Ms. Roche was a Managing Director at Ripplewood/RHJI having joined in 2000. Ms. Roche started her career as a consultant for McKinsey & Company in London and later in Los Angeles. Ms. Roche has an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. in Economics from Trinity College Dublin.

Mr. Seth Harward (Managing Director – Business Development) joined Siris Capital Group in 2026. In his role, Mr. Harward oversees the firm’s business development activities.  Prior to joining Siris, Mr. Harward was most recently a Managing Director at Piper Sandler in the firm’s merchant banking group, where he helped lead the firm’s technology investing efforts and served on the Investment Committee.  Prior to joining Piper Sandler, Mr. Harward was a Partner at Frontier Growth, where he evaluated growth-stage software companies and was instrumental in building and leading the firm’s origination and business development capabilities.  Earlier in his career, Mr. Harward served as Director of Business Development at the Council for Entrepreneurial Development in Research Triangle Park, where he developed and managed strategic relationships with investment firms, intermediaries, corporations, and entrepreneurs to support the entrepreneurial business community across the Southeast.

Mr. Jared Nadan (Principal - Investor Relations) joined Siris in 2019. Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Nadan was an Associate in the Corporate Strategy & Development group at BlackRock in New York. Mr. Nadan graduated from Emory University's Goizueta Business School where he received a B.B.A. in Finance.