James Suprenant leads William Blair’s efforts as managing director in the outsourced, IT services and professional services sectors. Previously, Jim held outsourced, IT and professional services roles with CIBC/Oppenheimer; Lehman Brothers; and Friedman, Billings and Ramsey. His transaction experience includes the CareTech Solutions sale to HTC Global Services; the CLS Communication sale to Lionbridge Technologies; the Welocalize sale to Norwest Equity Partners; Paradigm Tax Group sale to The Riverside Company; Emergency Communications Network sale to Veritas Capital; and OneSource Virtual minority investment from Technology Crossover Ventures. Jim earned an MBA from the University of Maryland and a BS in finance from Georgetown University.