Jason Kurtz is a Senior Advisor for Accel-KKR.
Prior to joining Accel-KKR, Jason served as the Vice President and General Manager of Ariba’s Network and Financial Solutions. He was responsible for the growth of the Ariba Network, which provides inter-enterprise collaboration capabilities for buying and selling organizations. Under his leadership, the business grew from $24 million in revenue to over $160 million in revenue in three years. In his eleven years at Ariba, Jason held multiple other roles including Vice President of North American Sales and Vice President of Strategic Sourcing Services.
Prior to Ariba, Jason was a Director in Arthur Andersen’s Business Consulting specializing in Supply Chain services. During his career, he has worked across numerous industries and served some of his firms’ biggest clients including BellSouth (now ATT), ExxonMobil, Dell and Bank of America.
Jason’s current board seats include iSolved and Unimarket.
Jason earned his MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business at Virginia and his BBA and BJ from The University of Texas at Austin.
* Senior Advisors are consultants who are not employees of Accel-KKR or its affiliates, but have a strategic relationship with Accel-KKR and/or provide advice or services to Accel-KKR or its portfolio companies.