Alfred W. "Al" Zollar 

Alfred W. "Al" Zollar
DIRECTOR SINCE

April 9, 2019

SKILLS AND EXPERTISE
  • Experience in private equity and financing, operating and investing in companies
  • Technology and information management expertise
  • Extensive service on the boards of several large public companies
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS
  • Technology Committee (Chair)
  • Risk Committee
OTHER CURRENT PUBLIC COMPANY BOARD SERVICE
  • International Business Machines Corporation
  • Nasdaq, Inc.

 

Mr. Zollar serves as an Executive Advisor at Siris Capital Group, LLC, a private equity firm specializing in value-oriented mid-market tech buyout investments, since March 2021. Mr. Zollar served as an Executive Partner from February 2014 to March 2021. Prior to that, Mr. Zollar held various senior management positions at IBM Corporation during his 34-year career at that company, including most recently as General Manager of IBM Tivoli Software.

 

In addition to his current public company board service, Mr. Zollar serves as a board member of GCOM, LLC. Mr. Zollar previously served as a Director of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated from 2012 until 2023,  of The Chubb Corporation from 2001 until 2016, and of Red Hat, Inc. from 2018 until 2019. Mr. Zollar is also a Harvard Fellow from the 2011 cohort of the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University, a member of the Executive Leadership Council and a lifetime member of the National Society of Black Engineers. Mr. Zollar serves on the boards of the non profits EL Education, Eagle Academy Foundation and U.C. San Diego Foundation. Mr. Zollar earned his master’s degree in applied mathematics from the University of California, San Diego.