Joe is the CEO & Founder of OceanSound. He was formerly a Partner at Veritas Capital and a Managing Director at The Blackstone Group. Earlier in his career, Joe was at Credit Suisse First Boston and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Joe holds a Top-Secret government security clearance, is a member of Southern Methodist University’s Cox...

Ted is the President & Co-Founder of OceanSound. He was formerly a General Partner at TCV and a Managing Director at The Blackstone Group in private equity. Earlier in his career, Ted was a Vice President in the Credit Suisse First Boston Technology Group.  He began his career at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell. Ted holds a...

Jeff is a Partner and Co-Founder of OceanSound. He was formerly a Principal at H.I.G. and at Veritas Capital. Earlier in his career, Jeff was a Vice President in the Leverage Finance Group at Goldman Sachs and began his career at Morgan Stanley. Jeff holds a Top-Secret government security clearance and is a volunteer firefighter...

Ariel is a Partner at OceanSound where he leads the portfolio value creation efforts. Prior to joining OceanSound in 2022, Ariel was the President & CEO of ChyronHego. Previously, he was an Operating Partner and the Head of Value Creation at Vector Capital and a Senior Principal at The Boston Consulting Group. Ariel began his...

Addison is a Partner at OceanSound and joined the firm in 2021. He was previously a Director at EQT Partners and an Associate at Harvest Partners. Addison began his career as an Analyst at Deutsche Bank in the Business Services Group.

Ted is a Partner at OceanSound and joined the firm in 2025. He was previously a Principal at Veritas Capital and an Associate at Summit Partners. Ted began his career as an Analyst at UBS Investment Bank.

David is a Partner at OceanSound and is one of the firm’s founding investment professionals. Prior to joining OceanSound in 2019, he was a Vice President at CI Capital Partners and an Associate at Veritas Capital. David began his career as an Analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the Financial Institutions Group. David...

Jake is a Principal at OceanSound. Prior to joining OceanSound in 2022, he was an Associate at PSG and Excellere Partners. He began his career as an Analyst at Piper Sandler.

Riley is a Principal at OceanSound. Prior to joining OceanSound in 2025, he was a Vice President at New Mountain Capital. Before joining New Mountain in 2019, he worked in the Media & Communications group at Morgan Stanley.

Sam is a Principal at OceanSound. Prior to joining OceanSound in 2023, he was a Vice President at Thoma Bravo. Earlier in his career, Sam was at Spectrum Equity and began his career as an Analyst at North Point Advisors.