William Goodman

Senior Managing Director, Tech Investment Banking

William Goodman is a Senior Managing Director of Tech Investment Banking at SVB Securities. In this role, he helps lead the firm’s technology investment banking strategy and initiatives, with a focus on Technology Services & Telecommunications. With 15 years of experience, he has built extensive relationships and has proven expertise in technology services and telecommunications, mergers and acquisitions, leveraged finance, and with financial sponsors.

William joined the firm in 2021 from UBS where he was a Managing Director focused on advising technology services and telecommunications companies. While at UBS, he worked on many transactions including, but not limited to, Cinven’s significant investment in Nitel; the sale of Ensono to KKR; the sale of a stake in Park Place Technologies to Charlesbank; the sale of Secure-24 to NTT; the sale of Great Plains Communications to Grain Management; advised Antin Infrastructure Partners on its acquisition of FirstLight Fiber; advised Apax Partners on its acquisition of Herjavec Group. Prior to this, he was at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. and Redwood Capital Partners.

He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Philosophy from Northwestern University.