Mr. O'Connor is a senior investment professional with over a decade of private equity and venture capital experience. Prior to joining TTGA Advisers, Mr. O'Connor held senior management positions within Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT). Mr. O’Connor was Co-Founder and Managing Director of Motorola Ventures, the venture capital and private equity investment arm for Motorola, where he led numerous global transactions. In 2006, Mr. O’Connor was named to the American Ventures Magazine (AVM) "40 UNDER 40" list. In his most recent role, Mr. O’Connor also led Motorola’s Innovation Program where he built several high growth businesses for the corporation, including the initial successful launch of the development team for the Google – Motorola “Droid” product. Before Motorola, he worked for A.T. Kearney as a management consultant and the U.S. Treasury Department in the areas of Domestic and International Finance as a White House Fellow. Additionally, he held roles at Ariel Capital Management, Sidley & Austin, the U.S. House Ways & Means Committee and the City of Chicago Finance Committee. Mr. O’Connor is Co-Chair of the Chicago Entrepreneurial Center (CEC) and a Board member of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, the Chicago Urban League, Kohl Children’s Museum, Children’s Home + Aid, the Big Shoulders Fund for the Archdiocese of Chicago's inner-city school fund and serves as a Trustee on the Board of the Field Museum of National History. He is a Henry Crown Leadership Fellow of the Aspen Institute. He holds a BA (Government) and JD from Georgetown University and an MBA from the Northwestern University J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management.