Jason Brein is a partner with Francisco Partners and focuses on investments in the application software and education technology sectors. Prior to joining Francisco Partners in 2012, Jason worked at Elevation Partners, a technology-focused private equity fund in Silicon Valley. Prior to this, Jason was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs in New York, where he worked on M&A and financing transactions in the insurance and banking industries. Jason also worked at Permira Advisers, a large-cap global private equity firm, in its Technology, Media, and Telecommunications group. Jason serves on the board of directors of Civitas Learning, Discovery Education, NMI, Renaissance, and Verifone. Jason formerly served on the board of directors of Capsilon, Corsair, CoverMyMeds, Metaswitch Networks, myON, and Paymetric.