Tricia Salinero
Managing Director
Newforth Partners LLC

Salinero has successfully completed more than 50 technology mergers and acquisitions valued at nearly $4 billion over her 20 years in technology. Salinero's rich transaction history includes a dozen deals in the photo and media industry, including PhotoWork's acquisition by American Greetings, and several transactions involving patents in the photo space.

Prior to founding Newforth in 2002, Salinero spent seven years at Broadview International, a global M&A advisor for IT, communications, healthcare technology and media companies. Salinero was instrumental in numerous transactions including the Kingston / SoftBank equity sale, the INS acquisition of VitalSigns, and the SoftBook Press sale to Gemstar.

Earlier, Salinero held business development positions at SuperMac, a peripherals company, where she managed the Apple OEM agreement and drove the launch of CinePak, a compression algorithm. As a consultant at Arbor Group, she provided acquisition strategy for Scitex and ATI Technologies.

Salinero holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley and an MPA with a concentration in organizational development from California State University, East Bay.