--- title: "The Capstreet Group Announces the Addition of Wayne Washburn" description: "Wayne has joined Capstreet as Vice President, Technology. Wayne will lead Capstreet’s efforts related to technology and product strategy acceleration for..." url: https://capstreet.multisites.ai/news/the-capstreet-group-announces-the-addition-of-wayne-washburn publisher: Capstreet phone: +1-713-332-2700 contact: https://capstreet.multisites.ai/contact --- # The Capstreet Group Announces the Addition of Wayne Washburn OtherPublished May 23, 20193 min read ![Capstreet team members at Houston Reads Day](https://capstreet.multisites.ai/_astro/houston-reads-day.DxNd9bIr_Z23gxjt.webp) Wayne has joined Capstreet as Vice President, Technology. Wayne will lead Capstreet’s efforts related to technology and product strategy acceleration for portfolio companies. Before joining Capstreet, Wayne worked for one of Capstreet’s portfolio companies, symplr as VP of Development and VP of Product. Prior to symplr, Wayne worked at a variety of software companies in different industries – software engineering, project management, platform health and monitoring and financial. Wayne has over 35 years of commercial software experience as a developer, architect and executive, managing Development, IT and Product Management groups. “We are very pleased to add Wayne as the first member of our Operating Executive team,” said Adrian Guerra, Partner at Capstreet. “We look forward to building a network of functional experts that will play a key role in accelerating portfolio company initiatives.” ## About The Capstreet Group The Capstreet Group is a Houston, Texas based private equity firm that invests in owner-managed, lower middle market companies. Capstreet targets companies operating in the value-added distribution, industrial services and manufacturing, and business to business service sectors. 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