Kevin Barnes

Group Head & Senior Operating Partner, Portfolio Technology

📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States🔄 Updated October 2026💼 3 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2019
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Board Observer
Aug 2019
HOMEE is leading the digitization of property claims. HOMEE’s pioneering technology connects insurers, policyholders and skilled service providers throughout the lifecycle of a claim. The HOMEE Claims platform, in combination with a highly curated network of service providers, is utilized by leading firms in the insurance sector to dramatically improve the claims experience for policyholders. HOMEE is backed by more than $55M in investment from leading insurance companies and other strategic investors such as Liberty Mutual, State Farm, The Hartford, Desjardins and Ferguson Ventures. For additional information on the HOMEE Claims Platform visit www.HOMEE.com.
Board Observer
Nov 2018
Payzer provides HVAC and Plumbing contractors with easy-to-use software, world-class support, and secure payments with Payzerware, the all-in-one management tool designed for the trades. Features include Scheduling, Dispatch, Customer Management, Invoicing, Sales Proposals, Maintenance Plans, Reporting, and so much more! To schedule a free Payzerware demo, visit www.payzer.com or call 1-866-488-6525. No contract. No hidden fees. No brainer.
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2025
Group Head & Senior Operating Partner, Portfolio Technology
Jan 2025
H.I.G. Capital (“H.I.G.”) is a leading global private investment firm with $74 billion in equity capital under management.* Since its founding more than 30 years ago, H.I.G. and its family of funds, spanning private equity, real estate, growth equity, and credit, have invested in and managed over 400 companies worldwide. Today, the firm oversees a portfolio of companies generating more than $53 billion in combined annual sales. H.I.G. specializes in providing capital to small and mid-sized companies with attractive growth potential. Its investments typically focus on management-led buyouts and recapitalizations of well-managed, profitable manufacturing and service businesses. The firm also has deep expertise in operational turnarounds and financial restructurings. H.I.G.’s proven investment strategy is built around three pillars: (1) a flexible and responsive approach that emphasizes speed and adaptability, (2) a large, skilled team with a collaborative, “can-do” mindset, and (3) a consistent and long-standing focus on small and mid-sized businesses, typically valued between $50 million and $500 million, with a clear understanding of their unique opportunities and challenges.* Headquartered in Miami, H.I.G. has U.S. offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Stamford, as well as affiliate offices in Europe (Hamburg, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Paris), Latin America (Bogotá, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo), the Middle East (Dubai), and Asia (Hong Kong). *Based on total capital raised by H.I.G. Capital and its affiliates.
2020
Partner
Jun 2020
Fortium Partners is the largest team of operating technology executives in the world serving public, private, and private-equity owned organizations across all industries. We engage world-class operational leaders in technology leadership roles (CIO, CTO, and CISO) via innovative and compelling arrangements such as Interim, Fractional/Part-Time, and Situational Leadership initiatives. Fortium’s operating executives have 25 or more years of technology experience, most recently in a senior operating leadership role. We call that Technology Leadership-as-a-Service - Fortiums on-demand technology leadership offering. Technology Leadership. Reinvented. Headquartered in Dallas, TX, FORTIUM PARTNERS operates across the United States through regional hubs the East, Midwest, South Central, and West. We respond to global technology leadership opportunities as the Fortium brand is increasingly associated with the future of technology leadership.
2019
Board Observer
Aug 2019
HOMEE is leading the digitization of property claims. HOMEE’s pioneering technology connects insurers, policyholders and skilled service providers throughout the lifecycle of a claim. The HOMEE Claims platform, in combination with a highly curated network of service providers, is utilized by leading firms in the insurance sector to dramatically improve the claims experience for policyholders. HOMEE is backed by more than $55M in investment from leading insurance companies and other strategic investors such as Liberty Mutual, State Farm, The Hartford, Desjardins and Ferguson Ventures. For additional information on the HOMEE Claims Platform visit www.HOMEE.com.
2018
Board Observer
Nov 2018
Payzer provides HVAC and Plumbing contractors with easy-to-use software, world-class support, and secure payments with Payzerware, the all-in-one management tool designed for the trades. Features include Scheduling, Dispatch, Customer Management, Invoicing, Sales Proposals, Maintenance Plans, Reporting, and so much more! To schedule a free Payzerware demo, visit www.payzer.com or call 1-866-488-6525. No contract. No hidden fees. No brainer.
Founder & Vice President: Ferguson Ventures ➢ Innovation Strategy ➢ Investment Strategy
Feb 2018
Ferguson plc (NYSE: FERG; LSE: FERG) is a leading value-added distributor in North America providing expertise, solutions and products from infrastructure, plumbing and appliances to HVAC, fire, fabrication and more. We exist to make our customers’ complex projects simple, successful and sustainable. Ferguson is headquartered in the U.K., with its operations and associates solely focused on North America and managed from Newport News, Virginia. For more information, please visit www.fergusonplc.com.
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