Brian D. Bailey

Brian D. Bailey has served as a director of Bandwidth since February 2013. Brian is a co-founder and managing partner of Carmichael Partners, a private investment firm based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Prior to forming Carmichael Partners, he worked in private equity at The Carlyle Group in Washington, Forstmann Little & Co. in New York, and Carousel Capital in Charlotte. In addition to his private equity background, Brian previously held investment banking positions at Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co. in Charlotte and CS First Boston in New York and served in several government positions in Washington including Special Assistant to the President in the Office of the White House Chief of Staff and Director of Strategic Planning and Policy at the U.S. Small Business Administration. Brian currently serves on the boards of Bandwidth, Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Republic Wireless, and the TDF Foundation. Brian holds a B.A. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.