Herringbone is built by two groups of people. The team that finds, structures, and supports every acquisition, and the leaders who built the companies in the portfolio and still run them today.
The first group is why founders trust the process. The second is the proof that the process works. Additional founders join the roster as their companies are announced.
Raj Ramanan is a former McKinsey and KKR operator who has led more than 100 M&A processes and closed 10+ digital marketing transactions. He served as COO of Scorpion, where he expanded margins by 400 basis points and drove 21% growth, and previously turned around a local media company and a local digital agency. Raj also co-founded Loku and led it through a competitive, multi-suitor sale — building, scaling, and exiting businesses at every stage.
Michael previously served as VP of Finance & Strategy at Power Digital, where he built and scaled the finance and accounting functions amidst a 45% 6-year CAGR. He translated financial results and forecasts into actionable business initiatives, owning annual planning and board-level financial communications. Combined with earlier roles in investment banking and private equity, Michael brings extensive M&A experience across 15+ closed transactions, leading buy-side and sell-side due diligence and post-close integrations.
An early pioneer of law firm SEO, Jason has been reverse-engineering search since 2001 and wrote the book on it, literally, with Law Firm SEO. He grew Hennessey Digital from two people to a team of more than a hundred and onto the Inc. 5000 repeatedly. He still leads the firm today.
Seth scaled his own firm, Price Benowitz, from two lawyers to nearly forty before turning that growth engine into an agency. He built BluShark into the leading name in single-market legal SEO and continues to lead it.
Micki spent more than two decades running personal injury firms, eventually as COO of a nine-office practice, before bringing that operator’s view to cj Advertising. She helped transform a three-decade TV agency into a full-service marketing platform and leads its client strategy today.
The operating and M&A team
The Herringbone team has founded and led tech startups, marketing agencies, and media businesses serving local operators, which means they have sat in the same seat as the founders they acquire. That’s the difference between a buyer and a partner who has done it before.