Doug Matheson

Doug Matheson serves as Co-Founder and Operating Partner at Portfolio Partners Group, bringing more than 25 years of experience leading go-to-market strategy, new market launches, and sales & marketing organizations for global technology and telecommunications companies. His career, shaped by senior operating roles at Ericsson, Sprint, along with early career experiences at Verizon, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, and most recently as COO/Operating Partner for a PE-backed SaaS business, is defined by his ability to identify commercial gaps, redesign go-to-market engines, and position businesses for scaled, profitable growth.

At PPG, Doug focuses on driving sustainable EBITDA expansion by aligning management, operations, and governance with sponsor investment theses and exit goals. He possesses deep expertise related to B2B and B2C subscription business models, with extensive experience in all areas of commercial growth from go-to-market planning, sales and marketing strategy to operations, delivery and support. Acting as a hands-on commercial architect, he partners with portfolio company CEOs and leadership teams to refine solution packaging, sharpen product messaging, refine pricing models, optimize channel distribution and build repeatable revenue-generation systems that support aggressive growth targets.

By translating board-level growth strategies into practical commercial playbooks, Doug enables PE and VC sponsors to convert investment hypotheses into measurable revenue and margin outcomes. His track record—from new market launches ($0 to $150M ARR in 4 years), closing landmark managed services agreements and launching industry-first 5G experiences to scaling new wireless offerings while consistently exceeding targets—gives investors confidence that the commercial side of the value-creation plan is understood, executable, and built to outperform over the life of the investment.