Matt Sommi

Senior vice President, Private equity

 

Based in Philadelphia, Matt helps lead Bespoke’s client engagement efforts across the firm’s suite of services.

Prior to joining Bespoke, Matt spent 8 years in research and business development at GLG, supporting private equity due diligence efforts and building relationships with GLG’s middle market private equity firms. 

Matt graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University, where he received his B.A. in Economics with a focus in finance, while competing on the University’s lacrosse team. 

Outside of work, Matt can be found cleaning bottles for his daughter, losing to his wife in tennis and exploring the eastern seaboard with his family.

1

Amazing Daughter

2

Family horses that have run at Belmont Stakes

3

Younger Siblings

Adam Boone

Chief Marketing Officer

 

“Boone” has orchestrated strategy, launches and marketing programs for more than 100 products, services and ventures generating billions of dollars in revenue and many multiples of enterprise value.

Sequoia Capital, Goldman Sachs, Greylock, Bessemer Ventures and other top tier private capital investors have backed Boone’s companies in a range of sectors including software, telecommunications, cybersecurity, and networking.

Boone has led marketing, demand generation, branding, product management, services marketing, or alliances marketing programs for numerous successful companies including Avaya-acquisition Sipera, Sequoia start-up Syndesis, Subex, CoManage, and others. He has driven joint marketing programs and go-to-market initiatives with iconic industry leaders including Microsoft, IBM, GE, AT&T, Oracle, Comcast, Cisco, Ciena and Samsung.

Boone holds an MBA in Business Strategy from the WP Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and completed the Competitive Marketing Strategy Program at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

In his personal time, Boone enjoys travel, fine food and wine, mountain biking, playing and listening to music, and movies.

70+

Countries I have traveled to.

17,000

Highest elevation in feet that I have camped, at Mt. Everest Rongbuk Base Camp in Tibet.

6

Number of rescue dogs my wife and I have allowed to take over our home.

Jessica Socha

Senior Team Lead, Research

 

Jessica joined Bespoke Partners as a Research Team Lead in the San Diego, CA office in October 2022. Prior to joining Bespoke, Jessica held multiple leadership roles with Target, most recently as a Human Resources Manager. As an HR leader, she focused on team member engagement, staffing, training, and driving over $60M in sales in 2021. Prior to her HR role, Jessica served as a Service & Engagement leader and focused on developing a high-performing cohort of guest advocates dedicated to providing industry-leading guest service. Through conscious talent management and purposeful communication, Jessica has excelled at developing strong teams and leading them to success.

Jessica graduated from the University of Southern California (USC) with a B.A. in Cognitive Science and a minor in Consumer Behavior. During her time at USC, Jessica served as a Resident Assistant where she mentored over 100 students to support personal and professional growth. She also volunteered as a research assistant at USC’s Brain & Creativity Institute. Outside of work, you can find Jessica hiking locally in San Diego or visiting her favorite coffee shop – Better Buzz!

76

Lifetime trips to Disneyland.

28,322+

Minutes listened on Spotify last year.

50

Cat toys shared between my two cats.

Leeta Gupta

Senior Research Analyst

 

After 18 years spent growing up in rural Missouri, Leeta moved from her family’s cattle ranch to Los Angeles where she attended the University of Southern California. Leeta studied both Psychology and Consumer Behavior during her time at USC. Prior to joining Bespoke Partners, she served as a Professional Technical Recruiter across several large entertainment companies in the greater Los Angeles area.

Since settling in Los Angeles, Leeta has developed a personal love for yoga. In 2019 she completed a 200-hour training program and currently enjoys teaching, as well as taking classes. While Leeta swears by SoCal weather, avocado toast and oat-milk lattes, you can easily find her hopping on a last-minute flight back home, eager to catch a Chiefs game and grill some grass-fed steaks from the family ranch.

952

Corepower Yoga classes completed (and counting).

8

Eggs consumed in a single setting.

6

Weeks spent on the Sussex University Ultimate Frisbee Team.