Episode 194 - Jamie is the Chairman and President of Andalusia Historic House, Gardens and Arboretum.

Jamie Biddle is the founding partner and CEO of Verdis Investment Management, a single-family office. He sets the strategic direction of the firm and overseas investment activities, operations, and finance. Jamie is behind portfolio construction, manager sourcing and selection, due diligence and risk management. He is an active member of the Investment Committee.

Jamie brings more than two decades of investing and operating experience across asset classes and industries. Prior to forming Verdis Investment Management in 2004, Jamie was President and CEO of Orcom Solutions. Orcom was an outsourced customer care and billing service for electric, gas, and water utilities across North America. The company was originally purchased by a group of private equity firms (including the Blackstone Group and Thomas H. Lee Partners) led by Jamie and was sold to Alliance Data Systems (NYSE:ADS) in December 2003. Jamie began his career as a VC at EnerTech Capital Partners, funding technologies in energy and power.

He earned his Master’s in Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Jamie is the Chairman and President of Andalusia Historic House, Gardens and Arboretum and Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees and Chair of the Museum Committee of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.