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JJ Freitag

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Board Member at Optis Consulting
📍 Nashville, Tennessee, United States

As SVP of Corporate Development at Arctic Wolf, JJ Freitag leads global M&A and inorganic growth strategy. With over 30 years of experience, he specializes in scaling cybersecurity and SaaS companies, drawing on his education from Stanford University and Columbia Business School.

A Stanford Athletics record book from 1994 lists a J.J. Freitag for the 100-yard breaststroke, suggesting a possible background in competitive swimming during his time at the university.

He has executed over 50 deals across M&A, VC, and advisory, and was part of the leadership team that scaled Coupa Software from $25M to $1B in revenue.

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Experience
30 Years
Current Role
Board Member
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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Cybersecurity M&A
Leads global M&A at Arctic Wolf, actively acquiring 3-5 companies annually to enhance their AI-driven security platform, and recently acquired Cylance.
SaaS Business Scaling
Was a key part of the leadership team that successfully scaled Coupa Software from $25 million to $1 billion in revenue through organic growth and acquisitions.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
Board Member
Optis Consulting
7-2024
Senior Vice President of Corporate Development
Arctic Wolf
7-2014 - 3-2024
SVP, Corporate Development, Managing Director Coupa Ventures (promoted from VP)
Coupa Software
2012 - 2018
Corporate Strategy, M&A
Independent
7-2009 - 3-2013
Chief Operating Officer
SlideRocket
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Optis Consulting – Board Members (including JJ Freitag). Featured in Shore Capital Partners
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Education
1989 - 1994
BA
Stanford University
2004 - 2006
MBA
Columbia Business School
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