Susan Blanco is a co-founder of the firm and serves as Managing Director.

Before joining ArchPoint, Susan was a principal in the Technology practice at Montgomery & Co. where she was responsible for providing merger and acquisition advisory, corporate finance and capital raising services to growth companies in that sector.

Before joining Montgomery & Co., Susan was a managing director at The Nasdaq Stock Market.  Prior to that she was a vice-president at JPMorgan H&Q where she executed several billion dollars in M&A transactions and equity and debt transactions with clients in the technology, media and telecom sectors. Before working in investment banking, Susan had an operations background and worked in the storage industry in a variety of international and domestic business development roles.

Susan has a technology background with advanced degrees in engineering and physics. She has a Master of Science in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics from the University of California, Berkeley.  

Susan serves on the Finance Committee of the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, and is the Membership Chair of the San Francisco Opera Guild (Peninsula Chapter).