Mr. Eghbali co-founded Clearlake in 2006. Prior to co-founding Clearlake, Mr. Eghbali was a private equity investor at TPG where he focused on buyouts, turnarounds, and other transformational investments in the business services, communications/media, and technology sectors. Mr. Eghbali started his career in investment banking in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Jefferies Broadview and in the Technology Group at Morgan Stanley & Co. 

Mr. Eghbali currently serves on the Board of Directors of several Clearlake portfolio companies, including Appriss, Chelsea F.C., Confluence, Constant Contact, Cornerstone OnDemand, DigiCert, Diligent, Discovery Education, EagleView, InvestCloud, Ivanti Software, Newfold Digital, FINThrive, Perforce, Quest, Symplr, and Victory Live. Mr. Eghbali also serves on the Board of Directors of other non-profit corporations.

Mr. Eghbali graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration with an emphasis on Finance from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.