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Biographical Overview

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Transactions over the last 25 years include

Mergers & Acquisitions and Financings involving:

@Mobile, Accel, Adaptive Media, Allegis, Ault, Allstar Systems, Accrue, Alerion, Andromedia, Autodesk, Austin Ventures, Beatnik, Battery Ventures, Brilliant Digital Entertainment, BackWeb, Bessemer Ventures, CAPS Universal, Certicom, CapRock, CBV Holdings, Career Education Corp, CXR, Delano, Digimarc, DataChannel, Diversified Corporate Resources, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Driveway, Elron, ESPS, Everblue, Frame Relay, FTI, Graphix Zone, Greylock, Great Bear Technology, Geographics, Hallcon, HID/Assa-Abloy, Helysis, Hirsch Electronics, Hologram Industries, InfoGenesis, InSilicon, Integrated Decision Systems, Integrian, Intellectual Technologies, IBT, Identix, Imaging Automation, Ivize, IWL Communications, Lasercard, Limited Gaming, Luthi Machinery, L-1 Identity Solutions, Lumidigm, LSA, Liquid Audio, Loudeye, Macromedia, Mohr Davidow, Mitek Systems, Maupintour, Pacific Coast Packaging, Pan-Ag Labs, Mannkind, Magma Design, Microcosm, Mpath/HearMe, McAfee.com, Media Arts, March Networks, Manchester Equipment, Mission Critical, Mobinetix, Mid City Bancorp, Motorola/Printrak, Magic Software, NetObjects, NetBotz, Netegrity, New Enterprise Associates, Nam Tai Electronics, Oak Investment, Overland Data, Oxycal Labs, Olympic Venture Partners, Peacock Aerospace, PenWare Systems, PenUltimate, Portrait Display Labs, Phoenix Technology, Preview, PDF Solutions, Prudential, Puma Technologies, QuestMark, RIM Group, Robertson Stephens, RRE, Rustic Canyon, Ravisent, Software.com/Openwave, Sequoia, Shelter Capital, Standun Corporation, Solid Technology, Simplex, Safran/Sagem, Synplicity, Shockwave, Softbank, SCM/Identive, Real Networks, Spatial Technology, SecureMark, StarPress, Summit, Syagen, Securify, TA Associates, Technology Crossover Ventures, Transact Technologies, Tag-It Pacific, Trax, Viisage, Tivo, US Venture Partners, Uniworld, United Packaging, VantagePoint, Verisity, VideoNetworks/Pathfire, Vicente Partners, Virage, Visto/GoodTechnology, Wedgstone, Whitmont, Webtrends, Warburg Pincus.

John Joseph

( Jay )

Beaghan

An expert with a 25 year career successfully managing enterprise-building and strategic activities for private and public companies, Jay has been involved with initiating, structuring, negotiating and bringing to fruition more than 100 Mergers & Acquisitions, Venture Capital or Private Equity Financings, Public Offerings and Private Debt or Institutional Equity fundings totaling $8 Billion in value. With a deep and broad understanding of Technology (Software, Digital Media, Security) and Services businesses, Jay has guided management teams through some of the most transformative accomplishments in their corporate histories.

Leading such efforts and related practice groups for respected firms like Robertson Stephens, Jay has built a reputation as a detailed, experienced and insightful executive with strong communication skills, a seasoned and straightforward style, outstanding drive and an unwavering commitment to exceptional outcomes. Jay has served as an impact player alongside high-level colleagues in team based endeavors, as well as being personally responsible for producing noteworthy quantifiable results while achieving critical goals on complex independent missions that report directly to Boards of Directors.

Recognized in several publications and awarded Technology Deal of the Year Over $100M by M&A Advisor, his significant and diverse real-world experience rests on a solid educational foundation comprised of an undergraduate degree from University of Notre Dame, where he focused on Accounting and Finance, as well as a professional doctorate from Loyola where Jay emphasized Corporate Law (mergers & acquisitions, securities, tax, finance). He supports multiple worthy causes and has served as an Advisory Board Member for the Alfred Mann Foundation AMI effort to accelerate delivery of life-enhancing health care and device technologies to those in greatest need. Jay is a father, skier, traveler, waterman and auto enthusiast.