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The Fog City team of professionals and advisors includes seasoned executives from the technology, consulting, banking, and private equity industries.

ADIT ABHYANKAR

Mr. Abhyankar brings more than 12 years experience in operational, marketing and sales roles in the software, finance and logistics industries. Prior to Fog City, Mr. Abhyankar was co-founder and Vice President of Gadgetworks, a logistics software and mobile technology company which was acquired by Navis. Mr. Abhyankar was responsible for marketing, product management and business development, and led sales to some of the top retail and CPG firms in the world, including Wal-Mart. Prior to Gadgetworks, Mr. Abhyankar was an executive at Xigo, a web-native platform and application service provider, where he led the development and sales of Xigo's flagship offering to institutional investors. Xigo raised more than $24mm in venture funding, backed by top-tier firms such as New Enterprise Associates. Before Xigo, Mr. Abhyankar held an executive role at BARRA (acquired by Morgan Stanley), the leading provider of risk analysis software, and was head of the data content group which brought in over $60 million in annual revenue. He graduated summa cum laude and at the top of his class with an M.S. in Engineering and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Economics from Tulane University. Mr. Abhyankar speaks six languages and is on the Board of Advisors of the US-India Business Council.

RAVI BHASKARAN

Ravi Bhaskaran has over 24 years experience in general management, business development, and corporate development. Prior to Fog City, Mr. Bhaskaran led an investment in Gadgetworks, a logistics software company which was acquired by Navis. Under Mr. Bhaskaran's direction the company successfully signed enterprise software licenses with a number of the top retail and CPG firms in the world. Prior to Gadgetworks, Mr. Bhaskaran was the co-founder and CEO of Pyramid Consulting, a business consulting and systems integration firm. The company was acquired by Knowledge Universe (a company controlled by Larry Ellison and Michael Milken) in 1998, and by the time of its IPO in 1999 the combined entity had achieved revenues of $155 million and grown to over 1,000 employees. Prior, Mr. Bhaskaran was a management consultant at Booz Allen & Hamilton, and before that worked in the transportation and logistics industry for seven years teaming with clients including Safeway, Procter & Gamble, IBM, and Apple Computer. Mr. Bhaskaran has a B.S. from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from the University of Chicago and London Business School.

ANDREW T. MOSHIER

Mr. Moshier has over 20 years experience in operational and private business management. He has a strong financial and analytical focus, along with deep expertise working in the manufacturing sector. Prior to Fog City, Mr. Moshier was co-Owner and President of Talus Corporation, a contract manufacturer in Fremont, CA which he sold to Sanmina-SCI a $12 billion global manufacturer (NASD:SANM). Previously, Mr. Moshier was the Director of Strategic Marketing for a division of Raychem Corporation. He led an international group to develop a Strategic Plan, centered around the reorganization of U.S., German and Asian facilities. Prior to this, Mr. Moshier was a Consultant with Booz • Allen & Hamilton. His assignments concentrated on analyzing the manufacturing operations of client facilities and their suppliers. Mr. Moshier earned his MBA from the Harvard Business School and a Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering from General Motors Institute (now Kettering University).

W. BRUCE COMER

Mr. Comer has over 14 years experience in business development, finance and operations both in the United States and throughout Asia. He is currently an Advisor to Clarity Partners, an $800 million communications and media fund. He was formerly a Partner and Senior Vice President, Finance at Platinum Equity, where he played a key role in raising the firm’s first-time fund of $700 million and was actively involved in the management of the firm’s $4 billion revenue portfolio. From 2000 through 2002, Mr. Comer was the Chief Financial Officer of Pacific Crossing and Vice President of Corporate Finance at Asia Global Crossing. He led the company’s concurrent IPO and high yield offering, then later led the operational and financial restructuring of Pacific Crossing. Prior to that, he was a Vice President in Merrill Lynch’s telecommunications investment banking group, where he raised over $6 billion for clients. From 1987 to 1992, Mr. Comer was a management consultant primarily at Booz Allen & Hamilton. Mr. Comer received a Bachelor’s degree cum laude from Princeton University; a Master’s degree with Distinction in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University; and an MBA from The Wharton School. Mr. Comer is a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy.

 

SENIOR ADVISORS

DR. SAMIR MASTER

Dr. Samir Master is an experienced healthcare investor and biopharma industry executive. He is currently the Managing Partner at Fulton Ventures, LLC, a private equity group focused on building profitable biopharmaceutical companies by pairing high quality cash flows with high potential biopharma products. Previously, he was the Vice-President of Business Development and Head, Biotechnology & Specialty Pharma at Novartis Pharma in Basel, Switzerland, and was responsible for M&A up to $5bn, in-licensing, and out-licensing activities. Trained in Internal Medicine and Dermatology, Dr. Master spent six years in venture capital in the San Francisco Bay Area prior to moving to Switzerland. His Medical Doctorate is from the Northwestern Medical School, and his MBA from the Kellogg Management School also at Northwestern University.

 

MICHAEL LAVEN

Mr. Laven has extensive experience building, growing and leading successful technology firms in both Silicon Valley and Europe. He is currently the CEO of Iris Financial, a provider of equity and fixed income security trading systems; he led Iris’ buy-out by Apax Partners, a London-based private equity fund. Previously, he worked alongside Insight Capital Partners, a late-stage venture capital fund, on an investment in KW International, a London-based supplier of trading and risk management solutions. He then joined KWI as COO. Prior to KWI, Mr. Laven was President and CEO of Cohera, a developer of e-procurement solutions based in Silicon Valley, which raised $20 million in capital from major venture funds including Sequoia, Accel, Sippl-McDonald and Merrill Lynch and was subsequently acquired by PeopleSoft in 2000. Prior to Cohera, Mr. Laven was CEO of Infinity Financial Technology, a provider of risk management and trading software which held its IPO in 1997 and was acquired by SunGard Data Systems in 1998. He became the President of SunGard’s Trading and Risk Systems Division following the acquisition. Mr. Laven has also held other executive positions in both Europe and the US; he received his B.A. from Wesleyan University, an M.A. from the School for International Training, and a M.Ed. from Harvard University.

 

AMBASSADOR RAJENDRA ABHYANKAR

Ambassador Abhyankar was most recently the Indian Ambassador to the European Union, Belgium and Luxembourg. In this role, he worked with leaders in government, business and the media in both Europe and India to craft Indo-European strategic policy. He has been a champion of higher levels of commercial and political engagement with India, particularly in the information technology area in both Europe and the US. In more than 30 years in the Indian Diplomatic Services, Ambassador Abhyankar has built deep relationships and enjoys wide-access at the highest levels of business and government across the world. He has spoken on international, political and economic issues at universities and think-tanks in India, US and the Middle East. Previously, Ambassador Abhyankar held the position of Secretary in the Indian External Affairs Ministry. Prior to that he served as Consul General of India to San Francisco (1998-2001), Ambassador of India to the Republic of Turkey (1996-98) and Azerbaijan, Ambassador of India to Syria (1992-96), High Commissioner of India to Cyprus (1987-90) and Deputy High Commissioner of India in Sri Lanka (1982-84). He has also held posts in Geneva, Brussels, Baghdad, and Rome (1984-87). Ambassador Abhyankar speaks French, Italian, Greek, Arabic & Turkish in addition to four Indian languages. He is also on the executive Board of the Kunzru Centre for Defence Studies and Research, an independent Indian think-tank based in Pune, India. Ambassador Abhyankar holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Delhi.