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Andy is Executive Managing Director of Globespan Capital Partners and is based in the firm’s Boston office. He serves or has served on the boards of Ocular Networks (acquired by Tellabs), Silknet (NASDAQ: SILK), edocs , Idiom Technologies , Incipient, m-Qube, Silicon Dimensions , Vericept Corporation, and Virtusa . Andy has also led investments in Aptis Communications (acquired by Nortel Networks), Argon (acquired by Siemens), Cerulean Technology (acquired by Aether), Net Perceptions (NASDAQ: NETP) and Pirus Networks (acquired by Sun Microsystems). Prior to Globespan, Andy was Senior Managing Director of JAFCO Ventures, where he established the Boston office in 1997. Previously, Andy directed Trans National Group’s venture investing. Andy negotiated TN’s investment in Infoseek (NASDAQ SEEK) and Interzine (acquired by TimesMirror). He also negotiated TN’s investment in the consolidation of ProMark Teleservices and S&P Data to form International Data Response Corporation (acquired by Telespectrum; NASDAQ TLSP). Andy received an AB in East Asian Studies and Economics, magna cum laude, from Harvard College and received an MBA, with Distinction, from Harvard Business School. Andy serves on the Advisory Board of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Harvard Business School’s Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, and is a National Commissioner for the Anti-Defamation League. Andy is fluent in Japanese. | 