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Mr. Stone brings to East Peak Advisors more than 12 years of experience advising technology companies on cross-border mergers and acquisitions and capital raisings in both the U.S. and Asia. The hallmarks of Mr. Stone's career have been his emphasis on strategic advisory work, his passion for knowledge within his focus industries, and his deep experience and relationships in China and India. Mr. Stone began his finance career in New York, and then opened Prudential Securities' first office in China in 1994. Mr. Stone, who is fluent in Chinese, served as Managing Director and Head of Asian Investment Banking at Prudential in Hong Kong, where he advised leading regional companies in wireless, enterprise software, online commerce and marketing and other areas in private equity, strategic M&A, and public equity transactions. Mr. Stone then served as a managing director at the Prudential Volpe Technology Group in San Francisco, where he focused on the venture community. After working with Crimson Ventures, he started East Peak Advisors. Mr. Stone earned his B.A., with Highest Honors, from the University of California at Berkeley, his M.A., with Distinction, from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. At Harvard, Mr. Stone won Fulbright and MacArthur Scholarships for his work on China and India. Mr. Stone holds Series 3, 7, 8, 24 and 63 securities licenses. | 