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Jakes Srinivasan joined Authentidate as Vice President of Corporate Development on February 1, 2005. Jakes brings over 17 years of consulting, operational and entrepreneurial experience across a range of industries. Jakes was previously General Manager of Corporate Strategic Planning at Weight Watchers International, where he built and headed a new department that drove key company initiatives in the areas of finance, M&A, revenue management, e-commerce, technology and operations. Earlier, he headed Interbrand’s US Brand Value Management consulting practice, advising major corporations on maximizing the financial returns on their brand strategies. Jakes previously worked as a management consultant with Marakon Associates, providing strategic advisory services to Fortune 50 companies in multiple industries. He also co-founded and operated two technology startups, and worked for six years with the Unisys organizations in the US, UK, Mexico and India as a systems analyst. Jakes received his M.B.A. in Finance in 1994 from the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, and a B.Tech. in 1986 from the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi, India. | 