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John R. Jacobs, 53, has served as a director of Fuel Systems since May 2004 and is currently Chair of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. Since June 2005, Mr. Jacobs has been a partner of Northwest Capital Appreciation, a private equity firm headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Mr. Jacobs was previously a managing partner of Capital Run, an investment bank headquartered in Seattle, Washington, and the co-founder and Managing Partner of Pacific Capital Partners LLC, a boutique M&A investment bank, which merged with Capital Run in September 2003. Prior to Pacific Capital Partners, Mr. Jacobs was the managing member and co-founder of U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray’s Venture Capital Partner Funds. While at Piper Jaffray, Mr. Jacobs founded and headed the Technology Investment Banking Practice, served on the Piper Jaffray Investment Banking Group Head Management Committee, and ran Piper Jaffray’s Seattle, Washington Investment Banking office. Mr. Jacobs started his career at Chase Manhattan Bank in New York City in the Technology and Private Placement Groups. Mr. Jacobs graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University with honors and received a master of International Management from the American Graduate School of International Business.
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