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Founder and President of Rockport Solutions, a privately owned New York City-based company that focuses on automated solutions for the real estate and asset securitization industries. Mr. Jarrett also serves as a private advisor and investor to venture firms, as well as a board member of several companies. From 1986-2001, he was a founding member and senior executive of Thomson Financial, a leading vendor of information and technology solutions to the global financial community. During this time, he founded and directed Thomson Financial’s Corporate Venture Capital Group, served as the CEO of all non-US operations for seven years, and founded and developed many of the products and services for Thomson Financial’s Straight Through Processing (STP) initiatives, including the Thomson Electronic Settlement Group (now Omgeo). He joined Thomson Financial in 1986, with the acquisition of First Call/Technical Data Corporation, where he was a Principal and Chief Economist. Mr. Jarrett has an M.B.A. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a Ph.D. in Financial Economics from Harvard Business School. He worked as a Research Associate at the Harvard Business School and as a Professor at Simmons College Graduate Management Program. He previously served as a Captain in the U.S. Army after graduating with honors from the United States Military Academy at West Point. | 