Mr. Hobby is a founding partner of Genesis Park, a Houston-based private equity firm and lead investor in Alpheus Communications. Mr. Hobby has been intimately involved in traditional media businesses, working in and around radio, newspaper and television operations. In 1994, Mr. Hobby conceived and executed a strategy for integrating station operations through improved information technology. That company, Columbine JDS Systems, Inc., became, through internal software development and acquisitions, the largest provider of media software and services in the world. Mr. Hobby sold that company in late 1997 to a NYSE listed company. Until February 2006, Mr. Hobby was Chairman of CapRock Services, Inc., the largest satellite telecommunications provider serving the global energy business. He currently serves on the boards of publicly traded companies including, Stewart Title and NRG. Mr. Hobby is a graduate of the University of Virginia and the University of Texas School of Law, where he has served as an adjunct faculty member and been honored as an Outstanding Young Alumnus. |