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Rob co-founded Horizon in May 2003. Rob acts as the Chief Executive Officer of Horizon Technology Finance Management LLC with full responsibility for the strategy and execution of Horizon's business plan. Rob chairs the senior credit committee and the senior management committee. Prior to founding Horizon, Rob was President of GATX Ventures, Inc. (a subsidiary of GATX Corporation engaged in the venture lending business) from 2000 to 2003, with full profit and loss responsibility including managing a staff of 39 and chairing the investment committee with credit authority. GATX Ventures, Inc. had total assets of over $270 million. Before joining GATX Ventures in July 2000, Rob was Executive Vice President of Transamerica Business Credit (a subsidiary of Transamerica Corporation engaged in the venture lending business) and a co-founder of its Transamerica Technology Finance division. Rob was the general manager of Transamerica Technology Finance from 1996 to 2000, with full profit and loss responsibility, credit authority and responsibility for a staff of 50 and over $480 million in assets. Prior to co-founding Transamerica Technology Finance in September 1996, Rob served as Senior Vice President of Financing for Science International, Inc., a publicly traded venture financing and healthcare leasing company that was acquired by Finova Capital Corporation in August 1996, from 1989 to 1996. Rob was the second in command, and chaired the investment committee. Rob started his career with Crocker Bank in 1974 and has over 30 years of diversified lending and leasing experience. Rob earned both a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California at Berkeley. | 