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Andrew Perlman, co-founder, president and chief executive officer at GreatPoint Energy, is an entrepreneur who has co-founded six venture-backed companies in four separate industries. Prior to founding GreatPoint Energy, Mr. Perlman served as the chief executive officer and co-founder of Coatue Corporation, a microelectronics company developing novel polymer materials for use in the semiconductor industry, where he orchestrated the merger of Coatue Corp. with Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD), the world�s largest manufacturer of flash memory chips, in June 2003. In 1995, Mr. Perlman founded Cignal Global Communications, a pioneer in voice over data network communications, and served as president until 2000. At that time, he helped orchestrate the sale of the company to United Pan-European Communications (NASDAQ: UCOMA), one of the largest cable operators in Europe. Mr. Perlman has also co-founded Coskata Ethanol, a cellulosic ethanol technology developer; Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company developing treatments for diseases of old age; and Zafgen, a developer of anti-obesity therapeutics. In addition to GreatPoint Energy, Mr. Perlman is a managing partner with GreatPoint Ventures, a specialized investment firm focused on early stage commercialization of new, cutting-edge technologies. Since its inception in 2001, he has played an integral role in the forming and building of companies active in a broad spectrum of investment sectors including energy, biotech, telecom, material science and semiconductors. Collectively, these companies have raised in excess of $200M from some of the leading venture capital and private equity investors in the world. Mr. Perlman was selected by the Boston Business Journal as one of its �40 Under 40� most promising business people in Massachusetts and has been profiled by the Wall Street Journal as a leading young entrepreneur on the move. | 