Prior to joining Wedge Partners in 2005, Mr. Blair was a Managing Partner with Dorado Capital Management with principal responsibilities for managing the firm's technology investments. Previously, Mr. Blair was Vice President of Equity Research at Bluewater Capital in New York, a long/short equity hedge fund focused on the technology sector. Mr. Blair�s coverage at Bluewater Capital included the software, communications semiconductor, enterprise hardware and wireless sectors. Mr. Blair was also an equity analyst at Banc of America Securities where he covered the wireless Internet sector and handled due diligence for a number of secondary offerings and IPOs. Prior to Banc of America, Mr. Blair was a Senior Associate in Equity Research for the Credit Suisse First Boston Technology Group where he worked on the #1 ranked Institutional Investor PC Hardware/Software Team as well as the #2 ranked Wireless/Telecom team. During his tenure at Credit Suisse, Mr. Blair�s research teams handled due diligence for more than 20 IPOs. Mr. Blair holds a B.A. from Brigham Young University. |