Mr. Stetson brings to Caris the unique perspectives of a software entrepreneur who is also a seasoned investment banker with fifteen year?s experience advising growth companies. For the past three years, Mr. Stetson was CFO and senior strategic executive at Xpoint Technologies, a venture backed provider of disaster recovery and security software. While at Xpoint Mr. Stetson managed an aggressive growth plan that saw the Company's Rapid Restore software deployed to more than 30 million desktops, laptops and servers around the world. Prior to Xpoint, Mr. Stetson was Co Head of Technology Investment Banking for Gerard Klauer Mattison, where he was responsible for all new business activities in the Software and IT Service segments and was an early advocate for web-based software and digital services. Prior to GKM, Mr. Stetson served as head of Equity Capital Markets for Lehman Brothers' Global Technology Group, where he managed over $3 billion in equity and equity-linked offerings for emerging growth clients in North America, Taiwan, Europe and Israel. Prior to Lehman Brothers, Mr. Stetson spent a decade at Dillon, Read where he delivered a full range of services to Consumer and Technology companies at in North America and Europe. Mr. Stetson received his MBA in Finance from the Wharton School and his BA in Economics from Colgate University, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa. |