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Gerald A. Poch, a managing co-head of Pequot Ventures, joined the firm in 1998. He has more than 30 years of operating and investment experience and is a senior member of Pequot Ventures' investment committee. Mr. Poch is directly responsible for Pequot Ventures' investments in applied technology. Prior to Pequot, Mr. Poch served as chairman, president and CEO of GE Capital Information Technology Solutions, an independent provider of information technology products and services. Mr. Poch was also cofounder, co-chairman and co-president of AmeriData Technologies, Inc., a NYSE company, until its acquisition by GE Capital in 1996. Prior to founding AmeriData, Mr. Poch was president of SBC Technologies, Inc., a nationwide operator of radio stations. From 1979 until 1983 he was senior vice president of TIE/Communications, Inc. and president of Technicom, Inc., two public telecommunications companies. Mr. Poch currently serves on the boards of directors of iBiquity Digital, MTM Technologies (NASDAQ: MTMC), Navic Networks, NewRiver, Reflexis Systems, SPADAC and Tectura. Mr. Poch is a member of the bar in the states of New York and Massachusetts and was general counsel to the North America Telecommunications Group of ITT Industries, Inc. and practiced law with the Wall Street firm of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft L.L.P. Mr. Poch holds a BS from the University of Connecticut and a JD from Boston University Law School, where he was managing editor of the Boston University Law Review. | 