People: GSV Capital Corp (GSVC.W)

GSVC.W on CBOE When Trading NASDAQ Global Select Market

8.01USD
23 May 2013
Price Change (% chg)

$0.51 (+6.80%)
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$7.50
Open
$7.49
Day's High
$8.01
Day's Low
$7.49
Volume
300
Avg. Vol
598
52-wk High
$12.15
52-wk Low
$6.86

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Michael Moe

 49 2010 Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer

Stephen Bard

 52 2011 Chief Financial Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, Treasurer, Corporate Secretary

David Crowder

 46 2012 Executive Vice President

Luben Pampoulov

 30 2011 Vice President

William Campbell

 72 2012 Director

Catherine Friedman

 51 2013 Director

Mark Klein

 50 2011 Director

Mark Flynn

 56 2011 Independent Director

Leonard Potter

 51 2011 Independent Director

R. David Spreng

 2011 Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description

Michael Moe

 Mr. Michael T. Moe serves as Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of GSV Capital Corp. He is primarily responsible for overall investment strategies and portfolio management. In addition, Mr. Moe has served as co-founder, chief executive officer and chief investment officer of GSV Asset Management since 2010. Mr. Moe also co-founded GSV Media, a research firm focused on non-public rapidly-growing companies, in 2009. Mr. Moe previously co-founded and served as chairman and chief executive officer of ThinkEquity Partners, an investment banking firm focusing on venture capital, entrepreneurial and emerging growth companies, from 2001 to 2008. Prior to founding ThinkEquity, Mr. Moe served as head of Global Growth Research at Merrill Lynch from 1998 to 2001, and before that served as head of Growth Research and Strategy at Montgomery Securities from 1995 to 1998. In 2006, Mr. Moe published his critically acclaimed book Finding the Next Starbucks: How to Identify and Invest in the Hot Stocks of Tomorrow (Penguin/Portfolio Books, 2006). Mr. Moe is currently a member of the board of directors of SharesPost, a private secondary market, and ePals, the worlds K-12 social learning network. He is also a member of the advisory board of Institutional Venture Partners (IVP). Mr. Moe earned his BA in Political Science and Economics at the University of Minnesota and is a CFA charter holder.

Stephen Bard

 Mr. Stephen D. Bard serves as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, Treasurer, Corporate Secretary of GSV Capital Corp. In addition, Mr. Bard has served as a principal and managing member of GSV Asset Management since 2010. Mr. Bard co-founded GSV Asset Management in 2010, and he is the firm’s chief operating officer. From 2001 to 2009, Mr. Bard served as chief operating officer and a member of the board of directors of Fuller & Thaler Asset Management (“Fuller & Thaler”), an institutional investment firm. As chief operating officer of Fuller & Thaler, Mr. Bard built out and managed the firm’s non-investment team and infrastructure. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Bard managed the West Coast for Fidelity Management Trust Company (now Pyramis Global Advisors). Mr. Bard has also held senior consultant and business development roles at Hewitt Associates from 1988 to 1996 and New York Life Investment Management from 1996 to 1998. Mr. Bard is currently a trustee of the Crystal Springs Uplands School and a board member of the CFA Society of San Francisco, where he chairs the Investment Committee. Mr. Bard ’s other board and committee service includes work with Purisima West Funds, the Hillsborough Schools Foundation, The Olympic Club Investment & Endowment Committee and Blue Chip Exec. Mr. Bard earned his BS from Duke University and his MBA from the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Bard is also a CFA charter holder.

David Crowder

 Mr. David Crowder is appointed as the Executive Vice President of GSV Capital Corp. Mr. Crowder has been an Advisory Board Member at GSV Asset Management since 2011, where he has focused primarily on sourcing and managing investments. Before he joined GSV Asset Management, Mr. Crowder was a General Partner of Thomas Weisel Venture Partners, which he co-founded in 2000. During that time, Mr. Crowder played a key role in raising the funds, recruiting the team, and managing the fund’s investments, while also serving on the boards of several portfolio companies. Prior to his time at Thomas Weisel Venture Partners, Mr. Crowder was a founding partner of Thomas Weisel Partners, a Senior Managing Director and head of the Software and Internet Group at Montgomery Securities, and an investment banker at Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mr. Crowder received his BA in Finance from the University of Utah and his MBA from Harvard Business School.

Luben Pampoulov

 Mr. Luben Pampoulov serves as Vice President of GSV Capital Corp., since 2011. In addition, Mr. Pampoulov has served as co-founder and co-portfolio manager of GSV Asset Management since 2010. Mr. Pampoulov also co-founded GSV Media, a research firm focused on private rapidly-growing companies, in 2009. Prior to joining GSV Asset Management, Mr. Pampoulov served as an analyst and co-portfolio manager at ThinkEquity Partners from 2006 to 2008. Mr. Pampoulov earned his BA from UCLA in 2006.

William Campbell

 Mr. William V. Campbell is appointed as the Director of GSV Capital Corp. Mr. Campbell has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Intuit Inc. since 1998 and has served on the Board of Directors of Apple Inc. since 1997. He previously served as Intuit's president and CEO from 1994 to 1998 and as CEO from 1999 until 2000. Mr. Campbell is also the Chair of the Board of Trustees of Columbia University and a director of The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame, Inc.

Catherine Friedman

 Ms. Catherine J. Friedman is appointed as the Director of GSV Capital Corp. Ms. Friedman has served as an independent consultant serving public and private growth companies since 2006. Prior to that, Ms. Friedman held the position of Managing Director at Morgan Stanley from 1997 to 2006 and Head of West Coast Healthcare and Co-Head of the Biotechnology Practice at Morgan Stanley from 1993 to 2006. Ms. Friedman has been a director of Board of XenoPort Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, since 2007 and also serves on its Audit and Governance Committees. Ms. Friedman joined the Board of Enteromedics, a publicly traded medical device company in 2007 and also serves as the Chair of its Audit Committee. She has been a Board member of the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula for seven years, where she serves on the Executive and Program committees. Ms. Friedman is a member of the Board of Trustees for Sacred Heart Schools in Atherton. She is a graduate of Harvard University and received an MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.

Mark Klein

 Mr. Mark D. Klein serves as Director of GSV Capital Corp. Mr. Klein also served as a director of New University Holdings Corp., a capital pool company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, since its inception in 2010 through August 2011, when NUH merged with ePals, Inc., the world’s K-12 learning network provider. In addition, from April 2010 until May 2011, Mr. Klein served as the Chief Executive Officer, President and a Director of 57th Street General Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company, until it completed a merger with Crumbs Bake Shop. Mr. Klein continues to serve as a Director of Crumbs. Between 2007 and 2009, Mr. Klein served as the Chief Executive Officer, President and a Director of Alternative Asset Management Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company he helped form in 2007, and which completed a merger with Great American Group LLC. From 2007 until 2008, Mr. Klein served as the Chief Executive Officer of Hanover Group US LLC, an indirect US subsidiary of the Hanover Group. Prior to joining Hanover in 2007, Mr. Klein served as Chairman of Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. From March 2005 to September 2006, he was Chief Executive Officer and President of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services, Inc., the parent of Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., and Chief Executive Officer of Ladenburg Thalmann Asset Management Inc., a subsidiary of Ladenburg Financial Services, Inc. Prior to joining Ladenburg Thalmann, from June 2000 to March 2005, Mr. Klein served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of NBGI Asset Management, Inc. and NBGI Securities, which were the US subsidiaries of the National Bank of Greece. Mr. Klein also maintains registration with the Klein Group, LLC as a registered representative and Principal. Mr. Klein is a graduate of the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, with a Masters of Management Degree, and also received a Bachelors of Business Administration Degree with high distinction from Emory University.

Mark Flynn

 Mr. Mark W. Flynn serves as Independent Director of GSV Capital Corp. Mr. Flynn has managed Trilogy Capital Partners, a Menlo Park California based private investment firm, since its formation in 1997. Prior to forming Trilogy, Mr. Flynn worked in various capacities in the investment banking groups at Salomon Brothers and Volpe, Brown & Whelan. During his investment-banking career Mr. Flynn primarily worked with technology and health care companies. At Salomon Brothers, he was responsible for the Global Software and Internet investment banking activities. Previously Mr. Flynn worked for Arthur Young and Company in the High Technology practice. Mr. Flynn previously served as a regent at St. John’s University and as chairman of The Preserve Company. He was also a member of the board of directors of the DAPER Fund at Stanford University as well as a number of privately held companies. He is a graduate of Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota and received an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Leonard Potter

 Mr. Leonard A. Potter serves as Independent Director of GSV Capital Corp. Mr. Potter is currently the President of a private family investment office. From August 2009 through August 2011, Mr. Potter served as the Chief Investment Officer of Salt Creek Hospitality, a private acquirer and owner of hospitality related assets. From December 2002 through July 2009, Mr. Potter was a Managing Director — Soros Private Equity at Soros Fund Management LLC (“SFM”) where, from May 2005 through July 2009, Mr. Potter served as co-head of the Private Equity group and a member of the Private Equity Investment Committee. From September 1998 until joining SFM in 2002, Mr. Potter was a Managing Director of Alpine Consolidated LLC, a private merchant bank, and from April 1996 through September 1998, Mr. Potter founded and served as a Managing Director of Capstone Partners LLC, a private merchant bank. Prior to founding Capstone Partners, Mr. Potter was an attorney specializing in mergers, acquisitions and corporate finance at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and Willkie Farr & Gallagher. Mr. Potter is currently a member of the board of directors of Solar Senior Capital, Ltd. (“SUNS”), Solar Capital Ltd. (“SLRC”) and GSV Capital, each a business development company, and 57th Street General Acquisition Corp., the owner of Crumbs Holdings LLC (“CRMB”), and has previously served as a board member of several other public companies. He also serves on the boards of three private companies, including Hilton Worldwide. Mr. Potter has a B.A. from Brandeis University and a J.D. from the Fordham University School of Law.

R. David Spreng

 Mr. R. David Spreng serves as Independent Director of GSV Capital Corp. Mr. Spreng is the founder and has served as managing general partner of Crescendo Ventures, a venture capital firm, since its formation in 1998. Mr. Spreng has been active in the formation and development of nearly 50 technology companies, 17 of which have completed initial public offerings. Mr. Spreng has been a participant and a panelist at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, and is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers selection committee and on the World Economic Forum’s Steering Committee for Entrepreneurship and Growth Strategies. Mr. Spreng also presently sits on the advisory board of the Silicon Valley Executive Network, is a member of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and previously served as a member of the board of, and chairman of the Government Affairs Committee of, the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). Mr. Spreng currently serves on the board of directors of a number of private technology-focused companies. In addition, Mr. Spreng previously served on the board of directors of Compellent Technologies, a publicly-traded provider of enterprise-class network solutions, from 2006 to 2011, prior to its acquisition by Dell. Mr. Spreng has previously been named as a defendant in several cases arising out of his service as a member of the board of directors of three public companies. Mr. Spreng is a graduate, with distinction, of the University of Minnesota.

Insider Trading

Name Shares Traded Price

CROWDER DAVID V

 200 $7.93

CROWDER DAVID V

 100 $7.94

CROWDER DAVID V

 300 $7.93

CROWDER DAVID V

 100 $7.94

CROWDER DAVID V

 4,200 $7.95

CROWDER DAVID V

 100 $7.92

POTTER LEONARD A

 5,300 $7.25

POTTER LEONARD A

 1,700 $7.18

KLEIN MARK D

 52 $7.04

CROWDER DAVID V

 1,400 $7.01

KLEIN MARK D

 148 $7.03

MOE MICHAEL T

 1,000 $6.98

KLEIN MARK D

 4,800 $7.05

MOE MICHAEL T

 2,500 $8.82

MOE MICHAEL T

 5,500 $8.75

MOE MICHAEL T

 500 $8.81

MOE MICHAEL T

 2,500 $8.76

MOE MICHAEL T

 500 $8.74

KLEIN MARK D

 2,500 $8.75

KLEIN MARK D

 2,500 $8.63
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