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The Board of Directors is comprised of highly accomplished individuals from the
financial services and information technology industries. Each board member
is actively involved in the company's strategic direction and governance.
Jayesh A. Punater
President & CEO
Jayesh Punater is the founder and visionary behind Gravitas Technology. He was the
first in the marketplace to focus on high quality service combined with a "holistic"
view of technology providing small and mid-sized financial services firms a complete
outsource option of their IT operations. Jayesh focuses on Gravitas' growth strategy
and manages overall operations with the management team. Prior to founding Gravitas,
Jayesh held management positions in various technology consulting and manufacturing
companies, including Manager of the Financial Services Vertical for New York based
system integrator DNA, and Manager of Technical Support for high-end workstations
manufacturer 68000 Inc. Jayesh has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Arizona
Sate University and has extensive executive training in marketing, finance, and
management. He has also taught a course on entrepreneurship at Fordham University.
John J. McCloy II
Chairman
John McCloy brings substantial business development, strategic, operational, and
financing expertise to the Gravitas Technology team. He was a senior executive at
Brown Brothers, Harriman & Co., partner in an asset management firm, partner
in a venture capital firm, and Chairman/CEO of Noise Cancellation Technologies,
Inc. He is the Managing Partner of First New York LLCO, a multi-faceted investment
firm. John is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the American Council
on Germany, and was on the Advisory Board of Princeton University. He is a director
of Sound Shore Mutual Fund and sits on the boards of several companies. John is
a graduate of Princeton University.
Larry Hutcher
Board Member
Larry Hutcher has more than 25 years of experience in all aspects of corporate law
and commercial litigation. He concentrates on employment related disputes and contract
negotiations. Mr. Hutcher serves as general counsel to closely held and public companies,
from their initial start-up (including the formation of the appropriate entity,
the drafting and negotiation of shareholder / operating / partnership agreements)
to the subsequent purchase and sale of assets and/or entities. Mr. Hutcher works
with numerous high-tech companies, advising them on all aspects of their employment
relations, business operations, and corporate governance.
Ulf Svensson
Board Member
Ulf Svenssons has held the position of Global Head of Electronic transaction Services
for Hedge Funds, Product Development Mananger and Consultant within Deutsche Bank.
While working as Director of Technology for JD Capital Management LLC in Greenwich,
CT, he concurrently held a position with Imperitus, LLC, an IT management company.
Svennson has also acted as Chief Technology Officer for Soros Funds Management,
buildiing, upgrading and modernizing their technology and applications infrastructure.
Svensson maintains an additional Board of Directors membership with Fruitline AB
in Helsingborg, Sweden, and advisory roles in several companies affiliated with
Soros Funds Management.
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