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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.



 
Managment Team

The Advisory Council is a forum for ideas and industry initiatives leading to the potential development of new and innovative products and services and mapping out Gravitas' long-term "Strategic Intent" in the marketplace.



Terri Lecamp
Founding Partner and Chief Operating Officer at Plainfield Asset Management

Prior to joining Plainfield, Terri he managing partner of TLC Partners, LLC, a strategy and financial advisory firm which she founded in 2001. From 1995 to 2001, Ms. Lecamp served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development at Automatic Data Processing Corporation, a global provider of outsourced services for payroll and human resources. Ms. Lecamp was responsible for external investments for ADP's largest business unit including mergers, acquisitions, minority investments and strategic partnerships. From 1987 to 1995, Ms. Lecamp worked as an associate and then a Vice President in the Investment Banking division at Salomon Brothers Inc. She played a senior coverage role in Salomon's Telecommunications Group from 1994 to 1995 and was a product specialist in high yield and financial restructuring in the Merchant Banking Department from 1990 to 1994. During her tenure at Salomon, Ms. Lecamp worked on over $11 billion of financial restructurings, and debt and equity financings. Ms. Lecamp received a B.A. in business administration from the University of Washington in 1983 and an M.B.A. from Columbia University in 1987. Max Holmes first associated with Ms. Lecamp in 1991.


Mark J. Rubin, Esq.
Chief Financial Officer of New Vernon Capital

Mark Rubin is the Chief Financial Officer of New Vernon Capital. Prior to joining New Vernon Capital, Mr. Rubin co-managed an investment partnership and served as CFO for Aerotec, LLC (a private-equity funded engineering services company). Prior to joining Aerotec, Mr. Rubin was a Vice President at Ascent Financial, LLC, a Chicago-based private equity firm, where he was responsible for sourcing and evaluating investment opportunities as well as managing several of the funds portfolio companies. Mr. Rubin, an attorney and a CPA, practiced law for three years with Chicago-based Altheimer & Gray focusing on securities and corporate law matters and prior to that, worked as a CPA with Arthur Andersen & Co. Mr. Rubin received his JD, Magna Cum Laude, from the University Of Illinois College Of Law and his BS in Accounting from Indiana University.


Dan Nagpal
Chief Technology Officer at QVT Financial

Biography to be updated shortly.


Anupam Ghose

Director Prime Services Credit Suisse

Anupam Ghose is a Senior Member of the Prime Services Group at Credit Suisse. He is a visionary and one of the architects of the Advanced Prime Offering. Anupam has been instrumental in bringing best of breed partners to Credit Suisse as part of Advanced Prime Offering. He is actively engaged in converting large clients to the Credit Suisse platform. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Anupam ran the program training desk at Goldman Sachs. Prior to that he was one of the partners at Spear, Leeds, and Kellogg and was part of the integration team when it was bought by Goldman Sachs. He was awarded an MBA from the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College.


Kevin Collins
President of KMC Coaching and Consulting Inc

Kevin Collins has a 20+ year record of success and achievement in entrepreneurial software, hardware and consulting sales and business development. KMC Coaching and Consulting Inc leverages that experience to deliver individual, group and organizational results. An excellent sales strategist, coach and mentor Kevin Collins has recruited and built high performance sales teams and consulting organizations. He has done this by focusing on developing key skills that allow individuals and organizations to adapt to change and seize growth opportunities. Prior to starting KMC Coaching and Consulting Inc. Kevin held the roles of Vice President of Sales and Vice President of Business Development at Computer Associates and Area Manager for Rational Software where he started their NYC Metro software and consulting operations. He was also a Global Account Manager for Bay Networks/Synoptics and helped develop their NYC based financial services business using System Integrators. Kevin received his BA from Stony Brook University. He is a graduate of the Strategic Coach Program and is a certified Kolbe Consultant. Kevin is also an active Sensei (instructor) and Second Degree Black Belt in Tai-Zen Jiu-Jitsu.


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