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Kenneth B. Sawyer, Managing Director
Mr. Sawyer is currently a Managing Director for Saints. Before founding
Saints in 2000, he was formerly the Head of Mergers and Acquisitions of
Prudential Volpe Technology Group, a division of Prudential Securities.
From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Sawyer was the Head of Strategic Advisory Services
and Mergers and Acquisitions at Volpe Brown Whelan & Co., a privately
held investment bank focused on emerging growth companies in technology
and healthcare and later acquired by Prudential Securities in December of
1999. While at Volpe, Mr. Sawyer advised over 100 companies on strategic
issues, assisted in completing over 50 M&A transactions totaling several
billion dollars, assisted in completing several strategic private placements
and IPOs, and reviewed and approved IPOs of internet and technology companies
as a member of the Commitment Committee. Mr. Sawyer grew his department's
revenue by over 8 times in the three years at Volpe Brown Whelan & Co.
Mr. Sawyer has served on the Board of Directors and as the CFO of a publicly
traded company, New Image Industries, which was sold to Dentslpy. Mr. Sawyer
was also the CEO and founder of TECS, an employment agency. Mr. Sawyer worked
briefly at Leo Burnett Advertising Agency as well as the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Mr. Sawyer serves on the Board of Directors, or is
a Board Observer at Cleargauge, Continuous Computing, Mirapoint, Sidestep,
and HK Systems.
Mr. Sawyer received his Masters of Business Administration from
the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He earned his Bachelor
of Science with honors in Industrial Engineering at Stanford University.
Mr. Sawyer was elected as a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta
Pi honor societies. Mr. Sawyer also studied at the University of
Tours in France and the Copenhagen School of Business.
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