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Manuel A. Henriquez is the co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Hercules Technology Growth Capital. Henriquez is a 25-year veteran of the venture capital and financing community. Under his leadership, the firm has completed investments of more than $2.2 billion to over 160 companies.
Prior to co-founding the Company, Henriquez was a Managing Director at VantagePoint Venture Partners from August 2000 through July 2003 where he focused on technology investments. He is also the former president and chief investment officer of Comdisco Ventures, a division of Comdisco, Inc., a leading technology and financial services company, from November 1999 to March 2000. Prior to that, from March 1997 to November 1999, Henriquez was a Managing Director of Comdisco Ventures and a senior member of the investment team that originated over $2.0 billion of equipment lease, debt and equity transactions from 1997 to 2000. Henriquez serves on the board of directors of one of the Company's portfolio companies: E-Band Communications Corporation, supplier of ultra high capacity of wireless solutions.
Henriquez received a B.S. in Business Administration from Northeastern University and was recently named to the University's Board of Directors. He also previously served on the Board of Directors for Charles Armstrong School, an independent elementary and middle school that serves students with language-based learning differences.
H. Scott Harvey
Co-Founder, Chief Legal Officer Chief Compliance Officer » More
H. Scott Harvey is a co-founder of the Company and has been our Chief Legal Officer since December 2003. Mr. Harvey has over 20 years of legal and business experience with leveraged finance and financing public and private technology-related companies. Since July 2002, and prior to joining us, Mr. Harvey was in a diversified private practice. Previously, Mr. Harvey was Deputy General Counsel of Comdisco, Inc., a leading technology and financial services company, from January 1997 to July 2002. From 1991 to 1997, Mr. Harvey served as Vice President of Marketing, Administration & Alliances with Comdisco, Inc. and was Corporate Counsel from 1983 to 1991. Mr. Harvey received a B.S. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Missouri, a J.D. and LLM in taxation from The John Marshall Law School and an M.B.A. from Illinois Institute of Technology.
Jessica Baron
Vice President of Finance and Interim Chief Financial Officer » More
Ms. Baron has served at Hercules since 2006 as the Company's Corporate Controller and as the Company's Vice President of Finance and Interim CFO since 2010 and Interim CFO. During her tenure at Hercules, Ms. Baron has played a lead key role in all aspects of financial reporting, financial process and systems design and implementation. Prior to joining Hercules, she was served in strategic finance roles at Cisco Systems, Inc. from 2004 to 2006 and at Levi Strauss and Company from 2002 to 2004. Ms Baron also served as a finance and accounting manager at Dominion Ventures and Dominion Capital Management from 2000 to 2002. She also was at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in supervisory roles in both its consulting and business assurance divisions from 1997 to 2000. Ms. Baron earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Biology and a Master of Arts degree in Sociology from Stanford University and a Master of Business Administration degree with an emphasis in Finance from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business. She is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of California.
Scott Bluestein joined the company in November 2010 as Chief Credit Officer. Mr. Bluestein brings extensive financial services and credit experience to Hercules. Most recently he served as founder and partner of Century Tree Capital Management, a fund established to make senior secured debt investments with warrants and equity co-investments to small and micro cap public and private companies. Prior to that, he was managing director at Laurus — Valens Capital Management, where he had responsibility for a $500 million investment portfolio, including new investments, portfolio management, and restructurings. Prior to that, Mr. Bluestein worked at UBS Investment Bank, where he was a member of their Financial Technology Coverage Group. Mr. Bluestein received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Emory University.
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Manuel A. Henriquez is the co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Hercules Technology Growth Capital. Henriquez is a 25-year veteran of the venture capital and financing community. Under his leadership, the firm has completed investments of more than $2.2 billion to over 160 companies.
H. Scott Harvey is a co-founder of the Company and has been our Chief Legal Officer since December 2003. Mr. Harvey has over 20 years of legal and business experience with leveraged finance and financing public and private technology-related companies. Since July 2002, and prior to joining us, Mr. Harvey was in a diversified private practice. Previously, Mr. Harvey was Deputy General Counsel of Comdisco, Inc., a leading technology and financial services company, from January 1997 to July 2002. From 1991 to 1997, Mr. Harvey served as Vice President of Marketing, Administration & Alliances with Comdisco, Inc. and was Corporate Counsel from 1983 to 1991. Mr. Harvey received a B.S. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Missouri, a J.D. and LLM in taxation from The John Marshall Law School and an M.B.A. from Illinois Institute of Technology.
Ms. Baron has served at Hercules since 2006 as the Company's Corporate Controller and as the Company's Vice President of Finance and Interim CFO since 2010 and Interim CFO. During her tenure at Hercules, Ms. Baron has played a lead key role in all aspects of financial reporting, financial process and systems design and implementation. Prior to joining Hercules, she was served in strategic finance roles at Cisco Systems, Inc. from 2004 to 2006 and at Levi Strauss and Company from 2002 to 2004. Ms Baron also served as a finance and accounting manager at Dominion Ventures and Dominion Capital Management from 2000 to 2002. She also was at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in supervisory roles in both its consulting and business assurance divisions from 1997 to 2000. Ms. Baron earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Biology and a Master of Arts degree in Sociology from Stanford University and a Master of Business Administration degree with an emphasis in Finance from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business. She is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of California.
Scott Bluestein joined the company in November 2010 as Chief Credit Officer. Mr. Bluestein brings extensive financial services and credit experience to Hercules. Most recently he served as founder and partner of Century Tree Capital Management, a fund established to make senior secured debt investments with warrants and equity co-investments to small and micro cap public and private companies. Prior to that, he was managing director at Laurus — Valens Capital Management, where he had responsibility for a $500 million investment portfolio, including new investments, portfolio management, and restructurings. Prior to that, Mr. Bluestein worked at UBS Investment Bank, where he was a member of their Financial Technology Coverage Group. Mr. Bluestein received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Emory University.