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Aaron
Brinker
Chief Operating Officer |
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Mr. Brinker
became Chief Operating Officer of the Company in
July 2006. Since 2004, Mr. Brinker has been the
founder and General Partner of MAS Enterprises,
GP, which successfully opened and manages three
Fantastic Sams® franchise hair salons in the
East Bay area of San Francisco. Fantastic Sams
is the world's largest full service hair care franchise
with salons located throughout the United States,
Canada, Singapore, Taiwan and Japan.
From 1998 to 2004, Mr. Brinker served as a Director
of SVB Capital. SVB Capital is the private equity
arm of SVB Financial Group (Nasdaq: SIVB), a $4 billion
financial services firm serving companies in the
technology, life science, private equity and premium
wine markets. Mr. Brinker helped raise, invest, and
manage SVB Capital’s first two venture capital
fund of funds in excess of $385 million. The SVB
Capital suite of funds exceeds $700 million and includes
fund of funds, co-investment funds, venture debt
funds and special debt funds.
Mr. Brinker also served as Board Member and Treasurer
of Friends for Youth, a non-profit organization dedicated
to providing youth mentoring services. He also volunteers
as a wish grantor for Make-A-Wish Foundation, which
grants the wishes of children with life-threatening
medical conditions. Mr. Brinker earned a Bachelor
of Science degree in Finance from Santa Clara University
in 1998.
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