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Corporate Advisory Board

Prem G. Abraham
Mr. Abraham is Chairman of Gladstone Abraham Group, a San Francisco based private merchant banking group Mr. Abraham has launched numerous companies in the high technology sector as either a founding board member or as Senior Advisor to the CEO. He has advised prominent companies such as Philips, Hewlett Packard, Xerox and Westinghouse Electric; as well as venture capitalists and leading investment banks in special financing situations. Mr. Abraham has an MBA from Harvard University and a MSME from UC Berkeley where he was a doctoral candidate.

Mr. Abraham held senior positions in leading corporations based in the San Francisco Bay Area prior to forming Gladstone Abraham Group. His corporate experience includes five years with the nuclear division of General Electric Company at San Jose, a special assignment in corporate planning at Atlantic Richfield, five years as Managing Director of International Resource Exchange and two years as Division Business Manager of the Materials Division of Corporate Technology at Raychem Corporation in Menlo Park, reporting directly to the Chairman.

While with International Resource Exchange, he advised such companies as Fairchild Semiconductor, SRI International, American Microsystems, and Amdahl Corporation on Joint Ventures and strategic partnerships in India, Singapore and Japan.

As Chairman of Gladstone Abraham Group, he enjoys working with entrepreneurial managers and technology leaders in helping build great companies with an emphasis on corporate finance, strategy and execution in the global environment. Fields of experience include artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, information technology, telecommunications & energy (infrastructure), biotechnology and medical devices.

Following is a partial list of companies advised by Gladstone Abraham Group:

Start-up’s – Greybridge, Chromaline , EON Systems(HP), Kalpana (Cisco), SelectQuote, Transvivo, Phyton, Cadant

Management led Buy-out’s – Osborne Computers, Lynx Data, Mirage Systems, American Telecorp, Xicor.

Corporate Spin-off’s – Netbuy (from Amdahl), Gnostic Concepts (McGraw-Hill),Landel Telecom.

Mr. Abraham is Emeritus President of the Harvard Club of the Peninsula. He has been active in civic organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area and is a long time supporter of Rotary International and the San Francisco Symphony. He currently serves on the boards of The Harvard Club of San Francisco and The San Francisco International Programs and as advisor to The Eisenhower Foundation in Philadelphia. Mr. Abraham lives in Pacific Heights with his wife and young daughter.

Excecutive Board

Jens Moeller
An expert in Professional Services, Business Process Outsourcing and CRM, Jens Moeller has more than a decade of experience delivering high value recommendations to a wide range of businesses in multiple industries. Jens has a Diploma in Business Economics from Frankfurt University. He edited one of the first European books about Call Center Outsourcing and many articles on his topics of interest. Jens has been working with many Blue Chip companies and SMEs in industries such as Media/Broadcasting/Cable TV, Software & IT, Professional Services & BPO (Outsourcing), Retail Banking, FMCG Retail & Mail Order, Local Government, Consumer Electronics, Automotive and Public Transportation. He lives in London.