Jay E Ferguson

Bio

Jay Ferguson (Partner) joined Kline Hawkes & Co., a Los Angeles-based investment fund, at inception. He is a member of the investment committees for Kline Hawkes California, L.P. and Kline Hawkes Pacific, L.P. and has been actively involved in substantially all of Kline Hawkes’ investments since the firm’s inception. KH Growth Equity Fund, formed in early 2007, makes growth equity investments in rapidly growing private companies that generate revenue of $2 million to $25 million. The fund focuses on companies with proven products and services and an established customer base. KH Growth Equity Fund is led by Jay Ferguson, Klaus Koch, Nicholas Memmo and Alain Rothstein, all of whom are principals of Kline Hawkes & Company. Selected current and past board seats and board observer positions for Mr. Ferguson include: Advanced Products Corporation, MicroNet Technologies, Evant, Overture Services (formerly GoTo.com), CampusLink Communications, TranSoft Networks, UFO Communications and Via Medical. Mr. Ferguson previously worked in the investment banking industry for both Merrill Lynch & Co. and Smith Barney Inc. While at Merrill Lynch, he was a member of the Energy and Natural Resources Group and the General Corporate Finance Group. From 1989 to 1994, he worked on over 30 public and private transactions for numerous emerging growth and middle market companies, raising in excess of $4 billion. Mr. Ferguson received a B.B.A in Finance from Southern Methodist University and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. At the Anderson School, he was named a Toigo Fellow and a Venture Capital Fellow. He also interned with Warburg, Pincus & Co. Mr. Ferguson is a member of the Governing Board of the Robert Toigo Foundation and a board member of California ALL. Additionally, Mr. Ferguson is a member of the Board of Trustees for The Wildwood School and a board member of the Los Angeles Urban League. In 1998, he received the Robert A. Toigo Foundation’s Outstanding Alumnus of the Year award. In June 2006, he was named to Black MBA Magazine’s list of “Top 50 Under 50” Corporate Executives for 2006. Mr. Ferguson is a past-president of the UCLA Anderson School’s Alumni Association, a former member of the Board of Visitors at the Anderson School and was the recipient of the 2006 UCLA Anderson Outstanding Alumni Service Award. He is a former member of the Steering Committee for the Cedars-Sinai Sports Spectacular, and served on the Board of Governors for NASBIC from 1999-2001.