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Tom Peterson, General Partner tom@eldorado.com Tom Peterson is a veteran early-stage technology investor who has been with El Dorado Ventures since 1986. He focuses on early-stage investments in software, service and communications companies. Tom joined El Dorado in 1986 from Union Venture Corp., the venture capital arm of Union Bank of California, where he was an Investment Officer. Prior to joining Union Venture, Tom held engineering and management positions with Hewlett-Packard and General Electric. Tom received a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Board Seats: Blaze DFM, CrossLoop, Ecast, Edgewater Networks, Jigsaw, SkinStore.com, Strix Systems Other Investments: Cortina Systems, Entrisphere (acquired by Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC)), EarthLink (ELNK), Efficient Networks (acquired by Siemens (SI)), Cyras Systems (acquired by Ciena (CIEN)), Access Health (acquired by McKesson (MCK)), Rogue Wave (RWAV), MediaQ (acquired by nVidia (NVDA)), Nanosys In the News: New Global Telecom deploys Edgewater Networks’ Solution for their NGT Digital Voice for Microsoft® Response Point™ solution Walt Mossberg Calls CrossLoop Desktop Sharing Service "Simple and Effective" Crossloop Secures $6 Million in Series B Funding Cortina Systems to Acquire Storm Semiconductor CrossLoop Unveils “Computer Help Marketplace” Blaze DFM Partners With TSMC PanTerra Networks Selects Edgewater Networks, Inc. EdgeMarc Network Services Gateway to Enhance the Quality of Service for Business Voice Services Edgewater Networks, Inc. 4500T4 Network Services Gateway Selected For Covad Business T1 and Bonded T1 Services Cortina Driving 10GE Adoption with Highest Performance EDC Family, CS4212 and CS4217 Edgewater Networks Receives Product of the Year Award