Megunticook Team

Tom Matlack
Managing
Partner

Tom Matlack is the founder of Megunticook and chair of the Funds Investment Committee. Tom is the former Chief Financial Officer of The Providence Journal Company where he was instrumental in selling its cable business for $1.4 billion to Continental Cablevision, taking the company public and selling the company to A.H. Belo for approximately $2.0 billion. In addition, Tom was involved in $250 million of venture investments at The Providence Journal Company including investments in the Television Food Network, Peapod, Starsight, Linkatel, America's Health Network, and Northwest Cable News.

From late 1997, until the formation of Fund I, Tom led several venture investments in the technology arena, including a $2 million investment in Art Technology Group (NASDAQ: ARTG) at a cost basis of $.27/share (post-split). That company went public in July 1999 at $6/share (split adjusted) and completed a secondary offering November of 1999 at $33.75 (split adjusted). Tom currently sits on the boards of Carescout, Datatrac, DataTV Networks, Publishing Group Of America, South Florida Media Group, and Telephia. He is also an observer for Management Dynamics and Vercuity. Tom was previously a board member of Art Technology Group, Choicelinx (sold to CIGNA healthcare), and Lightship Telecom (merged with CTC Communications). Tom is a graduate of Wesleyan University (BA) and Yale University (MBA). He has also worked at Houghton Mifflin Company and Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Contact Tom via e-mail:[tmatlack@megunticook.com]

Lynne Anderson
Chief Financial Officer
Partner

Lynne Anderson was most recently Vice President of Finance at Summit Partners, a large private equity firm with $3.8 billion under management. Previously, she was the President and Co-founder of P.A. Ventures Limited, a financial consulting firm to small and mid-size businesses; Vice President of Finance and General Partner of Cable Systems USA Associates, a multiple system operator and acquirer of cable television systems; and a Manager with Ernst & Young. Lynne graduated from Elizabethtown College and received her Masters in Finance from Bentley College. She is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Contact Lynne via e-mail: [landerson@megunticook.com]

Michelle Fortier
Principal

Michelle Fortier focuses on investments in telecommunications. Prior to Megunticook, Michelle was at Riverside Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm. Michelle holds an M.B.A from Stanford Business School and a B.A. and B.E. in Engineering and Asian Studies from Dartmouth.

Michelle currently sits on the board of Isis Maternity, Prairie iNet, and Verrillon and is an observer at Aegis Lightwave, Datatrac, Redshift, and Wisor. She was previously a board observer at Telephia (sold to Nielsen Company).

Contact Michelle via e-mail: [mfortier@megunticook.com]

Cynthia DeMeo
Director of Accounting

Cindy DeMeo joins us with over eight years of experience from Summit Partners as a Senior Analyst and Fund Accountant. Prior to that, she held various accounting positions at Carbone Metal Fabricators, a restaurant equipment manufacturer, and at Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. Cindy graduated from Northeastern University, magna cum laude.

Contact Cindy via e-mail: [cdemeo@megunticook.com]

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Catherine Vaughan
Director of Operations

Cathy Vaughan worked at Thomson Financial Services in their Electronic Settlements Group. She held various positions in client services and sales involving the automation of the post-trade process. Her main responsibilities included installing, training, and providing technical support both on the trading floor and in the back office of major banks, brokers, and investment managers nation-wide. Cathy graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Contact Cathy via e-mail: [cvaughan@megunticook.com]