Jonathan Kalman is Managing Partner of Jaguar Capital
Partners, a private equity investment firm, and Chairman
and CEO of Jaguar Acquisition Corporation, a public company (NASDAQ:
JGACU.OB) formed to effect a merger, capital stock exchange or asset
acquisition with an operating business in the financial services
or payments industry, and Chairman and CEO of Katalyst LLC, a cross-border
investment banking firm specializing in highly structured transactions
for private and public companies. Earlier, Mr. Kalman was General
Partner of Katalyst Venture Partners, and General Partner of Internet
Katalyst Investment Partners, early stage venture funds. Mr. Kalman
was also an investor in Breakaway Solutions (NASDAQ: BWAY), and
assisted the company through its explosive growth from 20 employees
to over 1000 and an IPO led by Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and
Lehman Brothers. Prior to forming Katalyst, he was Managing Director
of Naviant Technology Solutions, acquired by Equifax (NYSE: EFX).
Mr. Kalman began his career at IBM, where he had sales, technology
and management positions. While at IBM, he worked with clients in
the payments industry, as well as led an advanced semiconductor
diagnostics and technology team. Mr. Kalman is currently a director
of PE Systems LLC, a specialty accounting firm focused on reducing
merchant’s cost of accepting credit and debit cards; and an
advisor to Nstein Technologies (TSX-V: EIN), a software and solutions
company specializing in analyzing vast amounts of unstructured data
in any language. Mr. Kalman is a member of the Young President's
Organization (YPO) and is an officer in the Philadelphia Chapter
of YPO. He has broad national and international experience, having
advised companies in the US, Europe, Latin America, India, China,
Israel and Canada. Mr. Kalman holds an MBA from Northwestern University's
J.L. Kellogg School of Management and a BS in Applied Physics from
Cornell University.
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