Palisades Ventures is managed by an experienced group of investment professionals with relevant industry and technology knowledge, including a group of Centre Partners Managing Directors and employees. The General Partner consists of: senior investment professionals from Centre Partners Management LLC, a private equity investment firm that has invested over $2 billion in more than 60 companies since it was founded in 1986; a senior investment banking professional with extensive experience in the communications, media and entertainment financing and advisory business; and investment professionals with relevant technical and industry knowledge. The Fund’s Advisory Board provides the General Partner with access to strategic relationships, deal flow, and industry expertise in the broadband technology, interactive services, and media and entertainment content creation, aggregation, and distribution businesses.

Current Principals of the General Partner include:

Palisades Ventures	Centre Partners
Paul D’Addario, Senior Managing Director	Bruce Pollack, Senior Managing Director
Anders Richardson, Managing Director	David Jaffe, Managing Director
Henry Lichstein, Venture Partner	Robert Bergmann, Managing Director
	Advisory Board

 

Mr. D’Addario, a former member of the Media/Telecom Group of CSFB, has over fifteen years of experience in the communications, media and entertainment financing and advisory business, and has important relationships with industry leaders in those fields. Mr. D’Addario was a Managing Director at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. (DLJ), prior to CSFB’s acquisition of DLJ. At DLJ, he was a member of the investment committee of the DLJ New Economy Fund and managed a number of high-profile financings and M&A deals for major media, technology and entertainment companies including: Crown Media Holdings, Inc., IMAX Corp., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., and Turner Broadcasting.

Mr. D’Addario has developed relationships with private media, technology, and entertainment companies and maintains strong relationships with other major venture firms, investment banks, and accounting and law firms. Mr. D’Addario is a board observer for Zinio Systems. Prior to DLJ, Mr. D’Addario was in the M&A Group of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. Mr. D’Addario received a B.A. from Boston College, a M.Sc. from the London School of Economics, and a J.D. from Villanova Law School.

Anders Richardson, Co-Founder, Managing Director 

Mr. Richardson is active in all aspects of deal sourcing, due diligence and execution. Prior to co-founding the fund with Mr. D’Addario, Mr. Richardson worked in the Investment Banking Division of DLJ and focused on public and private placements of debt and equity securities and buy-side and sell-side M&A advisory services in a variety of industries. Mr. Richardson sits on the boards of SOA Software and V-Enable and is a board observer for Lucix Corporation and Language Weaver. Mr. Richardson received a B.A. from Harvard College and an M.B.A from Harvard Business School.

Henry Lichstein, Venture Partner  

Mr. Lichstein joined the General Partner in 2000. Prior to that, Mr. Lichstein spent thirty years shaping Citibank’s technology vision and practice, where he held management positions in treasury and financial control and managed a number of Citibank technology projects and ventures. He became Assistant to the Chairman in 1988 where he focused on technology planning and coordination. He led studies of the use and management of technology, created Citibank’s Corporate Technology Office, and significantly expanded Citibank’s presence on the Internet.

Mr. Lichstein identified a number of new technology investments, including Teradata, Phone.com and WebTV, which generated profits of $200 million for Citibank on original investments of approximately $30 million. Mr. Lichstein obtained a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and in Economics and an M.S. in Management, all at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is currently on the Board of Lucix Corporation and was on the Board of Teradata. Mr. Lichstein was a Trustee of the Santa Fe Institute and the Summer Science Program, Inc.

Bruce Pollack, Senior Managing Director  

Mr. Pollack has over sixteen years of experience in private equity. He currently serves as a Managing Director of Centre Partners. Before joining Centre Partners in 1991, Mr. Pollack was at TSG Holdings, Inc., a diversified investment company, and RSG Partners, Inc., a private equity investment firm.

Mr. Pollack began his career in the mergers and acquisitions departments of Becker Paribas Inc. and Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. His investment experience encompasses cable, radio, and other media concerns. Mr. Pollack is a currently a director of Emerald City Radio Partners LLC, Salton, Inc. (NYSE: SFP) and a number of private boards. Previously, Mr. Pollack was a member of the advisory board to Intermedia Partners and served on the board of Muzak L.P. Mr. Pollack received a B.A. from Brandeis University.

David Jaffe, Managing Director  

Mr. Jaffe joined Centre Partners in 2001. Prior to that he was a Managing Director at DLJ Merchant Banking Partners where he had been a founding member and had worked since 1985. He joined DLJ Securities Corp. in 1984. He currently serves on the board of directors of Duane Read, Inc. (NYSE: DRD), International Imaging Materials, Inc., OSF, Hyco International, Inc. and Autoland, Inc., as well as Target Media Partners.

Mr. Jaffe previously served on the board of directors of Wilson Greatbatch, Ltd., Terra Nova Group, Pharmaceutical Fine Chemicals S.A., Brand Services, Inc., NACOLAH Holding Corporation, NextPharma Technologies S.A., and several other private companies. He also serves as a director of Project A.L.S., a charitable organization focused on funding research for the treatment of Lou Gehrig’s Disease and as a director of All Souls School in New York City. Mr. Jaffe received an A.B. from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Robert Bergmann, Managing Director  

Mr. Bergmann has over ten years of experience in private equity ranging from early stage venture capital investments to leveraged buyouts. He currently serves as a Managing Director of Centre Partners, which he joined in 1989. At Centre Partners, Mr. Bergmann has been responsible for a number of cable and technology investments. Prior to joining Centre Partners, Mr. Bergmann worked in the Investment Banking Department of DLJ. Mr. Bergmann serves as a director on a number of boards including Centre Pacific and Salton, Inc. (NYSE: SFP). He previously served on the board of Muzak L.P. and Discovermusic.com. Mr. Bergmann received a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.