Financial Services >> Analyst Interviews >> September 23, 2003

Investing In Early Stage Companies: Christopher Thompson – Fa Technology Ventures

CHRISTOPHER THOMPSON joined FA Technology Ventures in October 2001. Prior to joining the firm, he was a Director at American Power Conversion in the Enterprise Systems Group. There he focused on power system sales, marketing, and infrastructure design. He also worked with APC in Singapore and Japan and led regional product launches. His expertise includes technology marketing and reliability engineering, and he has published a number of papers on power system and datacenter design. Previously he was a Fulbright Scholar researching economic development in Asia. He graduated summa cum laude with a BS in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering from Tufts University and his MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago. Mr. Thompson also performed graduate research in electrical engineering at the National University of Singapore. Profile
TWST: Could you give us background on FA Technology Ventures ' how the

team got started, what you are doing, and what you are focused on?

Mr. Thompson: The partners who founded FA Technology