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SARDIS
Team biographies |
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Osman
Mardin
Managing Director |
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Osman
is a Managing Director at SARDIS. Osman joined SARDIS from
Robertson Stephens where he was employed from 1998-2002. At
Robertson Stephens, Osman was a Managing Director and a member
of the firm's European Management Committee, as well as the
Head of European Mergers and Acquisitions and the Head of
the European Hardware Systems Investment Banking Group. Prior
to joining Robertson Stephens, Osman was Executive Director
of Lazard Freres & Cie., Paris, where he worked for 11
years on cross-border M&A. Osman holds a B.A. in Economics
from Trinity College, Cambridge, and an M.B.A. from Harvard
Business School. Completed over 70 transactions, with combined
valuation over $15 billion. Representative assignments before
SARDIS: Infineon – acquisition of Catamaran; Systemonic
(a) acquisition of Raytheon's RF Business, and (b) sale of
company to Philips; NoWiresNeeded – sale to Intersil;
Novanet – sale to Conexant. |
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Nick Mitsakos
Managing Director |
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Nick is a Managing Director at SARDIS. Resident in San Francisco, he brings to SARDIS an invaluable breadth of experience, across advisory, management, and investment functions in the communications sector. Nick’s representative achievements encompass Intervu (co-founder and COO; NASDAQ-quoted data-networking company, acquired by Akamai Technologies for US$ 3 billion), Berkeley Networks (acquired by FORE Systems for $250 million), Maverick Networks (acquired by Broadcom for $120 million), Wireless Home (acquired by Western Multiplex for $50 million), and ConvergeNet (acquired by Dell for $350 million). Currently, Nick is a board member of Meru Networks and Bridgewave Communications, both focused on wireless. He holds a BS in Computer Science and Microbiology from the University of Southern California and an MBA from Harvard University. |
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Benjamin Sommer
Principal |
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Benjamin
is a Principal at SARDIS. Benjamin joined SARDIS from
Robertson Stephens where he was a member of the European Mergers
and Acquisitions Team and the European Hardware Systems Investment
Banking Group. A German national, Benjamin holds a European
Master's in Management, a British MSc., a French Diplome de
Grandes Ecoles and a German Diplom-Kaufmann from the ESCP-EAP.
He also holds a Law degree from the Universite Paris XI. Benjamin
is Fluent in English, German and French. Completed transactions
include: the sale of Inventel to Thomson, the sale
of Oasis SiliconSystems to SMSC, Navigon's 25% share participation
by General Atlantic, the sale of SiAutomation to PDF Solutions, and the sale of O3sis to Gemalto. |
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Barnaby Clark
Associate |
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Barnaby
is an Associate at SARDIS, and joined in February 2007. Barnaby
previously worked in Paris for the performance management
software company Cartesis, where he was the Corporate Sales
Business Analyst. He is proficient in several software
programming languages, including VBA, SQL and HTML, and
whilst at Cartesis he developed two web based applications
in .NET that worked alongside their CRM to provide key
statistical data. Barnaby studied European Business at
the University of Portsmouth and the Bordeaux Ecole Supérieure
de Commerce. Barnaby is fluent in English and French. |
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Paul Poniatowski
Analyst |
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Paul joined SARDIS as an Analyst in July 2010. He previously worked at the equity division of the Quilvest Group in London. He was involved in sector analysis, target identification and portfolio companies management. Paul graduated from the University of Paris X with honours in Economics and English, and holds a M.Sc. from the London School of Economics. He is fluent in English, Spanish, and French. |
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