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Mr. Brinker became Chief Operating Officer of the Company in July 2006. Since 2004, Mr. Brinker has been the founder and General Partner of MAS Enterprises, GP, which successfully opened and manages three Fantastic Sams® franchise hair salons in the East Bay area of San Francisco. Fantastic Sams is the world's largest full service hair care franchise with salons located throughout the United States, Canada, Singapore, Taiwan and Japan.
From 1998 to 2004, Mr. Brinker served as a Director of SVB Capital. SVB Capital is the private equity arm of SVB Financial Group (Nasdaq: SIVB), a $4 billion financial services firm serving companies in the technology, life science, private equity and premium wine markets. Mr. Brinker helped raise, invest, and manage SVB Capital’s first two venture capital fund of funds in excess of $385 million. The SVB Capital suite of funds exceeds $700 million and includes fund of funds, co-investment funds, venture debt funds and special debt funds.
Mr. Brinker also served as Board Member and Treasurer of Friends for Youth, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing youth mentoring services. He also volunteers as a wish grantor for Make-A-Wish Foundation, which grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions. Mr. Brinker earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Santa Clara University in 1998. | 