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Jeff is a co-founder and Managing Director of Bertram Capital, a private equity firm. Previously, he was a co-founder and Managing Director of Sierra Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm with $1.5 billion under management where he served for 23 year. Prior to Sierra, Jeff served in a variety of operations and R&D management positions at both AT&T and Bell Laboratories.Jeff has served as a Director of Centex Telemanagement (CNTX Acquired by MFS), Stratacom (STRM Acquired by Cisco), On Assignment (ASGN), Micromuse (MUSE Acquired by IBM), ConvergeNet (Acquired by Dell), Combinet (Acquired by Cisco), Quinta (Acquired by Seagate), Vertel (VRTL), ParAcer (Acquired by Stratos Lightwave), FrontBridge (Acquired by MicroSoft), Sychip (Acquired by Murata), Micro Power (Acquired by Westin Presidio), Valere Power (Acquired by Eltek) and Digital Generation Systems (DGIT). He currently serves as a Director of numerous public and private companies, including American Fiber Systems, Theravance (THRX), Element Labs, Power Distribution, Inc and AuthorHouse.Prior to joining the venture capital community, Mr. Drazan was employed by AT&T, where he held various positions within the operating divisions of AT&T-Long Lines, AT&T Information Systems and Bell Laboratories. Mr. Drazan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Princeton University and an MBA degree from New York University 's Graduate School of Business Administration. | 