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Jim Pavlik concentrates on investment opportunities in the business services sector for Baird Venture Partners and has over eight years of venture capital and corporate finance experience. Jim has invested in and worked with numerous early-stage ventures and is currently a member of the board of directors of Pinstripe, Inc. and ThermoTek, Inc. Jim has recently been active in both China and India, focusing on potential offshore services opportunities for Baird Venture Partners' portfolio companies. Prior to joining Baird Venture Partners in 2003, Jim was with Madison Dearborn Partners, one of the largest private equity investors in the industry, where he focused on evaluating, structuring and managing early-stage venture investments in the communications services industry. Jim began his career with Salomon Smith Barney, where he participated in numerous equity and fixed income financing, merger, and acquisition transactions. He received a BA in Economics, summa cum laude, from Duke University and an MBA with distinction from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University | 