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Pete Higgins is a founding partner of Second Avenue Partners one of Seattle's most experienced teams providing management strategy and capital to early-stage companies. Prior to founding Second Avenue Partners Mr. Higgins spent 16 years at Microsoft Corporation. Mr. Higgins was a member of the Office of the President reporting to CEO Bill Gates. He was group vice president of the Interactive Media Group at Microsoft from 1996 to 1998. As head of the Interactive Media Group he was responsible for Microsoft's online and consumer software businesses including MSN MSNBC Expedia Carpoint Slate Internet Gaming Zone Encarta multimedia games desktop finance product and hardware products such as the Microsoft Mouse. Mr. Higgins serves on the board of directors of Bocada Inc. Insitu Group and Advanced Digital Information Corporation. He is an executive advisor for the private equity firm Hellman Friedman and is a strategic director of the venture capital group Madrona Investments LLC. Mr. Higgins also serves on the Board of Trustees for Stanford University and Long Live the Kings. Mr. Higgins holds an MBA and an undergraduate degree in economics and history from Stanford University. | 