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As Managing Director of AIG SunAmerica Ventures, Troy manages SunAmerica’s venture capital investments. He serves on the board of directors for several private companies and serves on the advisory committee of several venture capital and tech buyout funds. Troy led investments in a number of companies including Bloom Energy, Corus Pharma (acquired by Gilead), Globus Medical, Loadstar Sensors, Magellan Navigation, SenoRx (SENO), Siimpel, Touchdown Technologies, Vantage Media, Verus Pharma, and XenoPort (XNPT). He also manages investments in over 40 venture capital and tech buyout funds.Prior to SunAmerica, Troy worked for a venture capital firm in San Francisco. During this period, he was involved in investing over $200 million in over 20 technology companies. These investments resulted in 8 IPOs and 8 acquisitions including ConvergeNet (acquired by Dell), Extensity (EXTN), New Focus (NUFO), Onlink (acquired by Seibel), Packeteer (PKTR), Ramp Networks (acquired by Nokia), Saba Software (SABA), Silicon Spice (acquired by Broadcom), Sitera (acquired by Vitesse), Transmedia (acquired by Cisco) and XLNT (acquired by Intel).Earlier, Troy held engineering and management positions at TRW Space and Electronics Group (now Northrop Grumman Space Technology). At TRW, he developed advanced RF and digital communications systems for several satellite programs including Milstar. Troy holds BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California and a MBA from the UCLA Anderson School. At USC, Troy was elected to two national engineering honor societies, Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu. | 