Jeffrey E Finkle

Bio

Mr. Smith is a managing and founding partner of Odeon Capital. Mr. Smith has been a technology-focused private equity investor for over eight years. Prior to raising $115 million for Fund I, he was a co-founder and general partner of Wheatley Partners, initially a $100 million dollar partnership, where he was responsible for identifying, negotiating and managing investment positions in information technology companies. In that role, Mr. Smith led several investments, including: VerticalNet, USWeb, Gray Peak Technologies, and Packet Engines. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Smith served as an investment partner with Wheatley II Partners, where he specialized in making information technology investments in companies, including Keynote Systems and PSINet. In 1993, he served as an investment analyst for a related affiliated partnership, Woodland Partners, L.P., where he specialized in software investments. Previoulsy, he practiced corporate law at Cahill Gordon & Reindel Mr. Smith holds a JD/MBA from New York University and a BA in Political Science from the University of Michigan