Alexander Swoboda

- 2006-ongoing: Global Equity Partners: Investment manager co-responsible for EUR 50mn Venture Capital / Private Equity fund
- Board member at I&T GmbH (www.innovation-technology.com)
- Board member at SmApper Technologies (http://www.smapper.com/)
- Board member / strategic advisor at start-up companies in the field of online advertising and online finance
- Lecturer at Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Vienna University of Business and Economics (WU)
- 1999-2006: McKinsey & Company (Financial Institutions Group, CF&S Practice)
- 2001-2003: academic research on "influence of stock prices on corporate investment" at the Goethe Univerity Frankfurt
- 93-99: University degree in business administration (majoring in Controlling and Management, Corporate Finance and Financial Markets at the WU Wien)
- 2 Years part-time/internship with Siemens Austria
- Projects for Austrian Financial Future and Option Exchange

More details on http://home.pages.at/aswoboda/cv.htm

Alexander Swoboda’s Specialties:

Corporate Finance, Private Equity, Asset Management
Temporarily for my father-in-law: rent-out office space (200m2 in renovated "Jugendstil-house";ideal for start-up, lawyer, doctor)in Munich Bogenhausen

Alexander Swoboda’s Experience

Lector

WU Wien

(Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Education Management industry)

February 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

Giving a lecture on Negotiation of Venture Capital Deals
Strategic advisor

Out-there-media

(Online Media industry)

January 2008 — Present (2 years )

Advisor with focus on M&A and strategy
Founder and CEO

ALEDA Advisory and Investment GmbH

(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

January 2008 — Present (2 years )

PROJECT FOCUS
Investment Management: Acquisitions, valuation, negotiation, structuring and execution of transactions, due diligence, portfolio company controlling (e.g., as supervisory board member), exits
Strategy: Strategic reviews, strategy development, business planning for SME / growth companies
Finance: part-time / transitory CFO, capital raising

TARGET CLIENTS
Venture Capital and Private Equity funds
Small and medium sized companies
Start-ups (particularly high-tech and IT related)

GEOGRAPHY
Working out of Vienna and Munich
Commuting across Europe and the Middle East
Board member

SmApper Technologies

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)

Representing my fund as board member of SmApper Technologies http://www.smapper.com/
Strategic advisor / board member

Various

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

Strategic advisor and / or board member of start-up companies in the field of mobile advertising and online finance
Board member

I&T Gmbh (ltd)

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

February 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

Representing Global Equity Partners on the board of Portfolio Company I&T GmbH
Investment Manager / Associate Partner

Global Equity Partners

(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

September 2006 — Present (3 years 4 months)

Investment manager for newly opened high tech private equity / venture capital fund with streight through responsibility (i.e., sourcing, screening, valuation, negotiation, portfolio management, divestment)
CFO

Facton GmbH

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

2009 — 2009 (less than a year)
Engagement Manager

McKinsey & Company

(Partnership; 5001-10,000 employees; Financial Services industry)

April 1999 — September 2006 (7 years 6 months)

Managed projects for financial institutions in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Dubai in a broad range of strategy related fields with focus on corporate finance
Student Trainee

Siemens AG (Austria)

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Hardware industry)

February 1996 — May 1998 (2 years 4 months)

5 months in a full-time and 15 months in a part-time position_
- Supervised the rapid implementation of intranet project for the entire accounting and finance department
- Updated and modified the processes of annual reporting with MS-Project and Baan Hyperion Enterprise
Member of project team

WBAG (Vienna Stock Exchange)

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Capital Markets industry)

April 1996 — June 1996 (3 months)

- Conducted interviews and documented the company’s history and product portfolio
- Prepared extensive presentations promoting financial instruments and the company to the general public