Mr. Harstad is a Partner in Sverica Capital Management. He currently serves on the boards of Coastal Cloud, iWave Information Systems, Gryphon Networks, Stream Companies and Synoptek and previously served on the boards of 7Summits (sold to IBM (NYSE: IBM)), Pivot Data Centres (sold to Rogers Communications (TSE: RCI)) and Sheet Music Plus (sold to Hal Leonard). He focuses on sourcing and evaluating new investments, transaction execution, and portfolio company operations. Mr. Harstad previously worked with Friedman Fleischer & Lowe (“FFL”), a private equity firm based in San Francisco. At FFL, he evaluated opportunities and executed transactions across a variety of industries including healthcare services and consumer products. Prior to that, he was an Analyst with the Industrials Group in Lehman Brothers’ Investment Banking division in New York. Mr. Harstad graduated magna cum laude with a BS in Analytical Finance from Wake Forest University and earned an MBA with honors from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.