James Ashton

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Mr. James Ashton serves as a General Partner at NewSpring Capital. He also serves as a Board Member at Magna5, Wealthcare Capital Management, Ultimus Fund Solutions, E3/Sentinel, Archer IMS, USPack Logistics, and AG Delta of Singapore. He served as a Board Member at Vertical Management Systems. He also serves as an Advisor at Safeguard Scientifics. Previously, he was a Division CEO for SunGard's Financial Systems division, a $2.5 billion business with 13,000 employees worldwide. He served as a Board Member at Lumesis. During his tenure, the division grew its top line by 40%, from $2.0 billion to $2.8 billion, and EBITDA by 43%, from $400 million to $700 million. While at SunGard, he also led software and service businesses in the areas of Wealth Management, Insurance, Corporate Treasury, Trading, Risk Management, Brokerage, and Consulting Services. He also sponsored and integrated approximately 40 key acquisitions and played a key role in SunGard's 2005 $11.5 billion leveraged buyouts with a consortium of private equity firms including TPG, Silverlake, KKR, and Bain. Before SunGard, he held senior management positions at Premier Solutions Inc., a Safeguard Scientifics technology company that was acquired by SunGard in 1997. He began his career at EDS in Dallas where he held various technical, sales, and managerial positions over 10 years. He serves as a Board Member at Quodd. He also served as a Board Member at Avantus Federal.