Tom Vander Schaaff

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Mr. Tom Vander Schaaff served as a General Partner at Edison Partners. He served as a Board Member at Giant Oak. He served as Board Member at Zagster, Northpass and SmartAnalyst & Solovis. He joined Edison in 2003 and became a partner in 2011. Prior to joining Edison, he was a Senior Associate with MMC Capital's C&I Fund, a communications and technology-focused private equity fund created by Marsh & McLennan Companies. At MMC Capital, Mr. Vander Schaaff sourced and evaluated potential investment opportunities, and worked with portfolio companies by serving as a board observer and performing special projects. He began his career in private equity as an Associate with CIBC Capital Partners-the private equity principal group of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce where he worked on a broad range of investments. At CIBC, his activities included analysis and execution of investments and working with portfolio companies. Previously, Mr. Vander Schaaff worked as an investment banker, meeting the capital raising and advisory needs of technology and growth company clients. Initially, he was a Financial Analyst with CIBC Oppenheimer's technology investment banking group, and later an Associate with the private placement group of E*OFFERING, a San Francisco-based online investment bank which he helped found and launch. He holds a BSE in Engineering and Management Systems from Princeton University.